Arienne Mandi

Arienne Mandi is an American actress known for playing the lead character Dani Núñez in The L Word: Generation Q. She has played minor roles in Hawaii Five-0, NCIS, Agent X, and NCIS: Los Angeles. She also played Francesca "Franki" Murray in the 2022 film Love, Classified and Noor Taheri in the second season of The Night Agent.

Career Mandi appeared in the shows, NCIS, Hawaii Five-0, The Interns, NCIS: Los Angeles, and In the Vault. She played the lead in the film Baja. She subsequently went on to play a major character Daniela "Dani" Núñez in The L Word: Generation Q and was widely loved by fans. She also starred in the film Love, Classified as Francesca "Franki" Murray. She played the lead character of Iranian judoka Leila Hosseini in the political-thriller Tatami, alongside Zar Amir Ebrahimi, co-directed by an Academy Award–winning director Guy Nattiv and Ebrahimi. It had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2023. In 2026, she appeared in the audiobook Speak Now by Ash Perez.

Personal life Mandi was born in Los Angeles on April 8, 1994. She is Chilean on her mother's side and Iranian on her father's side. Mandi is fluent in Spanish, French, Persian and English. She made the following statement in regards to her sexuality: "If there were to be anything close to what I feel it would be pan. I accept love in all forms and I give love. It's just all love." In an episode of the podcast Scissoring Isn't a Thing, Mandi confirmed that Nazanin Mandi is her cousin.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 Between the Lines Madeline Short film 2017 Escape Artist Arienne 2018 Baja Lisa Bolanos / Lorena De Los Rios 2020 Break Even Maddy 2022 Love, Classified Francesca "Franki" Murray Television film (Hallmark channel) Arienne Mandi: Why I Fight Herself Short film 2023 Tatami Leila Hosseini TBA Hostage Angela Robinson

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2015 NCIS: Los Angeles Catalina Diaz Guest Agent X Afshan Guest 2018 NCIS Emma Sweeney Guest Hawaii Five-0 Carlotta Guest 2019–2023 The L Word: Generation Q Daniela "Dani" Núñez Series regular; 3 seasons 2022 In the Vault Valentina Velez Season 2 (8 episodes) 2025 The Night Agent Noor Taheri Main role; Season 2 FBI Anna Fox Guest 2025–present Chicago P.D. Officer Eva Imani Series regular (season 13) 2026–present Your Friends & Neighbors Brienne Zalkin Recurring role; season 2