Penelope Buitenhuis

Penelope Buitenhuis

Yvonne Ducksworth (born in 1967 in Burlington, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, actress (known for Trouble) and TV presenter. She lives in Berlin. As a teenager, she moved with her parents to Frankfurt am Main and finally went to live on her own in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1983. In 1986 she was a singer in the Berlin Hardcore bands Combat Not Conform and Manson Youth. In 1987, she formed the rock-punk-metal band Jingo de Lunch with guitarists Sepp Ehrensberger and Tom Schwoll, the bassist Henning Menke and the drummer Steve Hahn. This band (with Ducksworth on vocals) released five albums and many EPs and compilations before breaking up in 1996. She acted in many films directed by the Canadian director Penelope Buitenhuis, including short films such as They Shoot Pigs Don't They? (1989) and LLaw (1990). She had the main role in Buitenhuis' first TV movie Trouble (1993) where she played a musician named Jonnie who is very active in the Kreuzberg's political squat scene and fights with her band Jello Belly for the preservation of the alternative rock center "Rockhaus". The film was broadcast on TV on 23 March 1993 and was released on DVD a few years later.

Update this biography »
Complete biography of Penelope Buitenhuis »