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Melanie Chandra

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Melanie Chandra arrives at Never Have I Ever Season 3 Premiere in Los Angeles
To impress his girlfriend's wealthy parents, a pathological liar borrows $4 million from a crime syndicate to purchase a mansion. Unfortunately for him, all debts need to be paid back..
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Lie Hard (2022)
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Melanie is an actress and producer passionate about bringing more empathy to this world through her work. In line with that mission, she uses her platforms both on-screen and behind the camera to share powerful and diverse stories about women and minorities. She is best known for her work as Malaya Pineda on CBS's Code Black.

Born in Illinois, Melanie graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering while studying improvisational comedy on the side.

Post-graduation, she landed a high-profile corporate job, which she eventually quit to pursue her childhood dream of acting. She quickly landed a series of television roles including guest appearances on Rules of Engagement, Parenthood, and Nashville and large recurring roles on Netflix's Brown Nation and HBO's The Brink.

From 2015 to 2017, she played the series regular role of Dr. Malaya Pineda on the CBS medical drama Code Black.

In 2018, Melanie also became a producer for several different projects and shows. One of her projects, with South Asian women in the forefront, is in development with HBO.

Melanie is the co-founder of the not-for-profit Hospital for Hope India, which provides health care services to under-served villagers in rural India. She also holds a 2nd-degree black belt in Karate and is a trained pianist.
BornFebruary 28, 1986
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Melanie Chandra speaks at 2015 TCAs in Los Angeles, CA, with cast of Code Black
Melanie Chandra arrives at New York Indian Film Festival 2022
Still of Melanie Chandra in Code Black
Melanie Chandra in Code Black (2015)
Cast of HBO's The Brink arrives at the Paramount Theater at Paramount Studios on June 8, 2015 in Hollywood, California.
Melanie Chandra attends CBS/ Showtime/CW Annual TV Critics Association Summer Party, August 10, 2016
Ice-T, Mariska Hargitay, Raúl Esparza, and Melanie Chandra in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Benjamin Hollingsworth and Melanie Chandra in Code Black (2015)
Benjamin Hollingsworth, Melanie Chandra, and Harry Ford in Code Black (2015)
Marcia Gay Harden, Boris Kodjoe, and Melanie Chandra in Code Black (2015)
Jamil Walker Smith, Melanie Chandra, Seth Carr, and Nafessa Williams in Code Black (2015)
Melanie Chandra in Code Black (2015)

Known for

Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
Code Black
8.0
TV Series
  • Malaya Pineda
Tim Robbins and Jack Black in The Brink (2015)
The Brink
7.7
TV Series
  • Fareeda(as Melanie Kannokada)
Ali Fazal in For Here or to Go? (2015)
For Here or to Go?
6.7
  • Shveta(as Melanie Kannokada)
  • 2015

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Actress

  • Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023)
    Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls
  • New Amsterdam (2018)
    New Amsterdam
  • Melanie Chandra in 73ish Questions with Candy Gupta (2022)
    73ish Questions with Candy Gupta
  • Ian Niles in Lie Hard (2022)
    Lie Hard
  • Hot Mess Holiday (2021)
    Hot Mess Holiday
  • Giovanni Michael Abate in Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
    Clifford the Big Red Dog
    • (uncredited)
  • Jim O'Heir, Alan Tudyk, Connor Paolo, Sarah Levy, Jessika Van, Rory Scovel, Andy Buckley, Blythe Howard, and Chris Blake in Distancing Socially (2021)
    Distancing Socially
  • Gayatri Bahl, Melanie Chandra, Surina Jindal, and Reema Sampat in Diner Banter (2021)
    Diner Banter
  • Janelle Snow and Amanda Powell in Rain Beau's End (2020)
    Rain Beau's End
  • Sucked In (2019)
    Sucked In
  • Melanie Chandra and Surina Jindal in Surina & Mel (2019)
    Surina & Mel
  • Josiah (2019)
    Josiah
  • Draupadi Unleashed (2019)
    Draupadi Unleashed
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
    Code Black

Producer

  • Hot Mess Holiday (2021)
    Hot Mess Holiday
  • Jim O'Heir, Alan Tudyk, Connor Paolo, Sarah Levy, Jessika Van, Rory Scovel, Andy Buckley, Blythe Howard, and Chris Blake in Distancing Socially (2021)
    Distancing Socially
  • Gayatri Bahl, Melanie Chandra, Surina Jindal, and Reema Sampat in Diner Banter (2021)
    Diner Banter
  • Melanie Chandra and Surina Jindal in Surina & Mel (2019)
    Surina & Mel
  • Bollywood Stripper (2014)
    Bollywood Stripper
    • (as Melanie Kannokada)

Writer

  • Melanie Chandra and Surina Jindal in Surina & Mel (2019)
    Surina & Mel

Videos11

Clip from BROWN NATION - Netflix
Demo Reel 1:13
Clip from BROWN NATION - Netflix
Trailer - Surina & Mel (2019)
Demo Reel 0:56
Trailer - Surina & Mel (2019)
Code Black Episode 206 - Hero Complex
Demo Reel 3:05
Code Black Episode 206 - Hero Complex
Melanie Chandra - Clips from HBO's The BRINK
Demo Reel 4:47
Melanie Chandra - Clips from HBO's The BRINK
Official Trailer
Trailer 1:28
Official Trailer
Rain Beau's End
Trailer 2:05
Rain Beau's End
For Here or to Go?
Trailer 2:32
For Here or to Go?
Brown Nation
Trailer 1:54
Brown Nation
Hot Mess Holiday Official Teaser
Trailer 0:31
Hot Mess Holiday Official Teaser
For Here Or To Go? Trailer
Trailer 2:31
For Here Or To Go? Trailer
First Look - Code Black
Promo 7:20
First Look - Code Black

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    • February 28, 1986
    • Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
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    Holds a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and won medals at the Junior Pan-American Games as a member of the USA Junior National Karate Team.

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