Who Is The Most Famous Yvonne In The World?

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How many celebrities named Yvonne can you think of? The famous Yvonnes below have many different professions, including notable actors named Yvonne, famous athletes named Yvonne, and even musicians named Yvonne.

Yvonne Strahovski is certainly one of the most famous Yvonnes on this list. One of the famous actresses named Yvonne, she is best known for playing Sarah Walker in Chuck. Dexter and The Handmaid's Tale are among her notable projects.

Another of the famous people with the first name Yvonne is Yvonne Craig. She was an actress who played Batgirl in the Batman TV series. She was also an accomplished ballet dancer.

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  • Yvonne Monlaur
    1

    Yvonne Monlaur

    12/15/1939
    Yvonne Monlaur (born Yvonne-Thรฉrรจse-Marie-Camille Bรฉdat de Monlaur; 15 December 1939 โ€“ 18 April 2017) was a French film actress of the late 1950s and 1960s best known for her roles in the Hammer horror films.
  • Yvonne Printemps
    2

    Yvonne Printemps

    07/25/1894
    Yvonne Printemps (French: [pสษ›ฬƒtษ‘ฬƒ]; 25 July 1894 โ€“ 19 January 1977) was a French singer and actress who achieved stardom on stage and screen in France and internationally. Printemps went on the stage in Paris at the age of 12, and at 21 she was singled out by the actor, director and playwright Sacha Guitry as a leading lady. In 1919 they were married, and worked closely together until 1932, when they divorced. Printemps never remarried, but had a personal and professional partnership with the actor Pierre Fresnay which lasted until his death in 1975. As a performer, Printemps was famed for the quality of her singing voice and for her personal charm. Among those who composed for her were Andrรฉ Messager, Reynaldo Hahn, Noรซl Coward and Francis Poulenc. Her voice could have led her to an operatic career, but guided by Guitry she concentrated on operette and other types of musical show, along with non-musical plays and films. In addition to her many successes in Paris she appeared to great acclaim in the West End of London, and on Broadway in New York.
  • Yvonne Zima
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    Yvonne Zima

    01/16/1989
    Yvonne Zima (born January 16, 1989) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Daisy Carter on The Young and the Restless.
  • Yvonne Maria Schaefer
    4
    Yvonne Maria Schรคfer (born September 28, 1975), is a German actress, model and producer.
  • Yvonne Arnaud
    5

    Yvonne Arnaud

    12/20/1890
    Germaine Yvonne Arnaud (20 December 1890 โ€“ 20 September 1958) was a French-born pianist, singer and actress, who was well known for her career in Britain, as well as her native land. After beginning a career as a concert pianist as a child, Arnaud acted in musical comedies. She switched to non-musical comedy and drama around 1920 and was one of the players in the second of the Aldwych farces, A Cuckoo in the Nest, a hit in 1925. She also had dramatic roles and made films in the 1930s and 1940s, and continued to act into the 1950s. She occasionally performed as a pianist later in her career. The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre was named in her memory in Guildford, Surrey.
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  • Yvonne Catterfeld
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    Yvonne Catterfeld

    12/02/1979
    Yvonne Catterfeld (born 2 December 1979) is a German singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in Erfurt, Thuringia, she later moved to Leipzig to pursue her music career in music. In 2000, she participated in the debut season of the singing competition series Stimme 2000, where she came in second place. Catterfeld subsequently signed a recording deal with Hansa Records, which released her debut single "Bum" in 2001. The same year, she was propelled to stardom when she was cast in a main role in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. In 2003, Catterfeld made her musical breakthrough when her fifth single, "Fรผr dich", became an international number-one hit and produced the equally successful album Meine Welt. Catterfeld continued booking success with follow-up albums Farben meiner Welt (2004) and Unterwegs (2005), which spawned the hit singles "Du hast mein Herz gebrochen" and "Glaub an mich". Following her departure from GZSZ and a starring role in the short-living telenovela Sophie โ€“ Braut wider Willen, she released her fourth album Aura, which was less successful commercially and led to a decline in her musical career. She 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 (2013), when she appeared in the second season of Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert, the German version of the series The Best Singers. Throughout a career spanning 15 years, Catterfeld has sold over 800,000 records as a solo artist, making her one of the best-selling German music artists in the early 2000s. Aside from her commercial accomplishments, her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Bambi Award, a Goldene Stimmgabel, and an ECHO Award. An established actress, she has appeared in several international television and theatrical films, including Keinohrhasen (2007), The Promise (2011), and Beauty and the Beast (2014). In 2016, she became a coach on the German television series The Voice of Germany.
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  • Yvonne Mitchell
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    Yvonne Mitchell

