Manoush

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Place of Birth Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Also Known As Marcia Nicole Barandshay, Marcia Nicole Noack, Nicole Marica Noah, Cyanide Savior, Manoush Barandaj, Manoush Barandyai

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 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.

Known For

Actor

2022
2020
2016
Amor killt

as Venus

2015
2015
Caedes

as Alsuna

2015
2014
2013
Survive

as Rose von Klinger

2010
Little Big Boy

as Althea Lee

2010
The Super

as Olga

2010
Avantgarde

as Donna Sciavelli

2010
Ingression

as Lucy

2010
Underworld Cats

as Dr. Lakatos

2010
15 Till Midnight

as Tiresia / Club Owner

2009
2009
La Petite mort

as Maman Fabienne

2009
Unrated: The Movie

as The Book Keeper

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
Craig

as Manoush

2008
Fearmakers

as Thalia

2007
Barricade

as The Mother

2006
Cannibal

as Meiwe's Mother (voice)

2006
Visions of Suffering

as Golgotha (voice)

2001
Amélie

as Nymphomaniac (uncredited)

Crew

2009
Game Over

as Special Effects

2007
Barricade

as Special Effects

2007
Barricade

as Stunts

Producer

2013
Survive

as Co-Producer

2009
Game Over

as Executive Producer

Costume & Make-Up

2008
Fearmakers

as Makeup Artist