WHEN IT COMES TO VEGAN LIVING, MENA SUVARI Means It
Mena Suvari doesn’t want you to give her props for being vegan. The 40-year-old actress—who initially catapulted to fame 20 years ago when she landed a starring role in the five-time Oscar-winning blockbuster American Beauty—maintains that her decision to eschew animal products two years ago was based more on aligning her energies than anything else. It’s a decision she sees as directly tied to her journey to embrace her truest authentic self, but she doesn’t want to be congratulated for it. And that humility tracks, because despite a wildly successful modeling-turned-acting career—which includes starring in three cult-favorite American Pie films and last year’s American Woman alongside fellow vegan Alicia Silverstone—Suvari is refreshingly grounded.
On a crystal clear afternoon in Los Angeles’ hip Echo Park neighborhood—at an outside table at the upscale vegan deli Counterpart where dogs are welcomed and celery sodas are back in vogue—VegNews’ Jasmin Singer caught up with the actress to explore everything from how she’s confronted her shopping habits to where she finds hope these days.
