AMERICAN Beauty actress Mena Suvari is married to Michael Hope.
The two lovebirds tied the knot in 2018.
Hope is a set decorator and prop master who works in the film and television industry.
Over the years he has worked on many projects including, Flower Shop Mysteries, Slasher, Cardinal, and Killjoys.
Hope has been supportive of his wife throughout their marriage.
“From the start I knew this was going to be something special, the spark, the connection, and the love I felt with you. I will always love you with every ounce of my being. Thank you for everything you do for us, me and yourself each and every day,” he captioned a photo of them on Instagram.
The two met back in 2016 on the set of Hallmark’s I’ll Be Home For Christmas, where she was acting and he was the set decorator at the time.
On July 21, 2021, Suvari announced the release of her memoir, The Great Peace: A Memoir, which reveals the sexual abuse and drug addiction she went through prior to her success.
“I was living a double life,” Suvari told People magazine. “Every time I would go on a set. Every time I was interviewed, I was acting the whole time. It was another role for me to play. That I was okay.”
In the book, she talks about being sexually assaulted first back in sixth grade by a friend of her older brother. In the book, she refers to the predator as “KJ.”
“Part of me died that day,” Suvari said. “He used me, had fun with me and then disposed of me. He called me a whore. I never got to have a healthy expression of [sex]. My choice was lost. And that, compiled with already not feeling seen and heard, established a concept that I would have of myself. That that was my value.”
After moving to Hollywood at 15-years-old to pursue acting, Suvari also revealed that a manager wanted a sexual relationship with her too.
“By this time my family had pretty much fallen apart,” Suvari continued. “My mother had moved out and wanted to find herself and my father [who was much older] was in decline mentally and physically. I didn’t feel like I had any other options or was worthy of a life that was any different.”
Most recently, Suvari recalled a “weird” experience on set of American Beauty with Kevin Spacey prior to his sexual assault scandal.
Her book will be released July 27, 2021 and is available for pre-order through Amazon.
Suvari revealed to People that Hope was the first person she saw herself having a family with.
After meeting him back in 2016, Suvari said, “It was the first time I felt I wanted to have a family with someone.”
After finishing her memoir, Suvari discovered she was pregnant with her first child.
Born in April 2021, the couple welcomed their son, Christopher.
“Through all the trauma, through all the struggle, through all the doubt, our little angel has chosen us. I will never have enough words to describe my love for this beautiful soul coming into our lives, but I won’t ever stop trying to give him the best life possible,” Suvari captioned a photo on Instagram of her and her baby bump.
