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- Birth nameMelanie Kannokada
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Melanie Chandra is an American actress, producer, and writer best known for her series regular role as Dr. Malaya Pineda on CBS's Code Black and for starring in and executive producing Comedy Central's pathbreaking holiday comedy Hot Mess Holiday alongside Surina Jindal and Kal Penn.
Her television work spans drama and comedy, with appearances on Grey's Anatomy, New Amsterdam, Law & Order: SVU, Elsbeth, Parenthood, Nashville, Rules of Engagement, and recurring roles on HBO's The Brink and Netflix's Brown Nation.
She also stars in the indie horror comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, an official selection of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
A Stanford University graduate with a background in mechanical engineering and improvisational comedy, Melanie left a career in corporate consulting to pursue acting full-time. She is a second-degree black belt in karate, co-founder of the nonprofit Hospital for Hope India, and one of the first Indian American women to front a global beauty campaign as part of Bare Escentuals' "Be a Force of Beauty."
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpouseNeeraj Chandra(2015 - present) (2 children)
- Holds a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate and won medals at the Junior Pan-American Games as a member of the USA Junior National Karate Team.
- Crowned Miss India America 2007.
- Graduated Stanford University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. She was a member of the university's cheerleading squad and served as the Student Body President in her senior year.
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