Mandana Jones
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| Mandana Jones | |
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| Born | February 26, 1967 England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–Present |
Mandana Jones is a British actress best known for her role as prisoner Nikki Wade on the British television series Bad Girls.
[edit] Biography
Mandana Jones was born on 26 February 1967 to a Welsh father and an Iranian mother. She is the youngest of three, having two older brothers. She has a son, Enzo, born on 27 October 2005.
[edit] Acting roles
Mandana's TV work includes the regional soap, London Bridge (shown in certain ITV regions in the UK in the mid-1990s) and the BBC daytime soap Doctors. Probably her most high-profile role is as lesbian lifer Nicola "Nikki" Wade on Bad Girls, in which her on-screen love interest, Helen Stewart, was played by another former cast member of London Bridge - Simone Lahbib. The most recent interview with Mandana (August 2007) is available through www.AfterEllen.com.
Her second largest role was in the BBC TV children's show, Powers, where she played Dr. Mary Holland for the duration of the 13-episode series. (2004)
Between "Bad Girls" and "Powers", she had a small role in the short, "Occasional, Strong" (2002). Other work during this time includes the aforementioned "Doctors", where she played Sandra Underwood (2003), BBC's Afternoon Play, "Coming Up For Air" (2003), "Holby City" (1 episode, 2003), "Born and Bred" (1 episode, 2004). She returned to "Doctors" in 2005, playing a different character (Ria Ford, 6 episodes), and she has also had a small stint as a marriage counsellor Anna Price in "Eastenders".
She played a character named Nancy Randall in "The Bill" during December 2008.
She played a character named Charlotte Thornhill in "Casualty" on Nov. 7th, 2010.
[edit] External links
- Mandana Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- Mandana Jones fan site - News from agents or Mandana herself!
- Interview with Mandana Jones (10/06)
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