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Actor: Mena Suvari

Mena Suvari appeared in American Beauty and American Pie in the same year, two films that between them defined a considerable amount of late-1990s American cinema.

The American Beauty role, a teenager whose confidence is revealed as performance, is the better one. She has worked steadily in independent film and television since, and published a memoir dealing candidly with abuse in her teens.

Sugar & Spice (2001) film posterMarla Sokoloff

Sugar & Spice (2001)

Francine McDougall's 2001 American crime comedy about a high school cheerleading squad that robs banks to support their leader's pregnancy. Sugar & Spice is Francine McDougall's 2001 American crime comedy depicting a high school cheerleading squad whose lead member becomes…

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