Yvonne Maria Schaefer is an actress and a film producer, living in New York City. She was born and raised in Frankfurt Main Germany. As a child she began her career as a model and actress and studied ballet, while also acting in theatre productions. Later on Yvonne Maria Schäfer worked internationally. In the 1990's meanwhile studying at the Goethe University in Frankfurt / Germany, Yvonne Maria Schaefer focused more intently on her acting career and studied drama. She worked in numerous Films, TV Series and plays. She also sang background vocals for various bands including Joe Cocker) and Vanessa Mae. Through her passion and participation in extreme sports, the Maxim Lifestyle Magazine voted Yvonne Maria Schaefer as the "Action Girl". After living part time in Asia and Spain, she moved in 2008 to New York City and founded the Film Production Company YMC Films[us] (Production) . In the States Yvonne Maria Schaefer has been successfully working as both an actress and a producer. She starred in the successful film, ( Forget Me Not (2009)opposite Peter Greene ,(Pulp Fiction (1994), (Le chasseur de primes (2010) , The Mask (1994) . Yvonne Maria Schaefer has a notable scene with David Proval (Mi$e à prix (2006) ,(Miss FBI - Divinement armée (2005) )In The Brooklyn Banker (2016) directed by Federico Castelluccio, (Made (2001) ,(Les Soprano (1999) , (La panthère rose 2 (2009), with Paul Sorvino, (Les affranchis (1990) and Troy Garity(Gangster Squad (2013) Yvonne played an Arabic mother and wife of a strict Moslem Diplomat, in the comedy TV Pilot Man of the House directed by Christopher Backus ,with Mira Sorvino and Fergie In 2012 Yvonne Maria Schaefer had the female lead in the highly lauded festival film Checkmate, Keep Your Enemies Closer (2013)and played alongside Manny Perez,(La soga (2009), The Ministers (2009) ), and William Sadler,(La ligne verte (1999), (Les évadés (1994). This film premiered in 2013, at the Albuquerque Film and Media Experience, supported by Robert Redford .She worked with Mel Gorham (L'impasse (1993), (Smoke (1995) in the film APT.5K. Yvonne Maria is the co-producer and one of the stars for the psychological thriller, (The Child (2012) ,an adaptation of the bestselling novel by Sebastian Fitzek. The cast includes, Eric Roberts,(The Dark Knight: Le chevalier noir (2008) ),Sunny Mabrey and Ben Becker ,among others. In this film Yvonne Maria plays the role of Sophie Stern, Eric Roberts's characters ex-wife. The Film was released theatrically in October 2012. She also can be seen starring in the Texas film production Voodoo (2014) and in the film (Mi Hijo (2015) ), directed by John Hoyt . In addition to her New York film production company YMC Films, Yvonne founded in 2012 a second company in Frankfurt, YMC Entertainment [de](Production) , focusing on film production and music. Yvonne Maria Schaefer also known as Yvonne Schäfer.
