Mandell Maughan is an American film and television actress. She is best known for starring as Chanel Vanderthal on the Netflix series Free Bert, Maggie in Me, Myself & I on CBS and Lisa Casper in Resident Alien on Syfy. She also played Victoria King, for four seasons, in the comedy fan favorite Bajillion Dollar Propertie$.
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Early life
Maughan, a Portuguese American, was born and raised in Point Loma, a peninsula within southern California, often referred to as "Little Portugal". In 2001, Mandell won the title of Miss Cabrillo, a community pageant where women of Portuguese decent compete to represent their heritage. Later, Maughan attended The University of Arizona and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Professional Acting from the Arizona Repertory Theatre program.
Career
Maughan began her career starring in the title role of the Prison Break spin-off series, Prison Break: Proof of Innocence. She then appeared in the cult film Midnight Movie and several television shows including Ghost Whisperer, House of Lies, and Undateable.
Maughan is best known for starring as Victoria King in the reality show spoof, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$. Shortly after, she played Maggie in the CBS comedy Me, Myself and I with Bobby Moynihan, Jack Dylan Grazer and John Laroquette. Following, Maughan starred as Lisa Casper in the Syfy thriller, Resident Alien based on the comic book of the same name. Throughout this time, she made appearances in the Netflix film Between Two Ferns and the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.
Maughan has acted in over 100 episodes of television including Black-ish, The Neighborhood and the Showtime drama The Affair.
In addition to film and television, Maughan has made comedic appearances in podcasts such as Comedy Bang! Bang! with Scott Aukerman and Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins. She has also performed live at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, The Second City and IO Theater. She is currently co-authoring a book, with her father, about his fishing adventures at sea as a Portuguese Master Captain.
