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Mena Suvari cast in Amazon drama

Mena Suvari (“American Beauty”) has been cast as the lead in an Amazon drama pilot, deadline.com reports.

The actress will star in “Hysteria” as Dr. Logan Harlow, a charming but socially awkward neurologist/psychiatrist at the University of Texas medical school who travels to her hometown of Austin to investigate a mysterious epidemic among high school girls that may be spreading through technology.

Suvari’s other credits include the “American Pie” franchise, “Six Feet Under” and a recent guest arc on “Chicago Fire.”