{{short description|German actress (born 1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Mina Tander | image = Mina Tander (cropped).jpg | caption = Tander in 2015 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|12|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Cologne, West Germany | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1995–present | alma_mater = | parents = | spouse = | children = | relatives = Simin Tander (sister) | website = }} '''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 younger 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== {|class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Project ! Role ! Notes ! {{abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |1995 |''Verbotene Liebe'' (''Forbidden Love'') |Lena Gassner |1 episode |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moviepilot.de/serie/verbotene-liebe/schauspieler|title=''Verbotene Liebe'' Schauspieler, Cast & Crew|publisher=Moviepilot|via=Moviepilot.de|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |1996 |''Absprung'' (''Bounce'') | |Television movie |<ref name="FR">{{cite web|url=http://filmreporter.de/stars/8283-Mina-Tander|title=Mina Tander: Stars bei|via=Filmreporter.de|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2000 |''Ants in the Pants'' |Leonie | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema.de/film_aktuell/filmdetail/film/?typ=inhalt&film_id=255684|title=''Harte Jungs''|first=Bianca|last=Lang|via=Cinema.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |''{{ill|No More School|de|Schule (Film)}}'' |Melanie | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinema.de/film/schule,1295048.html|title=''Schule''|first=Silke|last=Schütze|via=Cinema.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |2003 |''Fremder Freund'' (''Strange Friend'') |Julia | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmportal.de/film/fremder-freund_15b0b5b86ed94b0aaef186a8d1ed3768|title=''Fremder Freund''|via=Filmportal.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nakedeyefilm.de/de/filmographie/fremder-freund|title=''Fremder Freund''|publisher=Nakedeye Filmproductions|via=Nakedeyefilm.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intro.de/kultur/fremder-freund|title=''Fremder Freund''|date=21 July 2004|first=Arno|last=Raffeiner|via=Intro.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |2004 |''Tatort'' (''Crime Scene'') |Lisa |Episode: "Gefährliches Schweigen" | |- |2005 |''{{ill|Oktoberfest (2005 film)|de|Oktoberfest (Film)|lt= Oktoberfest}}'' |Katrin | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/en/programm/filmarchiv/film/?id=1954&y=9|title=Filmdetails: ''Oktoberfest''|publisher=Filmfest München|via=Filmfest-muenchen.de|access-date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2006 |''Tatort'' (''Crime Scene'') |Martina Matussek |Episode: "Blutschrift" | |- |''{{Ill|F4: Vortex|de|Tornado – Der Zorn des Himmels}}'' |Eva Keil |Television movie | |- |2008 |''{{ill|At Any Second|de|In jeder Sekunde}}'' |Sara | | |- |rowspan="2"|2009 |''Der Kriminalist'' (''The Criminalist'') |Tanja Sonntag |Episode: "Die Kronzeugin" |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hv-entertainment.com/red4/der-kriminalist-staffel-3-1529-0072.asp|title=''Der Kriminalist'', Staffel 3|via=HV-entertainment.com|date=6 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |''Wedding Fever in Campobello'' (''Maria, ihm schmeckt’s nicht!'') |Sara Marcipane | |<ref name="bildderfrau">{{cite web|url=https://www.bildderfrau.de/promi-party/article208133107/Freunde-Christan-Ulmen-und-Mina-Tander.html|title=Freunde: Christan Ulmen und Mina Tander|first=Nicola|last=Millies|work=Bild der Frau|date=26 August 2016|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref><ref name="VDFK">{{cite web|url=http://www.vdfk.de/220-preis-der-deutschen-filmkritik-2009|title=Verband der deutschen filmkritik e.V.|publisher=German Film Critics Award|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2010 |''Zeiten ändern dich'' (''Times Change You'') |Bushido's Mother | |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heise.de/tp/features/Bushido-wird-schwul-3384376.html|title=Bushido wird schwul|first=Rüdiger|last=Suchsland|website=Telepolis|via=Heise.de|date=4 February 2012|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |''{{ill|Give Me Your Heart (2010 film)|de|Schenk mir dein Herz|lt=Give Me Your Heart}}'' |Maria | | |- |rowspan="2"|2012 |''Tatort'' (''Crime Scene'') |Sandra |Episode: "Ein neues Leben" | |- |''{{Ill|Forgotten (2012 German film)|de|3=Du hast es versprochen|lt=Forgotten}}'' (''Du hast es versprochen'') |Hanna | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmreporter.de/news/10798-Prominenter-Beziehungsreigen-|title=In Produktion: Prominenter Beziehungsreigen|via=Filmreporter.de|first=Willy|last=Flemmer|date=3 July 2013|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |2013 |''Buddy'' |Lisa | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmreporter.de/news/10336-Michael-Herbig-Buddy-vor-Drehstart|title=In Produktion: Michael Herbig ''Buddy'' vor Drehstart|via=Filmreporter.de|first=Willy|last=Flemmer|date=29 January 2013|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |2015 |''Frau Müller muss weg!'' (''Ms. Muller Must Go Away'') |Marina Jeskow | |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://filmreporter.de/news/11606-Soenke-Wortmann-mit-Anke-Engelke|title=In Produktion: Sönke Wortmann mit Anke Engelke in Köln|via=Filmreporter.de|first=Willy|last=Flemmer|date=17 March 2014|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2016 |''Seitenwechsel'' |Teresa Paschke | |<ref name="Jupiter 2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/leute-schauspiel-jupiter-fuer-mina-tander-und-jannis-niewoehner_id_6762425.html|title=Berlin: Schauspiel-Jupiter für Mina Tander und Jannis Niewöhner|work=Focus|language=de|date=9 March 2017|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/seitenwechsel-seitenwechsel-wotan-wilke-moehring-stiehlt-mina-tander-die-show_id_5582224.html|title=''Seitenwechsel'': Wotan Wilke Möhring steals the show from Mina Tander|work=Focus|date=31 May 2016|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |''Antonio, ihm schmeckt's nicht'' (''Antonio, He Doesn't Like It'') |Sara Marcipane | |<ref name="bildderfrau"/> |- |2016–2019 |''Berlin Station'' |Esther Krug | |<ref name="Berlin Station">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/12/berlin-station-finale-ashley-judd-brad-winters-leland-orser-german-elections-epix-video-1202219017/|title=''Berlin Station'' EP On Tonight's Finale, The Far Right's Rise, Ashley Judd & Season 3|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=4 December 2017|access-date=5 January 2018|website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> |- |2017 |''Eine gute Mutter'' (''A Good Mother'') |Greta Burmeester |Television movie |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.morgenpost.de/kultur/tv/article212409343/Eine-gute-Mutter-zeigt-Frauen-im-Ausnahmezustand.html|title=''Eine gute Mutter'' zeigt Frauen im Ausnahmezustand|first=Von Arnold|last=Hohmann|work=Berliner Morgenpost|date=1 November 2017|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |2017–2018 |''{{ill|Jerks (TV series)|lt=Jerks|de|jerks.}}'' |Mina Tander |2 episodes | |- |rowspan="2"|2018 |''Die Entdeckung der Liebe'' (''The Discovery of Love'') |Valerie |Television movie |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.presseportal.de/pm/6694/3788439|title=Das Erste/Drehstart für ''Die Entdeckung der Liebe'' (AT)/Mina Tander, Sebastian Zimmler und Martin Wuttke in einer außergewöhnlichen Liebeskomödie|publisher=PressePortal.de|date=15 November 2017|access-date=5 January 2018|language=de}}</ref> |- |''Nord Nord Mord'' (''North North Murder'') |Susanna Wagner |Episode: "Clüver und der leise Tod" | |- |2025 |''Cassandra'' |Samira | |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wz.de/nrw/krefeld/krefeld-fuer-neue-netflix-serie-auf-hubert-houben-kampfbahn-gedreht_aid-100197181|title=Szenen für neue Netflix-Serie auf Hubert-Houben-Kampfbahn in Krefeld gedreht|date=26 October 2023|work=Westdeutsche Zeitung|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://marieclaire.de/life/kunst-kultur/serien-highlights-2025-streaming/|title=7 Serien-Highlights, die 2025 erscheinen|date=7 January 2025|work=Marie Claire|last=Rinderspacher|first=Anna|language=de}}</ref> |}
==Accolades== * 2009: Nomination – German Film Critics Award for Best Actress for ''Wedding Fever in Campobello'' (''Maria, ihm schmeckt's nicht'')<ref name="FR"/><ref name="VDFK"/> * 2014: Nomination – Jupiter Award for Best German Actress for ''Buddy''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jupiter-award.de/stars/2014/nominierungen-zum-jupiter-award-2014,5984434,ApplicationArticle.html?ajax=1 |title=Jupiter Award Nominations (2014)|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> * 2017: Win – Jupiter Award for Best German Actress for ''Seitenwechsel''<ref name="Jupiter 2017"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0849180}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tander, Mina}} Category:1979 births Category:German film actresses Category:German television actresses Category:Living people Category:Actresses from Cologne Category:German people of Afghan descent