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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 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 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, where she acted with Florian David Fitz. This role earned her an Adolf Grimme Award in 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 in The Return of Sandokan.




Selected filmography


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 (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)


1998: PlayBoy German Dezember 1998 edition (magazine)




Personal life


She has a son named Leon.




References






External links


Mandala Tayde at IMDb
Official web site

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• Mandala Tayde
• The Return of Sandokan
• List of alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
• Dil Chahta Hai
• List of German films of the 2000s
• Santa Maradona
• Fireworks (1997 film)
• List of people from Frankfurt
• Desert of Fire (miniseries)
• 1999 in Italian television