Ylva Cecilia Waern

Height: 168 cm

Ylva Cecilia Waern ("CeCe") is a Swedish born actress known for The ID network's "Missing Times: Poker Face", China's biggest TV-series "The Way We Were", and a ...Show More

Ylva Cecilia Waern ("CeCe") is a Swedish born actress known for The ID network's "Missing Times: Poker Face", China's biggest TV-series "The Way We Were", and award-winning short film "Christmas Tree" among others.She is trained in theater and acting for film. In her childhood, she lived in Stockholm with her father who was a jazz musician. She attended a music conservatory for seven years; studying vocals, theater, dance and the piano. Ylva, was also an avid tennis player and ranked nr. 7 in the nation as a junior. When time allowed, she also did some horseback riding.Ylva went to high school in Indiana and she graduated from USF (summa cum laude) in Tampa. Ylva initially worked as a TV- host and reporter for The CW44 and Brighthouse Networks among others. In 2008 she moved to Sweden where she pursued a career as an actress in film and television. Alongside portraying characters for Swedish film, TV and in commercials she studied method acting (with Lukas Loughran) and acting for film (Cinemantrix) as well as taking continuous classes in the Stanisavki's technique (with Anna Belle Rice.)Since 2017, Ylva splits her time between Los Angeles and Stockholm. She has, since her move to LA shot more than 20 film projects and she is an active member of Bobby Moresco's The Actor's Gym. She is also very passionate about comedy (trained at The Upright Citizen's Brigade) and in 2019, she wrote and directed her first film, "Mousskakan" (The Mousse Cake) which is a rom-com short film that premiered on Youtube in May, 2020. Hide