Yvonne Catterfeld
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
singer, actress and TV host.
Biography
Catterfeld was born in ErfurtErfurt
Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, then in East Germany, 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
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and Jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
at the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
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
All Saints (group)
All Saints were a British/Canadian girl group. Founded in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton...
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
Soap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
, 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
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Günter Bohlen is a German songwriter, singer, musician, producer, entertainer, TV personality, and writer. Bohlen is best known for being part of popular pop-duo Modern Talking during 1984–1987 and 1998–2003.-Biography:Bohlen took his Abitur in Oldenburg...
Für dich, which went to #1 of the German, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n and Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
singles charts. Her first album Meine Welt saw similar success and was eventually certified Platinum
Music recording sales certification
Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. 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
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...
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
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Where Does The Love Go, a collaboration with singer Eric Benét
Eric Benét
Eric Benét, is an American singer. His duet with Tamia, "Spend My Life With You" was a number one song for three weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2000....
.
In 2006, Catterfeld released her fourth studio album, Aura.
She dated German actor Wayne Carpendale since January 2005; they separated in August 2007. She dated German actor Oliver Wnuk since October 2007.
Catterfeld has also recently become a spokesperson for Proactiv Solution
Proactiv Solution
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.
Because of her resemblance with Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
, Catterfeld was planned to play the title role in the Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
2009 film Eine Frau wie Romy (A Woman Like Romy). The project was cancelled in July 2009.
Albums
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Certification | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| 2003 | Meine Welt | 1 | 4 | 3 | Platinum |
| 2004 | Farben meiner Welt | 2 | 9 | 7 | Gold |
| 2005 | Unterwegs | 1 | 4 | 18 | Gold |
| 2006 | Aura | 10 | 17 | 26 | - |
| 2010 | Blau im Blau | 37 | 44 | — | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
AUT Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
SWI Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
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| 2001 | Bum | — | — | — | Non Album track |
| 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 Benét Eric Benét Eric Benét, is an American singer. His duet with Tamia, "Spend My Life With You" was a number one song for three weeks on the US Billboard R&B chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2000.... ) |
28 | 63 | 35 | Aura |
| Erinner' mich Dich zu vergessen | 6 | 22 | 23 | ||
| 2007 | Die Zeit ist reif | 55 | — | — | |
| 2010 | Blau im Blau | 52 | — | — | Blau im Blau |
Filmography
- 2002: Atlantic Affairs
- 2004: Große Haie – Kleine Fische (Shark Tale)Shark TaleShark Tale is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation. In the story, a young fish named Oscar falsely claims to have killed the son of a shark mob boss to win favour with the mob boss' enemies and advance his own community standing...
, German dubbingDubbing (filmmaking)Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
voice for Angie (Renée ZellwegerRenée ZellwegerRenée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress and producer. Zellweger first gained widespread attention for her role in the film Jerry Maguire , and subsequently received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her roles as Bridget Jones in the comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ...
) - 2005: Chartbreak Hotel
- 2005: Sophie – Braut wider Willen
- 2007: Das Geheimnis des Königssees
- 2007: Wenn Liebe doch so einfach wär
- 2007: KeinohrhasenKeinohrhasenKeinohrhasen ,lit: No Ear Rabbits, is a 2007 German romantic comedy film, written, produced and directed by Til Schweiger...
- 2007: U900
- 2008: Hexe Lilli: Der Drache und das magische Buch
- 2009: Schatten der Gerechtigkeit
- 2009: Eine Frau wie Romy as Romy SchneiderRomy SchneiderRomy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
- 2009: Engel sucht Liebe
- 2009: Der Vulkan
- 2009: Zweiohrkücken
- 2009: Das Geheimnis des Königsees
- 2010: Die Frau des Schläfers
- 2010: Das Leben ist zu lang
- 2010: The Promise
Series
- 2001–2005: Gute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte ZeitenGute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten is a German television soap opera.In 1990, the first commercial channel in the Netherlands, RTL 4 had a spectacular ratings success with its soap Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden, a remake of the Australian soap-opera The Restless Years...
- 2005: Hallo Robbie!
- 2005: TatortTatortTatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss , crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF 2 in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland...
- 2007: SOKO 5113SOKO 5113SOKO 5113 is a long running German police television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.-Longest serving cast:...
Synchronparts
- 2004: Große Haie – Kleine Fische
- 2008: Hexe Lilli – Der Drache und das magische Buch
Awards
| Jahr | Auszeichnung | Kategorie |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bambi | Shooting-Star |
| Goldene Stimmgabel Goldene Stimmgabel The Goldene Stimmgabel is an annual prize awarded within the German music scene.The prizes are awarded according to the number of records sold from October of the previous year to June of the year of the award, as determined by Media Control... |
Erfolgreichste Solistin Pop | |
| Goldener Wuschel | Shooting Star des Jahres | |
| BRAVO Otto | TV-Star weiblich | |
| 2004 | Berliner Bär (BZ-Kulturpreis) | Pop |
| Echo | Künstlerin National Rock/Pop | |
| Bild Osgar | - | |
| BRAVO Otto | TV-Star weiblich |