Manoush
Manoush | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marcia Nicole Barandyai |
| Other names | Marcia Lakatos Cyanide Savior Marcia Nicole Baranyari |
| Occupation(s) | Actress Singer Songwriter |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Spouse(s) | Sonyo Lakatos (1989) Henry Noah (1994-1998) Chris Vazquez (2006-2012) |
Marcia Nicole Barandyai-Rani born May 29, 1975 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-mer is an actress, singer, songwriter of Romani,German, American and French origin.
Biography
Early life
Manoush was born on May 29, 1973 inSaintes-Maries-de-la-mer as the third child of a mother of Manouche and Lovari origin. She was raised in Haarlem, Noord-Holland and Biel, Switzerland. At the age of 18, Manoush began modelling, but stopped at age 20 after a car accident left scars on her stomach and legs. [1] She immigrated to the United States a couple of years ago.
Movie career
She began to get into film in the summer of 1998. 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 “the bad girl” in the roles she played.[2] Manoush often gets credit as an action and horror actress or as a professional for roles which can be intense and difficult to play.[3] In 2004 she played fighter Carda in Angel of Death 2, closely followed by films such as Timo Rose’s The Legend of Moonlight Mountain (2005), Marian Dora’s Cannibal (2005), Timo Rose’s Barricade (2007), and Andrey Iskanov’s Philosophy of a Knife (2008). [4] She won Best Supporting Actress in 2011 at the PollyGrind Film Festival in Las Vegas for her role as Olga in The Super.
Music career
She started out as a punk rock and cyberpunk singer. Besides her acting and writing career, she worked as a singer of the band Cyanide Savior alongside her husband, Chris Vazquez.[5]
Filmography
- 1998 M-Inspiration
- 1998 Engagement
- 1999 Time To Kill
- 1999 Einer geht Noch
- 2000 Amélie
- 2001 Wolf im Schafspelz
- 2002 Champion
- 2002 Crossclub - Project Genesis
- 2003 Hinter Schloss und Riegel
- 2004 Angel of Death
- 2004 Criminal Court: Tempel of Lust
- 2004 Moonlight Mountain
- 2005 Cannibal
- 2005 Freunde für immer
- 2006 Traumjob
- 2006 Barricade
- 2007 Zombie Reanimation
- 2008 Philosophy of a Knife
- 2008 Popular
- 2008 The Turnpike Killer
- 2008 Uncut!
- 2008 Necronos - Tower of Doom
- 2009 Little Big Boy - The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Duncan
- 2009 La petite mort
- 2009 Game Over
- 2009 Unrated
- 2009 Cats
- 2009 Zombie Reanimation
- 2010 15 Till Midnight
- 2010 Avantgarde
- 2010 Non Compos Mentis
- 2010 Little Big Boy
- 2010 Ingression
- 2011 The Super
- 2012 When blackbirds fly
- 2012 Survive
Personal life
She married her long-time boyfriend Chris Vasquez in 2006, both live in New York, USA.