Yolanthe was born on March 19, 1985 on the Balearic islands of Ibiza. She has a Spanish father and a Dutch mother. She moved to the Netherlands when she was 5 years old and had most of her upbringing there. At the age of 16 Yolanthe started her acting career.

In 2001 She starred in the "School TV" series "Chromosomen" in which she played the young 14 year old Julia. After that she starred in the Dutch series named "Costa". Then Yolanthe went to Austria, where she acted in the movie "Snow Fever". Until October 2008 Yolanthe played the role of Julia Branca on the Dutch series "Onderweg Naar Morgen". In 2006 and 2007 Yolanthe did "URBNN" for BNN, in 2007 "Try before you die", and after that "Crazy 88". At the end of September 2006 the film "Turkish Chick" was released by film director Lodewijk Crijns, a nominee at the Dutch 'Gouden Kalf' Film Festival. In this film Yolanthe played the role of Dilara, who stole the heart of a young skateboarder. At the end of 2008 Yolanthe started to work for the broadcasting association "TROS". On October 24, 2008 she won the first 'Televizier Talent Award'. She starred in several TV shows, among others: "Twinzz", "Buma Gouden Harpen Gala" , "Te leuk om waar te zijn", and "Ei van Columbus". Additionally Yolanthe was one of the permanent jury members for AVRO's live shows of the Junior European Song Festival. Yolanthe played one of the leading roles as 'Kate Witte' in the successful RTL4 series "Voetbalvrouwen" during season 2009-2010. In 2009 Yolanthe played the role of the thoroughly evil 'Miss Volta' in the first ever "Mega Mindy" film for Belgian and Dutch cinemas, followed by "Het Stedenspel". In 2010 she filmed the National Song Festival and "Mijn vader is de beste". She played 'Mila Sol' in the series "Flikken Maastricht". In 2010 Giro d'Italia chose Yolanthe as 'Madrina'. In 2012 Yolanthe was starring in the main role as 'Mariken van Dalen' in one of the episodes of the tv hit series "Van God Los'. In 2013 Yolanthe played the role of 'Nienke Loos' in the movie "Valentino". In that same year she starred in the Hollywood movie "Pain & Gain" as 'Analee Calvera' the love interest of Mark Wahlberg. In 2014 she filmed the Dutch cinema movie: "Stuk", where she played the role of detective 'Saar Beerman'. That same year she played a part in the serie: "Rechercheur Ria". In 2015 she filmed 2 seasons of the tv hit "Bluf" where she had a leading role as sophisticated manager 'Shira Goudsmit'. In 2016 Yolanthe played in a Turkish blockbuster hit "Police Academy Alaturka". She followed up with her role as fierce 'Sacha Sano' in "Popoz". In 2017 / 2018 Yolanthe filmed "Reunited" , "Temptation Island" and "Jongens tegen de meisjes". In 2018 Yolanthe did a sketch in the "TV kantine" as 'Morticia Addams', and in theater she played the role of 'Bobbie' in "The Christmas show, a Christmas Carol". Yolanthe was busy shooting the detective series: "DNA", where she has the leading role of a tough and uncompromising detective 'Lara Noord', this series will be aired January 2019.

In addition to her on screen career, Yolanthe started her own foundation "Free A Girl" in 2008. The main goals of her foundation are to prevent child abuse and to rescue children who are being abused around the world, to help them to deal with those experiences and to offer them a secure future (read more about this at freeagirl).

Readers of the Dutch men's magazine FHM voted Yolanthe being the sexiest Dutch woman 3 years in a row. Yolanthe won BNN's award for best actress.

Yolanthe is the founder of her own clothing and jewelry brand (YC LABEL), she also owns a restaurant and Boutique on Ibiza called XaXa.

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Sinan Bengier, Mehmet Ali Erbil, Sümer Tilmaç, Peker Açikalin, Yolanthe Cabau, Fulden Akyürek, Ilker Kurt, Elvin Levinler, Ali Riza Tanyeli, Perihan Ünlücan, Can Yücel Metin, Hamza Yazici, and Saba Tümer in Police Academy Alaturka (2015)

Mees Bink and Jackie van Parijs in Stuk! (2014)

Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, and Anthony Mackie in Pain & Gain (2013)

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