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She was raped when she was 12 years old.  The ‘American Beauty’ star took drugs to ‘depress the pain’

She was raped when she was 12 years old. The ‘American Beauty’ star took drugs to ‘depress the pain’

Mena Suvari has been involved in show business from an early age. Her role in “American Beauty” made her instantly one of Hollywood’s promising young stars. But no one knew what hell awaited her at home.

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When Mena Suvari rose to prominence for her portrayal of the seductive Angela in American Beauty, no one thought she was facing such a huge nightmare. she described her life in her autobiography “The Great Peace”. When she was 12, she was raped. In the years that followed, she continued to be abused by her partners.

She has been hiding a dark secret for years. Her partners gave her hell

Mena Suvari was hired by a modeling agency when she was only two years old. So the girl was associated with show business since childhood. Her career gradually gained momentum. To help their daughter grow, her parents decided to move to California. As it turned out, the move brought more harm than good. Although Mena’s career developed much faster, the young model experienced traumatic experiences.

When she was 12, she was raped by a friend of one of her brothers. In addition, the teenager told about everything at school. After this traumatic experience, Mena had to struggle with cystitis. When she went to the doctor, he did not pay attention to the fact that such a young girl was already sexually active. Instead, he prescribed her… birth control pills.

Mena’s career continued to gain momentum. By the time she was 16, she was already a well-known model. In her biography, she admitted that she regularly slept with a business adviser twice her age. She then met an even older engineer who abused and sexually abused her. – I wasn’t loved. I was just a body, a container for his desires – years later.

She played a seductress in American Beauty. No one expected what her private life looked like

In the late 90s, Mena got in “American Beauty”. It was a chance for her to make a huge career in Hollywood. Along with her on the screen appeared m.in. Kevin Spacey. The young actress did a great job as the young seductress, which was confirmed by her nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. Suvari focused solely on the film, she did not show anyone how terrible her private life was. Only years later, his traumatic experiences.

The whole time I was working on American Beauty, I was brushing against emptiness. On set, I worked on perfecting my role, and at home I followed the demands of my boyfriend Tyler, who wanted kinky threesomes at least three or four times a week. Here and there I pretended that everything was fine. But it wasn’t.

To cope with the dark reality, Mena reached for drugs:

My days passed with a crazy mix of methamphetamine and marijuana. I used drugs to numb the pain. It was my way of breaking away from the hell of my existence and surviving.

Today, Mena is just trying to be happy. She focuses primarily on her family and her two-year-old son, whom she raises with her partner.

Source: Gazeta

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