Arienne Mandi is an American actress known for playing the lead character Dani Núñez in The L Word: Generation Q. She has played minor roles in Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series), NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Agent X (TV series), and NCIS: Los Angeles. She also played Francesca "Franki" Murray in the 2022 film Love, Classified and Noor in the second season of The Night Agent.
Career
Mandi appeared in the shows, NCIS, Hawaii Five-O, The Interns, NCIS: Los Angeles, and In The Vault. She played the lead in the film Baja. She subsequently went on to play a major character Daniela "Dani" Núñez in The L Word: Generation Q and was widely loved by fans. She also starred in the film Love, Classified as Francesca "Franki" Murray. She played the lead character of Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini in the political-thriller Tatami, alongside Zar Amir Ebrahimi, co-directed by an Academy Award-winning director Guy Nattiv and Ebrahimi. It had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2023.
Personal life
Mandi was born in Los Angeles. She is Chilean on her mothers side and Iranian on her fathers side. Mandi is fluent in Spanish, French, Farsi and English. She made the following statement in regards to her sexuality: "If there were to be anything close to what I feel it would be pan. I accept love in all forms and I give love. It's just all love." In an episode of Scissoring Isn't A Thing, Mandi confirmed that Nazanin Mandi is her cousin.
References
External links
- Arienne Mandi at IMDb
- Arienne Mandi on Instagram
