Mandala Tayde (born 27 April 1975) is a German actress and model who works in Italy and Germany. [1]
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 , 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 .
She has a son named Leon. [5]