Heike Makatsch
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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.
Known for
Credits
Resident Evil (2002)
as Lisa
Love Actually (2003)
as Mia
The Book Thief (2013)
as Liesel's Mother
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
as Alicia Wallenbeck
Late Night Shopping (2001)
as Madeline
Kroos (2019)
as Self
Schade um das schöne Geld (2008)
as Mirabel Blinker
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh (2014)
as Melanie Struttmann
Naked (2002)
as Emilia
God, You’re Such a Prick (2020)
as Eva Pape
The Door (2009)
as Gia
Akiko, the Flying Monkey (2025)
as Police Chief
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost (2006)
as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
Tara Road (2005)
as Bernadette
Tom Sawyer (2011)
as Tante Polly
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen (2025)
as Servera
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)
as Frau Unger
Back on Track (2013)
as Birgit Averhoff
Love Your Female Neighbor! (1998)
as Isolde
Männer und andere Katastrophen (1999)
as Judith Kern
Anatomy 2 (2003)
as Viktoria
Raging Moms (2027)
Actor
No Songs of Love (2005)
as Ellen
Hilde (2009)
as Hildegard Knef
Familie auf Bestellung (2004)
as Eva
Longitude (2000)
as Queen Charlotte
Am I Beautiful? (1998)
as Vera
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (2018)
as Frau Reimann
The Pasta Detectives 3 (2016)
as Kellnerin
Aimée & Jaguar (1999)
as Klärchen
The Adventures of Huck Finn (2012)
as Tante Polly
Schwesterherz (2007)
as Anna
Speechless (2016)
as mother
Benjamin the Elephant (2019)
as Zora Zack
About a Girl (2015)
as Sabine
Teenosaurus Rex (2017)
as Sara Wenger
9 Days Awake (2020)
as Liane Stehfest
I've Never Been to New York (2019)
as Lisa Wartberg
Obsession (1997)
as Miriam Auerbach
Slava der Hund (2024)
as Laura
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose (1999)
as Maja
Männerpension (1996)
as Maren Krummsieg
Dr. Hope (2009)
as Hope Bridges Adams
Everything is Love (2014)
as Clara
Gripsholm (2000)
as Prinzessin
Nachts im Park (2002)
as Katharina Lumis
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika (2005)
as Helen Schuster
Zero (2021)
as Cynthia Bonsant
Homecoming (2012)
as Katarina Endriss
Manhunt: Bloody Tango (2019)
as Gisela Tezloff
The Announcement (2000)
as Rumour
Sechzehneichen (2012)
as Laura Eichhorn
Das Wunder von Lengede (2003)
as Renate Reger
Das Gelbe vom Ei (1999)
as Floris Blinker
A Goddamn Job (2001)
as Katinka Sirena
Margarete Steiff (2005)
as Margarete Steiff
Strange Daughter (2017)
as Hannah
Twice New Life (2016)
as Ännie Borchert