Mandala Tayde

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Mandala Tayde (born 27 April 1975) is a German actress and model who works in Italy and Germany. [1]

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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, [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

Other appearances (magazines/interviews)

Personal life

She has a son named Leon. [5]

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References

  1. AGENTUR UTE NICOLAI Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Mandala Tayde" . Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  3. Adolf Grimme Award 2007 Archived 2011-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Mediaset Distribution - Tv movies - Desert of fire". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-07-24.
  5. Il babywearing fa "impazzire" le mamme vip! Qui mamme