Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 13, 1971
Place of Birth:
Düsseldorf, Germany
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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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Akiko, the Flying Monkey | |
| 2025 | Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen | Servera |
| 2024 | Slava der Hund | Laura |
| 2021 | Zero | Cynthia Bonsant |
| 2020 | 9 Days Awake | Liane Stehfest |
| 2020 | God, You’re Such a Prick | Eva Pape |
| 2019 | Kroos | Self |
| 2019 | Benjamin the Elephant | Zora Zack |
| 2019 | I've Never Been to New York | Lisa Wartberg |
| 2019 | Zielfahnder: Blutiger Tango | Gisela Tezloff |
| 2018 | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Frau Reimann |
| 2017 | Strange Daughter | Hannah |
| 2017 | Teenosaurus Rex | Sara Wenger |
| 2016 | Twice New Life | Ännie Borchert |
| 2016 | The Pasta Detectives 3 | Kellnerin |
| 2016 | Speechless | mother |
| 2015 | About a Girl | Sabine |
| 2014 | Wir machen durch bis morgen früh | Melanie Struttmann |
| 2014 | Everything is Love | Clara |
| 2013 | The Book Thief | Liesel's mother |
| 2013 | Back on Track | Birgit Averhoff |
| 2012 | Homecoming | Katarina Endriss |
| 2012 | Sechzehneichen | Laura Eichhorn |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Tante Polly |
| 2011 | Tom Sawyer | Tante Polly |
| 2009 | Hilde | Hildegard Knef |
| 2009 | The Door | Gia |
| 2009 | Dr. Hope | Hope Bridges Adams |
| 2008 | Schade um das schöne Geld | Mirabel Blinker |
| 2007 | Schwesterherz | Anna |
| 2007 | Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution | Frau Unger |
| 2006 | Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost | Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete |
| 2005 | Keine Lieder über Liebe | Ellen |
| 2005 | A Sound of Thunder | Alicia Wallenbeck |
| 2005 | Tara Road | Bernadette |
| 2005 | Margarete Steiff | Margarete Steiff |
| 2005 | Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika | Helen Schuster |
| 2004 | Familie auf Bestellung | Eva |
| 2003 | Love Actually | Mia |
| 2003 | Anatomy 2 | Viktoria |
| 2003 | Das Wunder von Lengede | Renate Reger |
| 2002 | Resident Evil | Dr. Lisa Addison |
| 2002 | Naked | Emilia |
| 2002 | Nachts im Park | Katharina Lumis |
| 2001 | A Goddamn Job | Katinka Sirena |
| 2001 | Late Night Shopping | Madeline |
| 2000 | Gripsholm | Prinzessin |
| 2000 | Longitude | Queen Charlotte |
| 2000 | The Announcement | Rumour |
| 1999 | Aimée & Jaguar | Klärchen |
| 1999 | Das Gelbe vom Ei | Floris Blinker |
| 1999 | Tails You Win, Heads You Lose | Maja |
| 1999 | Männer und andere Katastrophen | Judith Kern |
| 1998 | Love Your Female Neighbor! | Isolde |
| 1998 | Am I Beautiful? | Vera |
| 1997 | Obsession | Miriam Auerbach |
| 1996 | Männerpension | Maren Krummsieg |