# Yvonne Catterfeld
**Yvonne Catterfeld** (born 1979 in Erfurt, Germany) is a German singer and actress who became known through the role of Julia Blum in the RTL soap opera *Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten* and through the 2003 number-one single "Für dich", produced by [Dieter Bohlen](https://www.edgepedia.org/dieter-bohlen).[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5) • [2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) Over more than two decades she has worked in parallel as a pop musician and as a screen actress, most recently as Kommissarin Viola Delbrück in the ARD crime series *Wolfsland* alongside Götz Schubert.[3](https://www.yvonnecatterfeld.com/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1979, Erfurt, Thuringia[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5) |
| Training | Lessons in piano, guitar, voice and dance from age 15; jazz and popular music at the Musikhochschule Leipzig[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5) |
| Breakthrough | "Für dich" (2003), number one on the German single charts; the album *Meine Welt* (2003) reached platinum status[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) • [4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909) |
| Signature TV role | Julia Blum in *Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten*, episode 2316 (20 September 2001) to episode 3168 (February 2005)[5](https://gzsz-wiki.de/wiki/Yvonne_Catterfeld) |
| Crime series lead | Viola Delbrück in *Wolfsland* (ARD) since 2016, opposite Götz Schubert[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) |
| TV coaching | Coach on *The Voice of Germany* in seasons 6, 7, 8, 10, and 14 (2016–2018, 2020, 2024)[6](https://www.fernsehserien.de/yvonne-catterfeld/filmografie) |
| Recent album | *Move* (7 March 2025), Seven.One Starwatch, distributed by 1991/Sony Music[7](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/) |
| Family | Son Charlie (born 2014) with actor Oliver Wnuk, partner from 2007 to 2021; lives near Munich[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) |
## Early life and training
Catterfeld grew up in Erfurt, where her father was an engineer and her mother taught economics, law and technology subjects.[8](https://www.emma.de/artikel/essstoerungen-die-ganz-andere-catterfeld-263276) From age 15 she took lessons in piano, guitar, voice and dance, and after finishing school she studied jazz and popular music at the Musikhochschule Leipzig.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5) • [8](https://www.emma.de/artikel/essstoerungen-die-ganz-andere-catterfeld-263276)
Her first recording, a seven-song release titled *KIV* (1998), drew little attention. In 2000 she entered the MDR talent show *Stimme 2000* under the stage name Viviane and placed second, which brought her into contact with the manager and later BMG executive Thomas Stein and led to a contract with the Hansa label.[4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909) • [9](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/the-voice-of-germany/news/the-voice2020-yvonne-catterfeld-und-stefanie-kloss-im-interview-7180) Her first singles, "Burn" (2001) and the [Destiny's Child](https://www.edgepedia.org/destinys-child)-influenced "Bum", did not meet commercial expectations.[4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909) • [10](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=18171)
## Television breakthrough and pop success
In 2001 Catterfeld joined the RTL daily soap *Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten* (GZSZ) as Julia Blum, a schoolgirl who becomes the girlfriend of John Bachmann. She first appeared in episode 2316 on 20 September 2001, initially in a small part, and returned in March 2002 as a main-cast member after her popularity with viewers grew; her run ended with episode 3168 in February 2005.[5](https://gzsz-wiki.de/wiki/Yvonne_Catterfeld) • [11](https://www.soapsworld.de/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten-gzsz/news/2004-01-01-news-2004/)
The soap's daily visibility carried her music career. The Bohlen-produced ballad "Für dich" reached number one on the German single charts in 2003, and the album *Meine Welt* (2003) followed her to the top of the album chart and reached platinum status.[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) • [12](https://mueller-dam-bucket.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/prod/shop-master/aktuelles/lifestyle/Lifestyle-Magazin/de_lifestyle2_25_web.pdf) • [4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909) She collected honors in this period including the Bambi, the Goldene Stimmgabel and the Echo, and received gold and platinum awards for her recordings.[12](https://mueller-dam-bucket.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/prod/shop-master/aktuelles/lifestyle/Lifestyle-Magazin/de_lifestyle2_25_web.pdf) • [7](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/)