    07/07/1915
    Yvonne Mitchell (7 July 1915 โ€“ 24 March 1979) was an English stage, television and film actress. After beginning her acting career in theatre, Mitchell progressed to films in the late 1940s. Her roles include Julia in the 1954 BBC adaptation of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. She retired from acting in 1977.
  • Yvonne Lime Fedderson
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    Yvonne Lime is an actress and one of the two founders of Childhelp.
  • Yvonne Perry
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    Yvonne Perry

    10/23/1966
    Yvonne Perry (born October 23, 1966 in Voorheesville, New York, U.S.) is an American actress. After years doing commercials, and nearly a year as part of the improv team tricking people for Candid Camera, her big break came in 1992 when she landed the role of Rosanna Cabot on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. In 1993, she won the Soap Opera Digest award for Outstanding Female Newcomer which was the show's first win in that category. She and on-screen love interest Shawn Christian (ex-Mike) were voted Hottest Soap Opera Couple by People Magazine in 1995. In 1996, she left the program but returned in 1998 and 1999.After leaving As the World Turns, Yvonne studied in London with the Royal National Theatre, lived in LA for several years, and now resides in upstate NY with her husband, Mark, whom she married in 1993, and their two daughters. She remains very good friends with former co-stars, Martha Byrne (Lily, ex-Rose) and Kelley Menighan Hensley (Emily). She has been a Visiting Guest Artist at Union College in Schenectady, New York and currently teaches at Siena College, Skidmore College, and the State University of New York at Albany. Yvonne still enjoys an active career as a freelance actress. She does regional theatre, commercials, voice-overs, books-on-tape, industrial films, and occasional independents. In 2018 Yvonne became an Associate Artist at Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany, NY. - where she often performs, directs, and serves on the Next Act New Play Summit selection committee. She also serves as the Vice-Chair of the Greater Albany Area Liaison for Actors Equity. She played a divorced mother of a young boy in a half-hour comedy pilot called "Dads" in 1997.
  • Yvonne Sciรฒ
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    Yvonne Sciรฒ

    07/25/1969
    Yvonne Brulatour Sciรฒ (born 25 July 1969) is an Italian model and actress.
  • Yvonne Chouteau
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    Yvonne Chouteau

    03/07/1929
    Myra Yvonne Chouteau (March 7, 1929 โ€“ January 24, 2016) was one of the "Five Moons" or Native prima ballerinas of Oklahoma. She was the only child of Col. Corbett Edward and Lucy Arnett Chouteau. She was born March 7, 1929 in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1943, she became the youngest dancer ever accepted to the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, where she worked for fourteen years, In 1962, she and her husband, Miguel Terekhov, founded the first fully accredited university dance program in the United States, the School of Dance at the University of Oklahoma. A member of the Shawnee Tribe, she is also of ethnic French ancestry, the great-great-great-granddaughter of Maj. Jean Pierre Chouteau. From the Chouteau family of St. Louis, he established Oklahoma's oldest European-American settlement, at the present site of Salina, in 1796. She grew up in Vinita, Oklahoma.
  • Yvonne Bryceland
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    Yvonne Bryceland

    11/18/1925
    Yvonne Bryceland (18 November 1925 โ€“ 13 January 1992) was a South African stage actress. Some of her best-known work was in the plays of Athol Fugard.
  • Yvonne Furneaux
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    Yvonne Furneaux

    05/11/1928
    Yvonne Furneaux (born 11 May 1928) is a French film actress.
  • Yvonne Georgi
    14

    Yvonne Georgi

    10/09/1903
    Yvonne Georgi (October 29, 1903 โ€“ January 25, 1975) was a German dancer, choreographer and ballet mistress. She was known for her comedic talents and her extraordinary jumping ability. In her roles as a dancer, choreographer, and ballet mistress, she was an influential figure in dance for decades.Georgi was born in Leipzig. Along with Gret Palucca and Hanya Holm, she was one of the best-known students of Mary Wigman and Robert Gergi. During the 1920s she and Harald Kreutzberg successfully toured the US. She worked in Amsterdam and Hannover. She had numerous premiรจre performances, among them the Electronic Ballet in 1957 to the music of Henk Badings. She died in Hannover.
  • Yvonne Kenny
    15

    Yvonne Kenny

    11/25/1950
    Yvonne Kenny AM (born 25 November 1950) is an Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles.
  • Yvonne Strahovski
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    Yvonne Strahovski

