Manoush (born 1971) is a French actress and singer.

Biography

Early life

Manoush was born 1972 or 1973 as Manoush Barandaj or Manoush Barandyai in

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (, lit.: "Saint Marys of the Sea"; Provençal Occitan: ''Li Santi Mario de la Mar'') is the capital of the Camargue ( Provençal Occitan ''Camarga'') in the south of France. It is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône ...

as the third child of a mother of French

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origin and a German-American father. She was raised in Haarlem, North Holland,

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, (Germany) and

Biel , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...

, 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.Fatally Yours' Horror Reviews: Interview with Actress Manoush
/ref> She immigrated to the United States in the summer of 2006 and returned to Europe approx. in 2015

Movie career

Manoush pursued film in 1997. In 2000, she was offered the role of the "nymphomaniac" in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's ''

Amélie ''Amélie'' (also known as ''Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain''; ; en, The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Poulain, italic=yes) is a 2001 French-language romantic comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Written by Jeunet with Guillaume La ...

'', 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.Manoush – MoviesPlanet
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 Marian Dora (born 1970 in Southern Germany) is the pseudonym most commonly used by an anonymous German art director, cinematographer, actor, screenwriter, editor, producer, composer, assistant director, makeup artist, special effects/sound/camera ...

's ''

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'' (2006), Timo Rose's ''Barricade'' (2007), and 's ''

Philosophy of a Knife ''Philosophy of a Knife'' is a 2008 Russian-American horror film written, produced, shot, edited, and directed by . It covers the Japanese Army's Unit 731, mixing archival footage, interviews, and extremely graphic reenactments of experiments perf ...

'' (2008). Manoush won Best Supporting Actress in 2011 at the

PollyGrind Film Festival The PollyGrind Film Festival, also known as simply Pollygrind and the PollyGrind Underground Film Festival, was an annual event held in Las Vegas, Nevada that specialized "in all things alternative, with a wide variety of films not shown elsewher ...

in Las Vegas for her role as Olga in ''The Super''.

Music career

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 Manuel "Man" Parrish (born May 6, 1958) is an American songwriter, vocalist and producer. He, along with artists such as Yellow Magic Orchestra, Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Arthur Baker, Afrika Bambaataa, John Robie, Jellybean Benitez, Lotti Gold ...

Filmography

* 1997: ''M-Inspiration'' (Germany) * 1998: ''Engagement'' (Germany) * 1999: ''Time To Kill'' (unfinished Belgian movie) * 1999: ''Einer geht Noch'' (Germany) * 2000: ''

'' (France) * 2001: ''Wolf im Schafspelz'' (Germany) * 2002: ''Champion'' (Germany) * 2002: ''Crossclub – Project Genesis'' (Germany) * 2003: ''Hinter Schloss und Riegel'' (Germany) * 2004: ''Angel of Death'' (Italy) * 2004: ''Criminal Court: Temple of Lust'' (Germany) * 2004: ''Moonlight Mountain'' (USA) * 2005: ''Freunde für immer'' (Germany) * 2006: ''

'' (Germany) * 2006: ''Traumjob'' * 2006: '' Barricade'' (USA/Germany) * 2007: ''Fearmakers'' (USA) * 2007: ''Zombie Reanimation'' (Germany) * 2007: ''The Shrieking'' (USA) * 2007/13: ''The Tourist aka 'Ingression'' (Russia) * 2008: ''

'' (Russia) * 2008: ''Popular'' (Germany) * 2008: ''The Turnpike Killer'' (USA) * 2008: '' Craig '' (Denmark) * 2008: ''Uncut!'' (USA) * 2008: ''Necronos – Tower of Doom'' (Germany) * 2008: ''Beast'' (Germany) * 2009: ''Little Big Boy – The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Duncan'' (Denmark) * 2009: ''La petite mort'' (France) * 2009: ''Game Over'' (USA/Germany) * 2009: ''Unrated'' (USA/Germany) * 2009: ''Cats'' (Germany) * 2009: ''Zombie Reanimation'' (Germany) * 2010: ''15 Till Midnight'' (USA) * 2010: ''Traveler'' (USA) * 2010: ''Avantgarde'' (USA) * 2010: ''Non Compos Mentis'' (USA) * 2010: ''Little Big Boy'' (Denmark) * 2010: ''Ingression'' (Russia) * 2011: ''The Super '' (USA) * 2011: ''What's your poison'' (USA) * 2012: ''When blackbirds fly'' (USA) * 2012: ''Survive'' (USA) * 2012: ''Devil moon'' (USA) * 2013: ''Four of a kind'' (Germany) * 2013: ''Caedes'' Germany) * 2013: '' Vengeance Doloreuse'' (France) * 2014: ''In fear of'' (USA television series) * 2014: '' Blood Valley: Seed's Revenge'' (USA) * 2014: ''Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales'' (USA) * 2014: ''Carpaneda'' (documentary) (USA) * 2014: ''The Curse of Doctor Wolffenstein'' (Germany) * 2014: ''Gefahr (TV)'' (Germany) * 2015: ''Fenster zum Hof(TV)'' (Germany) * 2015: ''The Sight'' (Germany) * 2016: ''Blood on the reel'' (US documentary) * 2016: ''Bittersweet Revenge'' (Germany) * 2016: ''Amor Kills'' (Germany) * 2016: ''Andrey Iskanov's Visions of Suffering: Uroboros'' (Russia) * 2016: ''Andrey Iskanov's Visions of Suffering (Final Director's Cut)'' (Russia) * 2017: ''Night of the Magician'' (USA) * 2017: ''Gelosia'' (Italy) * 2017: ''Die Boten des Todes'' (Germany) * 2017: ''Mampf'' (Germany) * 2017: Unknown Israeli documentary film * 2017 " Bacillus F" TV News documentary (as herself) * 2018: ''Zombies from Sector 9'' (Belgium) * 2018: ''Stories of the dead'' (Germany) * 2018: ''Herr Berger sucht einen Sohn'' (Germany) * 2018: ''Magid Atidot'' (Israel) * 2019 "Hour of the witch" (Germany) * 2020: ''My deadly Virus" (Germany) * 2020: ''H.P. Lovecraft's 'The cats of Ulthar'

Personal life

Manoush married her long-time boyfriend Chris Vasquez in 2006. They lived in New York, United States, and got divorced in 2014.

References

External links

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Official MySpace at Wayback Machine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manoush Living people Dutch film actresses Dutch Romani people Dutch singer-songwriters Dutch television actresses Romani actresses Romani female models Romani musicians Romani singers 1971 births 21st-century Dutch singers 21st-century Dutch actresses