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Manoush
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Manoush is an actress and singer.
Manoush was born 1972 or 1973 as Manoush Barandaj or Manoush Barandyai in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer as the third child of a mother of French Manouche Sinti and Ashkali origin and a German-American father. She was raised in Haarlem, North Holland, Cologne, (Germany) and Biel, Switzerland. At the age of 18, Manoush began modelling, but her career stopped short at age 20 after a car accident left scars on her stomach and legs. She immigrated to the United States in the summer of 2006 and returned to Europe approx. in 2015.
Manoush pursued film in 1997. In 2000, she was offered the role of the "nymphomaniac" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie, which opened many doors in the film and TV industry for Manoush, as well as establishing her as a "bad girl". Manoush often gets credit as an action and horror actress or as a professional in roles which can be intense and difficult to play. In 2004 she played fighter Carda in Angel of Death 2, closely followed by Timo Rose's The Legend of Moonlight Mountain (2005), Marian Dora's Cannibal (2006), Timo Rose's Barricade (2007), and Andrey Iskanov's Philosophy of a Knife (2008). Manoush won Best Supporting Actress in 2011 at the PollyGrind Film Festival in Las Vegas for her role as Olga in The Super.
She started out as a cyberpunk singer. Besides her acting and writing career, she worked as a singer in the band Cyanide Savior alongside her husband, Chris Vazquez. In 2016 and 2017 she recorded two tracks with 1980s UK band Bronski Beat and US producer Man Parrish.
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Manoush was born 1972 or 1973 as Manoush Barandaj or Manoush Barandyai in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer as the third child of a mother of French Manouche Sinti and Ashkali origin and a German-American father. She was raised in Haarlem, North Holland, Cologne, (Germany) and Biel, Switzerland. At the age of 18, Manoush began modelling, but her career stopped short at age 20 after a car accident left scars on her stomach and legs. She immigrated to the United States in the summer of 2006 and returned to Europe approx. in 2015.
Manoush pursued film in 1997. In 2000, she was offered the role of the "nymphomaniac" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie, which opened many doors in the film and TV industry for Manoush, as well as establishing her as a "bad girl". Manoush often gets credit as an action and horror actress or as a professional in roles which can be intense and difficult to play. In 2004 she played fighter Carda in Angel of Death 2, closely followed by Timo Rose's The Legend of Moonlight Mountain (2005), Marian Dora's Cannibal (2006), Timo Rose's Barricade (2007), and Andrey Iskanov's Philosophy of a Knife (2008). Manoush won Best Supporting Actress in 2011 at the PollyGrind Film Festival in Las Vegas for her role as Olga in The Super.
She started out as a cyberpunk singer. Besides her acting and writing career, she worked as a singer in the band Cyanide Savior alongside her husband, Chris Vazquez. In 2016 and 2017 she recorded two tracks with 1980s UK band Bronski Beat and US producer Man Parrish.
Source: Article "Manoush" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
| 2025 | Herr Berger sucht einen Sohn · as Madame De Winter |
| 2022 | Die Boten des Todes · as Witch |
| 2020 | Zombies from Sector 9 · as Valerie |
| 2019 | Stories of the Dead - Die Farm · as Askania |
| 2018 | Mampf! The Movie · as Baroness Xxx |
| 2017 | |
| 2016 | |
| 2015 | When Black Birds Fly · as Kitty |
| 2015 | Caedes · as Alsuna |
| 2015 | The Curse of Doctor Wolffenstein · as Miss Royce Reed |
| 2014 | In Gefahr - Ein verhängnisvoller Moment (TV Series) · as Sabrina |
| 2014 | Seed 2 · as The Officer |
| 2012 | Little Big Boy · as Althea Lee |
| 2011 | Project Genesis: Crossclub 2 · as Dr. Stein |
| 2011 | Popular · as Frau Beck |
| 2010 | Necronos · as Witch |
| 2010 | The Super · as Olga |
| 2010 | James St. James Presents Avantgarde · as Donna Sciavelli |
| 2010 | Andrey Iskanov's Ingression · as Lucy |
| 2010 | Underworld Cats · as Dr. Lakatos |
| 2010 | 15 Till Midnight · as Tiresia / Club Owner |
| 2009 | Zombie Reanimation · as Inge |
| 2009 | Unrated: The Movie · as The Book Keeper |
| 2009 | La petite mort · as Maman Fabienne |
| 2009 | Game Over · as Amanda |
| 2009 | The Turnpike Killer · as Branca Niculescu |
| 2009 | Timo Rose's Beast · as Lucy Delenpher |
| 2008 | Philosophy of a Knife · as The Female Nurse #1 (voice) |
| 2008 | Fearmakers · as Thalia |
| 2007 | Barricade · as The Mother |
| 2006 | Cannibal · as Meiwe's Mother (voice) |
| 2006 | Visions of Suffering · as Golgotha (voice) |
| 2005 | Moonlight Mountain · as Kara |
| 2002 | The Criminal Court (TV Series) · as Brigitte Loescher |
| 2002 | Cross Club 2: Project Genesis · as Dr. Stein |
| 2001 | Amélie · as Nymphomaniac (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Judge Barbara Salesch (TV Series) · as Renate Opitz |