Jennifer Şebnem (born in Frankfurt am Main on 9 February 1984), her name as used in publicly Turkey, Şebnem Schaefer, as used in Germany Jennifer Schäfer, is a Turkish-German top model, actress and TV presenter pursuing a career based simultaneously in Germany and Turkey. She is a 5'11" brown-eyed blonde. Her full name is Jennifer Şebnem Macide Simone Schaefer.
Her father is German and her mother Turkish. She is modelling since she was fifteen, commuting between career engagements in Germany and Turkey, at the same time as pursuing her studies in Goethe University in her native city. She speaks German and Turkish natively and English at a very good level. She is also fluent in French since she studied the language at school, and even in Arabic since it was part of her courses during her initial choice of Turkology at the university. She later switched to anthropology and European ethnology which she is currently pursuing. She is an accomplished horserider and ballerina, having been trained in a ballet school for four years, and also enjoys trekking.
She modelled for several well-known Turkish brandnames, notably for the elusive Zeki Triko swimwears. She is also hosting or co-presenting TV shows, and is distinguished by her warming accent.
In 2006, representing Rhineland-Palatinate, she was elected second pageant (Vize-Miss Germany) in MGC Miss Germany contest.
FilmographyŞebnem Schaefer starred in two TV series to date, both in Turkey, "Lise Defteri (High-school journal)" and "Emret komutanım (Yes Sir!)". She also starred in two films which were box-office hits across Turkey, namely "O şimdi asker (He is in the army now)" directed by Mustafa Altıoklar, and "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın oğlu (Son of the man who saves the world)", a technically slightly more sophisticated sequel to the cult science-fiction movie, which was directed by the veteran actor-director Kartal Tibet.
MiscellaneousŞebnem Schaefer is also keenly interested in politics and makes her center-right political choices obvious. She is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (Germany) since years and in March 2007, she also became a member of Turkey's traditional center-right party DYP in a ceremony that was held in person by the party chairman Mehmet Ağar and was widely covered by the press.
Özcan Deniz’e “biseksüel” dediği iddiasıyla yargılanan Şebnem Schaefer, Sarıyer 2. Asliye Ceza Mahkemesi’nde hakim karşısına çıktı.
