Mina Tander

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

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)

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

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]