Mandana Jones


Jane Mandana Jones is a British-Iranian actress. She is known for her role as prisoner Bad Girls characters#Nikki Wade|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.

Career

Jones's TV work includes the regional soap London Bridge 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. 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.
Between Bad Girls and Powers, she had a small role in the short, Occasional, Strong. Other work during this time includes the aforementioned Doctors, where she played Sandra Underwood, BBC's Afternoon Play, Coming Up For Air, Holby City, Born and Bred. She returned to Doctors in 2005, playing a different character, for which she was nominated for Villain of the Year at the British Soap Awards. She then had a small stint as a marriage counsellor List of [EastEnders characters (2006)#Anna Price|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.
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.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996London BridgeSam Haynes
1997The [New Adventures of Robin Hood]Woman HenchbeastSeason 1
1999–2001Bad GirlsNikki WadeSeason 1–3
2002Occasional, StrongCathyShort film
2003The Afternoon PlaySarahSeason 1
2003DoctorsSandra UnderwoodSeason 5
2003Holby CityGeri SandersSeason 5
2004Born and BredJanet GoughSeason 3
2004PowersDr Mary HollandSeason 1
2005DoctorsRia FordSeason 6–7
2006Random QuestBBC NewsreaderTV movie
2007EastEndersAnna Price
2008The BillNancy RandallSeason 24
2010CasualtyCharlotte ThornhillSeason 25
2012Silent WitnessDr. BroadwoodSeason 15
2014Law & Order: UKDr. Antonia CareySeason 8
2016EmmerdaleProsecution Barrister
2016Line of DutySummersSeason 3
2016New BloodNasreen SayyadSeason 1
2017LiarDr. Rachael KyleSeason 1
2018DoctorsLinda KluteSeason 19
2020StrikeDr. Kamila MuhammadSeason 4