Manoush (born 1973) 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 as the third child of a mother of French
Sinti 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.[1] 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, which opened many doors in the film and TV industry for Manoush, as well as establishing her as a "bad girl".[1] Manoush often gets credit as an action and horror actress or as a professional in roles which can be intense and difficult to play.[2] 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 [
ru]'s Philosophy of a Knife (2008).[1] Manoush 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 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.