    07/30/1982
    Yvonne Strahovski, born Yvonne Jaqueline Strzechowski, is an Australian actress. Born on July 30, 1982, in Werrington Downs, Australia, to Polish immigrant parents, she demonstrated a passion for performance at a young age. She honed her skills at the University of Western Sydney's Theatre Nepean before making her acting debut. A blend of talent and tenacity, Strahovski swiftly emerged as a compelling presence on both the small and big screens. Strahovski's breakthrough role came in 2007 when she portrayed CIA Agent Sarah Walker in the American television series Chuck. Her portrayal was met with critical acclaim and catapulted her into international recognition. She continued to garner more praise with her roles in popular TV series such as Dexter where she played Hannah McKay, and The Handmaid's Tale, starring as Serena Joy Waterford. The latter earned her nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In the realm of film, Strahovski has also left her mark. She landed roles in movies like Killer Elite (2011) alongside Robert De Niro and Jason Statham, and I, Frankenstein (2014). Her versatility extends beyond acting, lending her voice to popular video game franchises including Mass Effect and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Off-screen, Strahovski is an ardent environmental activist and devotes time to organizations focused on wildlife conservation.
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  • Yvonne Fair
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    Yvonne Fair

    10/21/1942
    Yvonne Fair (October 21, 1942 โ€“ March 6, 1994) was an American singer, best known for her 1975 recording of "It Should Have Been Me".
  • Yvonne Ridley
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    Yvonne Ridley

    04/23/1958
    Yvonne Ridley (born 23 April 1958) is a British journalist who was a chair of the National Council of the now-defunct Respect Party. She was captured by the Taliban in 2001. She later converted to Islam. She is a vocal supporter of Palestine, which she took up as a schoolgirl. She is an avid critic of Zionism and of Western media portrayals and foreign policy in the War on Terror, and has undertaken speaking tours throughout the Muslim world as well as America, Europe and Australia. She has been called "something close to a celebrity in the Islamic world" by the journalist Rachel Cooke, and in 2008 was voted the "most recognisable woman in the Islamic world" by Islam Online.
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  • Yvonne Schuetz
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    Yvonne Schuetz

    09/16/1990
    Yvonne Schuetz is a professional snowboarder.
  • Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat
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    Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (French: [bสy.a]; born 29 December 1923 in Lille) is a French mathematician and physicist. Her work lies in the intersection of mathematics and physics, notably in Einstein's general theory of relativity. She is one of the pioneers of the study of general relativity, and she is particularly known as the first to prove the well-posedness of the Einstein equations. Her work was applied in the detection of gravitational waves. She was the first woman to be elected to the Acadรฉmie des Sciences Franรงaise ("French Academy of Sciences") and is a Grand Officier of the Lรฉgion d'honneur.
  • Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
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    Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (born October 5, 1932) is a politician from Los Angeles, California, United States. She was the first African-American woman to represent the West Coast in Congress. She served in the U.S. Congress from 1973 until January 1979. She was the Los Angeles County Supervisor representing the 2nd District (1992โ€“2008). She has served as the Chair three times (1993โ€“94, 1997โ€“98, 2002โ€“03). Her husband is William Burke, a prominent philanthropist and creator of the Los Angeles Marathon.On December 1, 2008, she retired from the Board of Supervisors and was replaced by Mark Ridley-Thomas. On March 29, 2012, she was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the Amtrak Board of Directors.
  • Yvonne Caples
    22

    Yvonne Caples

    06/14/1972
    Yvonne Caples (born 14 June 1972) is a women's boxing champion. She was born in Pune, India, country where she has helped raise the sport's popularity. Caples lives in Las Vegas, where she trains under the tutelage of former men's world Heavyweight title challenger Leroy Caldwell.
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  • Yvonne Hijgenaar
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    Yvonne Hijgenaar

    05/15/1980
    Yvonne Hijgenaar (born 15 May 1980 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch racing cyclist and former national speed skater.
  • Yvonne Meusburger
    24

    Yvonne Meusburger

    10/03/1983
    Yvonne Meusburger (born 3 October 1983) is an Austrian retired professional tennis player. Meusburger won one singles title on the WTA tour, as well as fifteen singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 31 March 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 37. On 30 August 2010, she peaked at world number 104 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Austria at the Fed Cup, Meusburger had a win-loss record of 8-21.
  • Yvonne Navarro
    25

    Yvonne Navarro

    01/01/1957
    Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author who has published over twenty books. Of those twenty, the titles AfterAge, deadrush, Final Impact, Red Shadows, DeadTimes, That's Not My Name and Mirror Me were solo novels, or fiction created solely by her. Her most recent works Highborn and Concrete Savior are also solo novels and are part of The Dark Redemption Series. She lives in Arizona and is married to author Weston Ochse.
  • Yvonne Trevino
    26

