Mandala Tayde (born 27 April 1975) is a German actress and model who works in Italy and Germany.
Career
Tayde was born and raised in
Frankfurt
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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, where she played in the movie ''
Fireworks
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'' 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 ', where she acted with Florian David Fitz. This role earned her an
Adolf Grimme Award
The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Adolf Grimme Award 2007 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'', a French-Italian-German coproduction. In addition, she played alongside
Kabir Bedi
Kabir Bedi ( pa, ਕਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਬੇਦੀ; born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other European countries in three media: fi ...
Fireworks
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''
* 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
''Santa Maradona'' is a 2001 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ponti.
Cast
*Stefano Accorsi as Andrea
* Anita Caprioli as Dolores
*Libero De Rienzo
Libero De Rienzo (February 24, 1977 – July 15, 2021) was an Italian film actor, direc ...
''
* 2001: '' Dil Chahta Hai''
* 2001: ''Days of Grace''
* 2006: ' (TV film)
* 2006: ''Vater auf der Flucht'' (TV film)
* 2006: '' Hate 2 O''
* 2008: ''
Tatort
''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed b ...