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.
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 kids’ 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”. Along the way, she has done numerous commercial work, including Kohler, Lexus, and Direct Line Insurance. Her most recent work as been a series of adverts (3 thus far) for Green Flag Insurance.
She has an upcoming role on “The Bill”, playing a character by the name of Nancy Randall.