**The double burden.** Catterfeld later described the years of carrying the soap and a music career at the same time as exhausting. In a 2020 interview she said she was often on set at five in the morning, went straight from filming to evening stage appearances, and had no free weekends; she called the pace, in her own words, "abartig" (out of proportion).[13](https://www.berliner-kurier.de/article/was-war-nochmal-freizeit-so-hart-war-die-zeit-bei-gzsz-119760) In 2005 she left GZSZ and separated from her management.[13](https://www.berliner-kurier.de/article/was-war-nochmal-freizeit-so-hart-war-die-zeit-bei-gzsz-119760)
## Acting career
After leaving the soap, Catterfeld played the title role in the ARD telenovela *Sophie – Braut wider Willen* in 2005 and 2006, a series that was canceled after a short run.[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5) Her cinema work began with small roles in *Sterne, die nie untergehen – Atlantic Affairs* (2002) and [Til Schweiger](https://www.edgepedia.org/til-schweiger)'s *Keinohrhasen* (2007), followed by her first film lead in the Atze Schröder comedy *U-900* (2008).[1](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5)
Television films and series made up most of her acting work in the 2010s, including *Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund* (2011) and the thriller *Schatten der Gerechtigkeit* (2009), in which she played a police officer.[14](https://presseportal.zdf.de/fileadmin/zdf_upload/Presse_Special/2011/12/Das_Maedchen_auf_dem_Meeresgrund.pdf) Since 2016 she has led the ARD crime series *Wolfsland* as Kommissarin Viola Delbrück, investigating from Görlitz alongside Götz Schubert as Burkhard "Butsch" Schulz; the series reached its tenth anniversary in 2026 with two new films.[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) • [15](https://www.joyn.ch/bts/themen/ard/nach-zwei-jahren-pause-wolfsland-mit-yvonne-catterfeld-und-goetz-schubert-kehrt-zurueck-197891) She also voiced the Ice Princess Lilli in *Tabaluga – Der Film* (2018) and played [Maria von Trapp](https://www.edgepedia.org/maria-von-trapp) in *Die Trapp Familie – Ein Leben für die Musik* (2015).[6](https://www.fernsehserien.de/yvonne-catterfeld/filmografie)
## Television formats and coaching
Catterfeld has been a recurring presence on German entertainment television. She was a coach on *The Voice of Germany* in seasons 6 through 8 (2016–2018), season 10 (2020, sharing the first all-female double chair in the show's history with Stefanie Kloß of Silbermond), and season 14 (2024).[9](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/the-voice-of-germany/news/the-voice2020-yvonne-catterfeld-und-stefanie-kloss-im-interview-7180) • [6](https://www.fernsehserien.de/yvonne-catterfeld/filmografie) Other appearances include *Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert* (2015), guest spots on the *The Masked Singer* panel, a seat on the jury of the 2025 German Eurovision pre-selection *Chefsache ESC 2025 – Wer singt für Deutschland?*, and a guest jury role on *The Tribute – Die Show der Musiklegenden* (2024).[16](https://www.bunte.de/stars/star-life/yvonne-catterfeld-durchbruch-bei-gzsz-vor-20-jahren-so-hat-sie-sich-veraendert.html) • [6](https://www.fernsehserien.de/yvonne-catterfeld/filmografie) • [2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) She has said that moderating shows is not her calling and that she now turns that genre down.[17](https://www.joyn.de/bts/themen/stars/yvonne-catterfeld-ueber-ihre-tv-zukunft-dieses-genre-lehnt-sie-ab-153779)
## Music after the pop-princess years
Her studio albums after the early peak sold less broadly: *Aura* (2006) received mixed reviews and slow sales, and *Blau im Blau* (2009) did not reach the mass audience of the first records.[4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909) • [18](https://deluxemusic.de/magazin/catterfeld-mir-redet-keiner-mehr-rein-das-ist-ein-total-tolles-gefuehl/) With *Lieber so* (2013) she moved toward more personal, self-determined songwriting, saying in interviews that she finally made decisions without outside interference.[18](https://deluxemusic.de/magazin/catterfeld-mir-redet-keiner-mehr-rein-das-ist-ein-total-tolles-gefuehl/) In 2016 she founded her own record label, and *Guten Morgen Freiheit* (2017) and *Change* (2021) appeared on independent imprints.[13](https://www.berliner-kurier.de/article/was-war-nochmal-freizeit-so-hart-war-die-zeit-bei-gzsz-119760) • [4](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909)
**Switching to English.** *Change* marked her turn away from German-language pop toward English-language material, and *Move*, released on 7 March 2025 by Seven.One Starwatch with distribution through 1991/[Sony Music](https://www.edgepedia.org/sony-music), was her second album in English.[12](https://mueller-dam-bucket.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/prod/shop-master/aktuelles/lifestyle/Lifestyle-Magazin/de_lifestyle2_25_web.pdf) • [19](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=20695) • [7](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/) The album combines R&B, soul and dance elements; her own site describes it as her ninth studio album, while Sony Music's announcement calls it her eighth, a discrepancy between the two announcements themselves.[3](https://www.yvonnecatterfeld.com/) • [7](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/) Reviews of *Move* were lukewarm: Plattentests.de gave it 4 out of 10, judging that between dance pop and R&B borrowings little stuck.