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Yvonne Catterfeld
Background information
Birth name	Yvonne Catterfeld
Born	December 2, 1979 (1979-12-02) (age 28)
Origin	Erfurt, Germany
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	Hansa (BMG)
Website	www.yvonnecatterfeld.de

Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German singer, actress and TV host.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 3 Filmografie 4 Awards 4.1 2003 4.2 2004 5 References 6 External links

Biography

Catterfeld was born in Erfurt, Thuringia in 1979. At the age of 15 she started playing the piano and the flute, simultaneously taking first dance and vocal lessons. After the high school graduation she studied Pop and Jazz at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig for two years. In 1998 she eventually released her first recordings titled KIV, but the seven songs only found little to none professional response.

After her studies Yvonne participated in the singing contest Stimme 2000 (briefly performing under the name Vivianne), where she met manager and later BMG boss Thomas Stein, who offered her a contract with the sub-label Hansa Music. In 2001 she released her first official single, Bum, a cover of the same-titled All Saints track, but once again the record did not enter the charts. At least the following three single Komm zurück zu mir, Niemand sonst and Gefühle helped to expand Catterfeld's popularity. In 2002 she became part of popular German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten, where she portrayed the role of Julia Blum until 2005. Pushed by her TV presence Yvonne finally found big success with her fourth single produced by Dieter Bohlen Für dich, which went to #1 of the German, Austrian and Swiss singles charts. Her first album Meine Welt saw similar success and was eventually certified Platinum. One year later she was able to reprise this success with Du hast mein Herz gebrochen and her second album Farben meiner Welt.

In November 2005 Catterfeld became the leading actress in the historical telenovela Sophie — Braut Wider Willen. However, the show never answered the network's expectations and as a result it ended in March 2006 after only 65 episodes. At the same time Yvonne released her first single in English, Where Does The Love Go, a collaboration with singer Eric Benét.

In 2006, Catterfeld released her fourth studio album, Aura.

She dated German actor Wayne Carpendale since January 2005; they separated in August 2007.

Catterfeld has also recently become a spokesperson for Proactiv Solution.

Because of her resemblance with Romy Schneider, Catterfeld is planned to play the title role in the Warner Bros. 2009 film Eine Frau wie Romy (A Woman Like Romy).^[1][2]

Discography

Albums

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Certification[3]
		GER	AUT	SWI
2003	Meine Welt	1	4	3	Platinum
2004	Farben meiner Welt	2	9	7	Gold
2005	Unterwegs	1	4	18
2006	Aura	10	17	26

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		GER	AUT	SWI
2001	Bum	—	—	—
2001	Komm zurück zu mir	76	—	—	Meine Welt
2002	Niemand Sonst	31	—	—
2003	Gefühle	26	—	—
	Für dich	1	1	1
2004	Du hast mein Herz gebrochen	1	4	6	Farben Meiner Welt
	Du bleibst immer noch du	21	30	53
	Sag mir — Was meinst du?	14	21	39
2005	Glaub an mich	3	6	15	Unterwegs
	Eine Welt ohne dich	31	52	—
2006	Where Does The Love Go (feat. Eric Benet)	28	63	35	Aura
	Erinner' mich dich zu vergessen	6	22	23
2007	Die Zeit ist reif	55	—	—

Filmografie

• 2001–2005: Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
• 2004: Große Haie – Kleine Fische (Shark Tale), German dubbing voice for Angie (Renée Zellweger)
• 2005: Sophie – Braut wider Willen as Sophie von Aalen
• 2005: Hallo Robbie! (series 4, episode 7) as Kerstin Steinhage
• 2005: Tatort – Der Name der Orchidee (6 March 2005)
• 2007: Das Geheimnis des Königssees
• 2007: SOKO 5113
• 2007: Wenn Liebe doch so einfach wär' as Katrina Lang
• 2007: Keinohrhasen as herself
• 2007: U900
• 2008: Hexe Lilli
• 2009: Eine Frau wie Romy as Romy Schneider
• 2009: Der Vulkan

Awards

2003

• Bambi — "Shooting-Star"
• Goldene Stimmgabel — "Best Female (Pop)"

2004

• ECHO — "Female Artist National (Rock/Pop)"

References

1. ^ Sander, Daniel (12 February 2008). "Ein Soap-Sternchen gibt den Weltstar" (in German). Der Spiegel. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
2. ^ "Ich hatte eine Gänsehaut". Süddeutsche Zeitung (12 February 2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
3. ^ "Richtlinien für die Verleihung von Goldenen Schallplatten und Platin-Schallplatten" (PDF) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie (5 December 2007). Retrieved on 2008-09-04. “Gold: 100,000; Platinum: 200,000”

External links

• (German) Official website
• Yvonne Catterfeld at the Internet Movie Database