Mandana Karimi (born 19 March 1988) is an Iranian model and actress. She entered into Bollywood with her cameo role in film Roy. Currently is one of the contestents in Big Boss 9. Mandana was born to an Iranian mother and Indian father. She was brought up in Tehran. She begun her career as an air hostess. Later she turned to modelling. She has collaborated with Anna Singh, Satya Paul, JJ Valaya and Sandeep Khosla. Bollywood director Vikram Bhatt found her and her debut film will be Bhaag Johnny.