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The Good Nazi? German Films Delve into Difficult History

Spiegel Online - Found Apr. 3, 2009
It makes you wonder how 1950s Germany will be portrayed in the planned movie about Romy Schneider (with German actress Yvonne Catterfeld).

Posted on April 3, 2009, 11:00 am

Yvonne Catterfeld Biography

Yvonne Catterfeld
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Yvonne Catterfeld

Background information
Birth name Yvonne Catterfeld
Born December 2, 1979 (1979-12-02) (age 29)
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 with boyfriend Oliver Wnuk (December 2007)

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

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Biography

Catterfeld was born in Erfurt, Thuringia, 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 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).12

Discography

Albums

Year Title Chart Positions Certification3
GER AUT SWI
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

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

Awards

2003

2004

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

References

  1. ^ Sander, Daniel (12 February 2008). "Ein Soap-Sternchen gibt den Weltstar" (in German). Der Spiegel. http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/0,1518,druck-534779,00.html. Retrieved on 14 February 2008. 
  2. ^ "Ich hatte eine Gänsehaut". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 12 February 2008. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/artikel/848/157429/print.html. Retrieved on 14 February 2008. 
  3. ^ "Richtlinien für die Verleihung von Goldenen Schallplatten und Platin-Schallplatten" (in German) (PDF). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. 5 December 2007. http://www.musikindustrie.de/uploads/media/ms_gold_richtlinie_tontraeger2008_02.pdf. Retrieved on 4 September 2008. "Gold: 100,000; Platinum: 200,000" 

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