Şebnem Schaefer

Şebnem Schaefer — Biography

Şebnem Schaefer, the daughter of a Turkish mother and a German father, grew up between two countries and is known in Turkey as a model, actress and presenter; in Germany she also goes by Jennifer Schäfer. Her career began with beauty contests and moved onto the screen with the youth series Lise Defteri and the military comedy Emret Komutanım. In recent years she has appeared mostly as a television presenter.

She started modeling at 15. Discovered in 2000 while on holiday in Turkey, she made her name hosting the quiz show Size Milyarlar Sunuyoruz. After winning Ford Models Super Model of the World she represented Turkey at the 2001 final in Miami Beach and drew offers from Milan agencies. In 2006 she was runner-up at Miss Germany. Her acting began with Lise Defteri (2003) and O Şimdi Asker (2003), and she became known as nurse Alev in Emret Komutanım. She also appeared in the series Üç Tatlı Cadı and the films Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam'ın Oğlu and Renklerde Kaybolan Hayat. Later she presented Muhteşem Çocuklar on TV8 and the environment program Lütfen+1 Çevre on BloombergHT, and took part as a contestant in Stil Avcıları.

She studied Turkology and cultural anthropology at Goethe University and politics and public administration at Hagen. Aiming to act as an ambassador between Turkey and Germany, she served on the board of the CDU women's branch in Frankfurt.