Mandana Jones
{{Short description|British actress}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
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Jane Mandana Jones (born 26 February 1967) is a British-Iranian actress. She is known for her role as prisoner Nikki Wade in the series Bad Girls.
Early life
From West London, 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 graduated from the Drama Centre London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screenacting.co.uk/our-tutors/mandana-jones/|title=Mandana Jones|website=International School of Screen Acting|accessdate=23 September 2024}}
Career
Jones'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 as Ria Ford. For her role as Ria, she received a nomination for Villain of the Year at the 2005 British Soap Awards.{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a21077/british-soap-awards-2005-the-winners/|title=British Soap Awards 2005 - The winners|work=Digital Spy|access-date=25 January 2020|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125211302/https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a21077/british-soap-awards-2005-the-winners/|url-status=live}} Probably her most high-profile role is as lesbian lifer 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.
Her second largest role was in the 2004 BBC TV children's show Powers, where she played Dr. Mary Holland for the duration of the 13-episode series.[http://www.startrader.co.uk/Action%20TV/guide2000/powers.htm Action TV Online - Powers episode guide]
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), for which she was nominated for Villain of the Year at the British Soap Awards.{{cite news |last1=Berrett |first1=Caroline |title=Soap baubles; Corrie beauty Nikki sparkles in pounds 100k gems |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SOAP+BAUBLES%3b+Corrie+beauty+Nikki+sparkles+in+pounds+100k+gems.-a0132213962 |work=The People |access-date=29 July 2022 |date=8 May 2005 |archive-date=5 December 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205011125/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/SOAP+BAUBLES;+Corrie+beauty+Nikki+sparkles+in+pounds+100k+gems.-a0132213962 |url-status=live}} She then had a small stint as a marriage counsellor Anna Price in EastEnders.
Jones also played a character named Nancy Randall in The Bill during December 2008.
She played a character named Charlotte Thornhill in Casualty on 7 November 2010.
In 2012, she played Dr Broadwood in an episode of Silent Witness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfgh4|title=Silent Witness – Fear, Part 1|date=24 April 2012 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=29 April 2012}}
In April 2016, Jones worked on Emmerdale as Aaron's solicitor in a case against Aaron's father.
Personal life
Jones has a son, Enzo (born 27 October 2005).
Filmography
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| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Sam Haynes | (13 episodes) |
| 1997
| The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Woman Henchbeast | Season 1 (guest, “A Price on His Soul”) |
| 1999–2001
| Nikki Wade | Season 1–3 (main, 33 episodes) |
| 2002
| Occasional, Strong | Cathy | Short film |
| 2003
| Sarah | Season 1 (guest, “Coming Up for Air”) |
| 2003
| Doctors | Sandra Underwood | Season 5 (guest, “Loose Ends”) |
| 2003
| Geri Sanders | Season 5 (guest, “House of Cards”) |
| 2004
| Janet Gough | Season 3 (guest, “A Small Flourish”) |
| 2004
| Powers | Dr Mary Holland | Season 1 (main, all 13 episodes) |
| 2005
| Doctors | Ria Ford | Season 6–7 (recurring, 6 episodes) |
| 2006
| BBC Newsreader | TV movie |
| 2007
| Anna Price | (Guest, 2 episodes) |
| 2008
| The Bill | Nancy Randall | Season 24 (guest, “Too Hot to Handle” Parts 1–3) |
| 2010
| Casualty | Charlotte Thornhill | Season 25 (guest, “Hands On”) |
| 2012
| Dr. Broadwood | Season 15 (guest, “Fear” Parts 1 & 2) |
| 2014
| Dr. Antonia Carey | Season 8 (guest, “Safe from Harm”) |
| 2016
| Prosecution Barrister | (Guest, 2 episodes) |
| 2016
| Summers | Season 3 (guest, “The List”) |
| 2016
| Nasreen Sayyad | Season 1 (recurring, 4 episodes) |
| 2017
| Liar | Dr. Rachael Kyle | Season 1 (guest, “Check Mate”) |
| 2018
| Doctors | Linda Klute | Season 19 (guest, “A Happy Medium”) |
| 2020
| Strike | Dr. Kamila Muhammad | Season 4 (guest, “Lethal White” Parts 3 & 4) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0428730|Mandana Jones}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060808184455/http://mandanajones.net/ Mandana Jones fan site - News from agents or Mandana herself!]
- [http://www.afterellen.com/People/2006/10/mandana.html Interview with Mandana Jones (10/06)]
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Category:English soap opera actresses
Category:Actors from the London Borough of Ealing
Category:Alumni of the Drama Centre London
Category:20th-century British actresses
Category:English people of Iranian descent
Category:English people of Welsh descent
Category:21st-century British actresses
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