26 Facts About Yvonne Catterfeld

Yvonne Catterfeld was born on 2 December 1979 and is a German singer, actress and television personality.

In 2003, Yvonne Catterfeld made her musical breakthrough when her fifth single, "Fur dich", became an international number-one hit and produced the equally successful album Meine Welt.

Yvonne Catterfeld continued booking success with follow-up albums Farben meiner Welt and Unterwegs, which spawned the hit singles "Du hast mein Herz gebrochen" and "Glaub an mich".

Yvonne Catterfeld transitioned to Sony Music, and after an unsuccessful period, returned to the top of music charts with the reissue of her sixth album Lieber so, when she appeared in the second season of Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of the series The Best Singers.

Yvonne Catterfeld was born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, then part of East Germany.

Yvonne Catterfeld's father, Jurgen Catterfeld, is a foreman; her mother, Annemarie Catterfeld, is a teacher.

Yvonne Catterfeld first appeared on-screen in episode 2316, broadcast on 20 September 2001.

In 2002, Yvonne Catterfeld was handpicked by musician Udo Lindenberg to appear on his 33rd album Atlantic Affairs.

Yvonne Catterfeld recorded vocals for two songs on the album, which was later re-worked into a revue in which Catterfeld co-starred.

In October 2003, Mariah Carey invited Yvonne Catterfeld to be the opening act for the German leg of her Charmbracelet World Tour in Hamburg, Berlin, and Munich.

Also in 2003, Yvonne Catterfeld hosted the MDR singing competition Lucky Star 2003, and became a regular co-host on the music event series The Dome.

In 2004, Yvonne Catterfeld voiced angelfish Angie in the German version of DreamWorks' animated comedy film Shark Tale.

In November, Yvonne Catterfeld filmed the RTL television film The Secret of the Konigssee, a thriller inspired by English author Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel Rebecca.

In 2008, Yvonne Catterfeld had a supporting role in comedy film U-900, a big screen parody of Wolfgang Petersen's epic war film Das Boot.

Also in 2009, Yvonne Catterfeld had a minor role in Lilly the Witch: The Dragon and the Magic Book, a children's film directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, and again played herself in Til Schweiger's Rabbit Without Ears 2.

In March 2010, Yvonne Catterfeld released her fifth album Blau im Blau on Columbia Records.

Yvonne Catterfeld portrayed a soap opera actress in Dani Levy's comedy film Life Is Too Long, which received a theatrical release in late 2010.

Yvonne Catterfeld reunited with Stephan Luca for Am Ende die Hoffnung, a romantic drama revolving around German submarine U-864 in World War II.

Yvonne Catterfeld had bigger roles in the ZDF musical film Nur eine Nacht opposite Pasquale Aleardi and the ensemble disaster film Heroes.

Also in 2014, Yvonne Catterfeld starred in the lead role of Amelia in the television films Zwischen Himmel und hier and Mein ganzes halbes Leben, which she had filmed back-to-back in Ireland the year before.

In mid-2015, Yvonne Catterfeld participated in the second season of the reality television series Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of the series The Best Singers.

Yvonne Catterfeld starred alongside Eliza Bennett, Rosemary Harris, and Matthew Macfadyen in the international co-production The von Trapp Family: A Life of Music, released in November 2015.

In 2016, Yvonne Catterfeld appeared in the role of Nora Pilaster in the ZDF mini series A Dangerous Fortune, based on British author Ken Follett's 1993 novel A Dangerous Fortune.

In 2017, Yvonne Catterfeld released her seventh album Guten Morgen Freiheit.

In 2019, after three season with the show, Yvonne Catterfeld announced her departure from The Voice.

From 2004 to 2007 Yvonne Catterfeld had a relationship with actor Wayne Carpendale.