Mina Tander

Mina Tander
Tander in 2015
Born	(1979-12-04) 4 December 1979 (age 45) Cologne, West Germany
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1995–present
Relatives	Simin Tander (sister)

Mina Tander (born 4 December 1979) is a German actress. She played BfV agent Esther Krug on Berlin Station from 2016 to 2019.

Biography

Born in Cologne, Tander is the daughter of an Afghan journalist father, who died when she was a child, and a German teacher mother.

She was raised in Cologne with her older sister Simin Tander.

Tander is married to German film director Elmar Fischer. He directed Tander in his 2003 film Fremder Freund (Strange Friend), and in the 2009 episode "Die Kronzeugin" of Der Kriminalist (The Criminalist).

Selected filmography

Year	Project	Role	Notes	Ref.
1995	Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)	Lena Gassner	1 episode	[1]
1996	Absprung (Bounce)		Television movie	[2]
2000	Ants in the Pants	Leonie		[3]
	No More School [de]	Melanie		[4]
2003	Fremder Freund (Strange Friend)	Julia		[5][6][7]
2004	Tatort (Crime Scene)	Lisa	Episode: "Gefährliches Schweigen"
2005	Oktoberfest [de]	Katrin		[8]
2006	Tatort (Crime Scene)	Martina Matussek	Episode: "Blutschrift"
	F4: Vortex [de]	Eva Keil	Television movie
2008	At Any Second [de]	Sara
2009	Der Kriminalist (The Criminalist)	Tanja Sonntag	Episode: "Die Kronzeugin"	[9]
	Wedding Fever in Campobello (Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht!)	Sara Marcipane		[10][11]
2010	Zeiten ändern dich (Times Change You)	Bushido's Mother		[12]
	Give Me Your Heart [de]	Maria
2012	Tatort (Crime Scene)	Sandra	Episode: "Ein neues Leben"
	Forgotten [de] (Du hast es versprochen)	Hanna		[13]
2013	Buddy [de]	Lisa		[14]
2015	Frau Müller muss weg! (Ms. Muller Must Go Away)	Marina Jeskow		[15]
2016	Seitenwechsel [de]	Teresa Paschke		[16][17]
	Antonio, ihm schmeckt's nicht (Antonio, He Doesn't Like It)	Sara Marcipane		[10]
2016–2019	Berlin Station	Esther Krug		[18]
2017	Eine gute Mutter (A Good Mother)	Greta Burmeester	Television movie	[19]
2017–2018	Jerks [de]	Mina Tander	2 episodes
2018	Die Entdeckung der Liebe (The Discovery of Love)	Valerie	Television movie	[20]
	Nord Nord Mord (North North Murder)	Susanna Wagner	Episode: "Clüver und der leise Tod"
2025	Cassandra	Samira		[21][22]

Accolades

• 2009: Nomination – German Film Critics Award for Best Actress for Wedding Fever in Campobello (Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht)[2][11]
• 2014: Nomination – Jupiter Award for Best German Actress for Buddy[23]
• 2017: Win – Jupiter Award for Best German Actress for Seitenwechsel[16]

References

1. "Verbotene Liebe Schauspieler, Cast & Crew" (in German). Moviepilot. Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Moviepilot.de.
2. "Mina Tander: Stars bei" (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Filmreporter.de.
3. Lang, Bianca. "Harte Jungs" (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Cinema.de.
4. Schütze, Silke. "Schule" (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Cinema.de.
5. "Fremder Freund" (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Filmportal.de.
6. "Fremder Freund" (in German). Nakedeye Filmproductions. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Nakedeyefilm.de.
7. Raffeiner, Arno (21 July 2004). "Fremder Freund" (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Intro.de.
8. "Filmdetails: Oktoberfest" (in German). Filmfest München. Retrieved 6 January 2018 – via Filmfest-muenchen.de.
9. "Der Kriminalist, Staffel 3" (in German). 6 January 2018 – via HV-entertainment.com.
10. Millies, Nicola (26 August 2016). "Freunde: Christan Ulmen und Mina Tander". Bild der Frau (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
11. "Verband der deutschen filmkritik e.V." (in German). German Film Critics Award. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
12. Suchsland, Rüdiger (4 February 2012). "Bushido wird schwul". Telepolis (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Heise.de.
13. Flemmer, Willy (3 July 2013). "In Produktion: Prominenter Beziehungsreigen" (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Filmreporter.de.
14. Flemmer, Willy (29 January 2013). "In Produktion: Michael Herbig Buddy vor Drehstart" (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Filmreporter.de.
15. Flemmer, Willy (17 March 2014). "In Produktion: Sönke Wortmann mit Anke Engelke in Köln" (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via Filmreporter.de.
16. "Berlin: Schauspiel-Jupiter für Mina Tander und Jannis Niewöhner". Focus (in German). 9 March 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
17. "Seitenwechsel: Wotan Wilke Möhring steals the show from Mina Tander". Focus (in German). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
18. Patten, Dominic (4 December 2017). "Berlin Station EP On Tonight's Finale, The Far Right's Rise, Ashley Judd & Season 3". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
19. Hohmann, Von Arnold (1 November 2017). "Eine gute Mutter zeigt Frauen im Ausnahmezustand". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
20. "Das Erste/Drehstart für Die Entdeckung der Liebe (AT)/Mina Tander, Sebastian Zimmler und Martin Wuttke in einer außergewöhnlichen Liebeskomödie" (in German). PressePortal.de. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
21. "Szenen für neue Netflix-Serie auf Hubert-Houben-Kampfbahn in Krefeld gedreht". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 26 October 2023.
22. Rinderspacher, Anna (7 January 2025). "7 Serien-Highlights, die 2025 erscheinen". Marie Claire (in German).
23. "Jupiter Award Nominations (2014)". Retrieved 5 January 2018.

External links

• Mina Tander at IMDb