Mena Suvari on surviving sexual abuse, navigating Hollywood as a teen

Mena Suvari explains how she came to terms with past sexual abuse, drug use, growing up in Hollywood, and how those experiences helped her reclaim her power in her memoir, The Great Peace. In the book s opening pages, the actress reveals that she found a suicide note that she had written at the age of 16. She told Yahoo Entertainment, It was strange because upon looking back, I knew that my life only got worse after that. So that was a little upsetting. And I m only grateful that that was just a note that lived in the back of my diary. This interview was originally published on Yahoo Entertainment on July 28, 2021: SUBSCRIBE: Follow us on: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: