Heike Makatsch

Biography

Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, the daughter of former German national ice hockey team goaltender Rainer Makatsch. She spent several months in New Mexico in 1988 in an effort to improve her English, and later studied politics and sociology at the University of Düsseldorf for four semesters, which was followed by an apprenticeship as a dressmaker until 1994. Her television career started in 1993, when she was hired by music channel VIVA, hosting shows such as Interaktiv and Heikes Hausbesuche; two years later, on August 13 1995, she became the host of the German chart show BRAVO TV, aired by RTL II, a position she kept until summer 1996. In 1997 she started hosting her own weekly, late night show titled Heike Makatsch Show. However, due to bad ratings, it was cancelled after only eight episodes. Makatsch first appeared in a movie in 1996, when she starred in Detlev Buck's Männerpension (English: "Jailbirds"); she received the Bavarian Film Award as most talented young actor for her performance. Since then, she has appeared in several German and English language productions.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Love Actually (2003) — Mia
2. Resident Evil (2002) — Lisa
3. The Book Thief (2013) — Liesel's mother
4. A Sound of Thunder (2005) — Alicia Wallenbeck
5. Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost (2006) — Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
6. The Door (2009) — Gia
7. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018) — Frau Reimann
8. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Ellen Berlinger
9. Anatomy 2 (2003) — Viktoria
10. Aimée & Jaguar (1999) — Klärchen
11. Back on Track (2013) — Birgit Averhoff
12. God, You’re Such a Prick (2020) — Eva Pape
13. Tom Sawyer (2011) — Tante Polly
14. Late Night Shopping (2001) — Madeline
15. About a Girl (2015) — Sabine
16. Naked (2002) — Emilia
17. Teenosaurus Rex (2017) — Sara Wenger
18. Tara Road (2005) — Bernadette
19. Where's Wanda? (2024) — Carlotta Klatt
20. Longitude (2000) — Queen Charlotte
21. I've Never Been to New York (2019) — Lisa Wartberg
22. Kroos (2019) — Self
23. Männerpension (1996) — Maren Krummsieg
24. Everything is Love (2014) — Clara
25. The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016) — Kellnerin
26. TV total (1999) — Self
27. Neo Magazin Royale (2013) — Guest
28. Am I Beautiful? (1998) — Vera
29. Benjamin the Elephant (2019) — Zora Zack
30. Wetten, dass..? (1981) — Self
31. Zero (2021) — Cynthia Bonsant
32. Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) — Self
33. Hilde (2009) — Hildegard Knef
34. 9 Days Awake (2020) — Liane Stehfest
35. No Songs of Love (2005) — Ellen
36. Gripsholm (2000) — Prinzessin
37. Obsession (1997) — Miriam Auerbach
38. Wer weiß denn sowas? (2015) — Self
39. Zimmer frei! (1996) — Self
40. Margarete Steiff (2005) — Margarete Steiff