Melanie Kannokada was born on February 28, 1984 in Park Ridge, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Pulse: The Desi Beat (2007), Bicycle Bride (2010) and Love, Lies and Seeta (2012)
Biography from TMDB.
- February 28, 1984 (42)
- Park Ridge, Illinois, USA
- Actor, also producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 12 credits in all
What are Melanie Chandra's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 5
Light 4 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 4 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 3 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Beena in Bicycle Bride (2010)
- Allyas Katie Reynolds in Lie Hard (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Melanie Chandra's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Melanie Chandra's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
12 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page.
Elsbeth(2024)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
Lie Hard(2022)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Hot Mess Holiday(2021)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Distancing Socially(2021)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Rain Beau's End(2020)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Code Black(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all showsD for Dopidi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Love, Lies and Seeta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows
Bicycle Bride(2010)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Parenthood(2010)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
NCIS: Los Angeles(2009)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 9 titles from 2009 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Melanie Chandra's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 44th percentile, the median of all 5; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 14th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 10 titles are Cult Classics.
- Universally Loved2
- Loved with Detractors1
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser3
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.