Manoush

Biography

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 2…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Amélie (2001) — Nymphomaniac (uncredited)
2. Cannibal (2006) — Meiwe's Mother (voice)
3. Philosophy of a Knife (2008) — The Female Nurse #1 (voice)
4. Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge (2014) — The Officer
5. When Black Birds Fly (2016) — Kitty
6. Visions of Suffering (2006) — Golgotha (voice)
7. Necronos: Tower of Doom (2010) — Witch
8. La Petite mort (2009) — Maman Fabienne
9. Barricade (2007) — The Mother
10. Unrated: The Movie (2009) — The Book Keeper
11. 15 Till Midnight (2010) — Tiresia / Club Owner
12. Little Big Boy (2010) — Althea Lee
13. Craig (2008) — Manoush
14. The Super (2010) — Olga
15. The Curse of Doctor Wolffenstein (2015) — Miss Royce Reed
16. Underworld Cats (2010) — Dr. Lakatos
17. Caedes (2015) — Alsuna
18. The Turnpike Killer (2009) — Branca Niculescu
19. Avantgarde (2010) — Donna Sciavelli
20. Fearmakers (2008) — Thalia
21. Die Boten des Todes (2022) — Witch
22. Ingression (2010) — Lucy
23. Game Over (2009) — Amanda
24. Blood on the Reel (2015) — Self
25. Zombie Reanimation (2009) — Inge
26. Zombies from Sector 9 (2020) — Valerie
27. The Legend of Moonlight Mountain (2005) — Kara
28. Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre (2007) — Carda
29. Survive (2013) — Rose von Klinger
30. Hour Of The Witch (2024) — Lucy de Lenpher
31. Timo Rose's Beast (2009) — Lucy DeLenpher
32. Gelosia (2017)
33. Amor killt (2016) — Venus
34. Project Genesis: Crossclub 2 (2011) — Dr. Stein
35. Cross Club 2: Project Genesis – The Teaser (2002) — Dr. Stein
36. Breaking Uroboros (2024) — Golgotha (voice)