Mandala Tayde
Mandala Tayde (born 27 April 1975) is a German actress and model who works in Italy and Germany.[1]
Career
[edit ]Tayde was born and raised in Frankfurt by German-Indian parents. She started a modeling career at 13, with a campaign for beauty products. After intensive drama education at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, she moved to Italy in 1997,[2] where she played in the movie Fireworks which earned 36 million euros. She also acted in the praised Indian film, Dil Chahta Hai .
Tayde became famous in Germany for her lead role of Aylin in the TV film Kiss me Kismet [de], where she acted with Florian David Fitz. This role earned her an Adolf Grimme Award in 2007.[3] At the end of the 1990s she returned to German television in the lead role of the Arabian princess Amina in the TV story in three parts Desert of Fire ,[4] a French-Italian-German coproduction. In addition, she played alongside Kabir Bedi in The Return of Sandokan .
Selected filmography
[edit ]- 1996: The Return of Sandokan
- 1997: Desert of Fire
- 1997: Fireworks
- 1998: Tristan und Isolde - Eine Liebe für die Ewigkeit (TV Part 1/2)
- 2000: Tödliche Wildnis – Sie waren jung und mussten sterben (TV film)
- 2000: Liebe pur (TV film)
- 2001: Santa Maradona
- 2001: Dil Chahta Hai
- 2001: Days of Grace
- 2006: Kiss me Kismet [de] (TV film)
- 2006: Vater auf der Flucht (TV film)
- 2006: Hate 2 O
- 2008: Tatort – Familienaufstellung
- 2008: Inspector Montalbano La Pista di Sabbia, horse owner Rachele Esterman
- 2009: Wilsberg – Oh du tödliche...
- Guest-starring in a few television series, such as Leipzig Homicide
Other appearances (magazines/interviews)
[edit ]- 1998: PlayBoy German Dezember 1998 edition (magazine)
Personal life
[edit ]She has a son named Leon.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ AGENTUR UTE NICOLAI Archived 2007年09月27日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mandala Tayde" . Retrieved 2008年08月28日.
- ^ Adolf Grimme Award 2007 Archived 2011年07月03日 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Mediaset Distribution - Tv movies - Desert of fire". Archived from the original on 2012年03月22日. Retrieved 2011年07月24日.
- ^ Il babywearing fa "impazzire" le mamme vip! Qui mamme
External links
[edit ]
- 1975 births
- German female models
- German film actresses
- Living people
- Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- German people of Indian descent
- German expatriates in Italy
- Actresses from Frankfurt
- German television actresses
- 20th-century German actresses
- 21st-century German actresses
- Models from Frankfurt
- German screen actor stubs