Yvette Saunders is an American film, television and theatre actress. Named after the famous and beautiful French actress Yvette Mimiuex, she received a B.F.A. at New York University, Tisch School of Arts and has performed with the Alantic Theater Company Program, (David Mamet,William H. Macy) as well as Off- Broadway theaters around New York City.She has also enjoyed a fruitful career as a modern dancer and choreographer. Her favorite celebrity client was Diana Ross for her"Return to love tour" and was on The Oprah Winfrey show when she was a guest. Yvette can also be seen in diverse roles on various television programs such as TNT's "Southland", ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" as well as CBS' "The Mentalist", to name a few. Her work in film includes several emotionally diverse characters. She starred in a challenging role for a short indie film called "In this case" in which she played a borderline schizophrenic. This role is one of the many that represents the many levels she is able to stretch herself into as an emotionally rich actress. Yvette has enjoyed starring along side of Margret Cho in the hilarious dark comedy series called, "In Transition". She also appeared in the critically acclaimed stage production of "For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf" at the Lyric Theater in Los Angeles. Her love for dramatic and period pieces supports her love of people,history and psychology. She is excited about what the journey of the arts will bring.
Yvette was named after the beautiful and famous French-American film actress, Yvette Mimieux.
Will (Glenn Howerton) is a 30-something website manager who uses local café, Coffee Town, as his office. When the owners of the shop discuss plans to convert Coffee Town into a bar, Will enlists the help of his two best friends Chad and Gino (Steve Little and Ben Schwartz) to save his freeloading existence. In order to thwart the plans of Coffee Town's owners, the trio stages a robbery to create the illusion of an unsafe neighborhood not suitable for the proposed venue. Also standing in their way is Sam (Josh Groban), a disgruntled barista with delusions of grandeur-he wants to be a rock star-and Will's heartache over unrequited love for Becca (Adrianne Palicki).