[19](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=20695) She promoted the album with a showcase at Sony Music in Berlin in February 2025, performing six new songs before about 150 invited guests, and toured seven German cities in May 2025.[7](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/) In 2026 she traveled to [Cape Verde](https://www.edgepedia.org/cape-verde) for the second season of the ZDF documentary series *Song Trip*, where she recorded a reinterpretation of her song "Irgendwas" with local artists.[20](https://www.zdf.de/video/reportagen/song-trip-102/yvonne-catterfeld-kap-verde-100)
## Personal life
Catterfeld was in a relationship with the actor Oliver Wnuk from 2007 to 2021; their son Charlie was born in 2014.[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) In 2024 she moved with her son from Berlin to a suburb of Munich, telling interviewers she had had enough of the capital.[21](https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr2/yvonne-catterfeld-ueber-move-party-smalltalk-und-den-umzug-nach-bayern-100.html) At the Bambi ceremony in November 2025 she appeared publicly for the first time with her partner, the photographer Adam von Mack.[2](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/) She has described family as her first priority, followed by her work in both music and acting, and she has been a brand ambassador for the river cruise line A-ROSA since 2014.[17](https://www.joyn.de/bts/themen/stars/yvonne-catterfeld-ueber-ihre-tv-zukunft-dieses-genre-lehnt-sie-ab-153779) • [22](https://newsroom.a-rosa.de/fileadmin/media/07_presse/03_news/2022/2022-04-11/PM_Taufpatin_A-ROSA-SENA_11.4.2022.pdf)
## References
1. [Yvonne Catterfeld – Biografie, filmportal.de](https://www.filmportal.de/person/yvonne-catterfeld_28f7f83c646344c8bc262c69fe3e58d5)
2. [Yvonne Catterfeld: Aktuelle News & Biografie, t-online.de](https://www.t-online.de/themen/yvonne-catterfeld/)
3. [Yvonne Catterfeld – MOVE, official website](https://www.yvonnecatterfeld.com/)
4. [Yvonne Catterfeld Biography, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/yvonne-catterfeld-mn0000909909)
5. [Yvonne Catterfeld – GZSZ Wiki](https://gzsz-wiki.de/wiki/Yvonne_Catterfeld)
6. [Filmografie Yvonne Catterfeld, fernsehserien.de](https://www.fernsehserien.de/yvonne-catterfeld/filmografie)
7. [Yvonne Catterfeld präsentierte neues Album „Move" bei Sony Music, Sony Music Germany](https://www.sonymusic.de/yvonne-catterfeld-prasentierte-neues-album-move-bei-sony-music/)
8. [Essstörungen: Die ganz andere Catterfeld, EMMA](https://www.emma.de/artikel/essstoerungen-die-ganz-andere-catterfeld-263276)
9. [The Voice 2020: Yvonne Catterfeld und Stefanie Kloß im Interview, Joyn](https://www.joyn.de/bts/serien/the-voice-of-germany/news/the-voice2020-yvonne-catterfeld-und-stefanie-kloss-im-interview-7180)
10. [Yvonne Catterfeld - Change • Plattentests.de-Rezension](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=18171)
11. [News 2004, Soapsworld.de (GZSZ)](https://www.soapsworld.de/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten-gzsz/news/2004-01-01-news-2004/)
12. [YVONNE CATTERFELD – Immer in Bewegung, Müller Lifestyle Magazin](https://mueller-dam-bucket.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/prod/shop-master/aktuelles/lifestyle/Lifestyle-Magazin/de_lifestyle2_25_web.pdf)
13. ["The Voice"-Jurorin Yvonne Catterfeld: So hart war die Zeit bei GZSZ, Berliner Kurier](https://www.berliner-kurier.de/article/was-war-nochmal-freizeit-so-hart-war-die-zeit-bei-gzsz-119760)
14. [Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund, ZDF Pressemappe](https://presseportal.zdf.de/fileadmin/zdf_upload/Presse_Special/2011/12/Das_Maedchen_auf_dem_Meeresgrund.pdf)
15. [Nach zwei Jahren Pause: "Wolfsland" mit Yvonne Catterfeld und Götz Schubert kehrt zurück, Joyn](https://www.joyn.ch/bts/themen/ard/nach-zwei-jahren-pause-wolfsland-mit-yvonne-catterfeld-und-goetz-schubert-kehrt-zurueck-197891)
16. [Yvonne Catterfeld: Durchbruch bei GZSZ vor 20 Jahren, BUNTE](https://www.bunte.de/stars/star-life/yvonne-catterfeld-durchbruch-bei-gzsz-vor-20-jahren-so-hat-sie-sich-veraendert.html)
17. ["Nicht mein Ding": Darum lehnt Yvonne Catterfeld ein bestimmtes TV-Genre künftig ab, Joyn](https://www.joyn.de/bts/themen/stars/yvonne-catterfeld-ueber-ihre-tv-zukunft-dieses-genre-lehnt-sie-ab-153779)
18. [Catterfeld: "Mir redet keiner mehr rein, das ist ein total tolles Gefühl", DELUXE MUSIC](https://deluxemusic.de/magazin/catterfeld-mir-redet-keiner-mehr-rein-das-ist-ein-total-tolles-gefuehl/)
19. [Yvonne Catterfeld – Move, Plattentests.de-Rezension](https://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=20695)
20. [Song Trip – Yvonne Catterfeld X Kap Verde, ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/video/reportagen/song-trip-102/yvonne-catterfeld-kap-verde-100)
21. [Yvonne Catterfeld über "Move", Party-Smalltalk und den Umzug nach Bayern, WDR 2](https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr2/yvonne-catterfeld-ueber-move-party-smalltalk-und-den-umzug-nach-bayern-100.html)
22. [PM Taufpatin A-ROSA SENA, A-ROSA Newsroom](https://newsroom.a-rosa.de/fileadmin/media/07_presse/03_news/2022/2022-04-11/PM_Taufpatin_A-ROSA-SENA_11.4.2022.pdf)
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