    Yvonne Trevino

    01/18/1967
    Yvonne Trevino (born 18 January 1967), is an Arizona Native and former Women's kickboxing and boxing champion from Peoria, Arizona, United States.
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  • Yvonne van Gennip
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    Yvonne van Gennip

    05/01/1964
    Yvonne Maria Therรจse van Gennip (born 1 May 1964) is one of the most successful female Dutch all-round speed skaters. Her main success dates from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, where she unexpectedly won three gold medals. She was the most successful athlete at the 1988 Winter Olympics, along with Matti Nykรคnen of Finland.After she had injured her foot, and had surgery less than two months before the games, the East German women were heavily favoured to win the distances over 500 meters. But Van Gennip smashed the world record by almost five seconds to win the 3000 metres, beat her personal record by almost 4 seconds to win the 1500 metres, and was almost seven seconds faster than her own world record time to win the 5000 metres as well. Van Gennip participated in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville as well, but did not win a medal. She won a silver medal in the 1988 World Speed Skating Championships, and bronze medals in the 1987 and 1989 World Championships.
  • Yvonne Craig
    28

    Yvonne Craig

    05/16/1937
    Yvonne Joyce Craig (May 16, 1937 โ€“ August 17, 2015) was an American ballet dancer and actress best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960s television series Batman and as the green-skinned Orion slave girl Marta in the Star Trek episode "Whom Gods Destroy" (1969). The Huffington Post called her "a pioneer of female superheroes" for television.
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  • Yvonne Sylvander
    29

    Yvonne Sylvander

    Yvette and Yvonne Sylvander are Swedish twins who were the cover models who appeared as the first multi-subject Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue models. They appeared together on the swimsuit issue cover of the January 19, 1976, issue. They also appeared in the magazine.
  • Yvonne De Carlo
    30

    Yvonne De Carlo

    09/01/1922
    Yvonne De Carlo (born Margaret Yvonne Middleton; September 1, 1922 โ€“ January 8, 2007) was a Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer. A brunette with blue-grey eyes, she became an internationally famous Hollywood film star in the 1940s and 1950s, made several recordings, and later acted on television and stage. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, De Carlo was raised in the home of her Presbyterian maternal grandparents. Her mother enrolled her in a local dance school when she was three. By the early 1940s, she and her mother had moved to Los Angeles, where De Carlo participated in beauty contests and worked as a dancer in nightclubs. She began working in motion pictures in 1941, in short subjects. She sang "The Lamp of Memory" in a three-minute Soundies musical, and worked briefly at Columbia Pictures. In 1942, she signed a three-year contract with Paramount Pictures, where she was given uncredited bit parts in important films and was intended to replace Dorothy Lamour. Her first lead was for independent producer E. B. Derr in the James Fenimore Cooper adventure Deerslayer (1943, ultimately released by Republic Pictures). She obtained her breakthrough role in Salome, Where She Danced (1945), a Universal Pictures release produced by Walter Wanger, who described her as "the most beautiful girl in the world." The film's publicity and success turned her into a star, and she signed a five-year contract with Universal. From then on, Universal starred her in its lavish Technicolor productions, such as Frontier Gal (1945), Song of Scheherazade (1947), and Slave Girl (1947). Cameramen voted her "Queen of Technicolor" three years in a row. Tired of being typecast as exotic women, she made her first serious dramatic performances in two films noir, Brute Force (1947) and Criss Cross (1949). The first American film star to visit Israel, De Carlo received further recognition as an actress for her work in the British comedies Hotel Sahara (1951) and The Captain's Paradise (1953). Her career reached its peak when eminent producer-director Cecil B. DeMille cast her as Moses' Midianite wife, Sephora, her most prominent role, in his biblical epic The Ten Commandments (1956), which was immensely successful at the box office and remains an annual tradition on television. Her success continued with starring roles in Flame of the Islands (1956), Death of a Scoundrel (1956), Band of Angels (1957), and The Sword and the Cross (1958), in which she portrayed Mary Magdalene. She also accepted supporting roles in McLintock! (1963) and A Global Affair (1964). She gained a new generation of fans as a star of the CBS sitcom The Munsters (1964โ€“1966), playing Herman Munster's glamorous vampire wife, Lily, a role she reprised in the feature film Munster, Go Home! (1966) and the television film The Munsters' Revenge (1981). In 1971, she played Carlotta Campion and introduced the popular song "I'm Still Here" in the Broadway production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Follies. Yvonne, her best-selling autobiography, was published in 1987. A stroke survivor, De Carlo died of heart failure in 2007. She was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to motion pictures and television.
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