She began her acting career in 2006 and has since appeared in a variety of notable productions, including the Sky Series Das Boot, the Emmy-winning thriller Unterm Radar, and the ZDF Show Erzgebirgskrimi where she has been playing the lead detective since 2018.

Her involvement extended to significant projects such as the 240-hour performance installation Meat at the Schaubühne Berlin and Dieter Wedel’s Shakespeare production Die Komödie der Irrungen at the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, where she played the role of Maisha.

[3] Her television career then gained momentum with her role as Herta Levin in the ZDF historical drama Die Holzbaronin [de] (2012), where she appeared alongside Christine Neubauer.

The year 2018 also saw her in Der große Rudolph [de], directed by Alexander Adolph, where she portrayed Dolly alongside Hannelore Elsner, Florian Stadlhuber, and Sunny Melles.

[8] Mandoki took a lead role in the ZDFneo series Macht der Kränkung – Sunshine City (2020), directed by Umut Dag, and worked with Wolfgang Murnberger in the Steirerkrimi in Graz, where she portrayed a Hungarian forced prostitute.

Her 2021 projects included a lead role in the Amazon Prime series Der Beischläfer and the highly acclaimed ZDF crime drama Tod einer Hoffnung.

[11] She will also star in the dramedy Petra geht baden, directed by Rainer Kauffman in Prague,[12] and in Vienna, she will take a leading role in the dark comedy Mama ist die Besti(e) (AT) alongside Adele Neuhaus, both for ZDF prime time.