Heike Makatsch
Known for Acting · 106 credits
- Born
- 1971-08-13 (age 54)
- Place of birth
- Düsseldorf, Germany
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
TV Shows (49)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Ellen Berlinger
DAS!
1991
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Leute heute
1997
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
Bambi
1948
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Beckmann
1999
as Self
Taff
1997
as self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Kulturzeit
1995
as self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
Inas Nacht
2007
as Self
Boulevard Bio
1991
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
Late Night Berlin
2018
as Self
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
Through the Night with...
2002
as Self
Thadeusz
2005
as self
Neo Magazin Royale
2013
as Guest
Menschen
1982
as Self
Abendshow
2017
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020
INTIMATE.
2023
as Alice
Where's Wanda?
2024
as Carlotta Klatt
Wer stiehlt mir die Show?
2021
as Self
Longitude
2000
as Queen Charlotte
Telestar
1983
as Self
German Genius
2023
as Heike Makatsch
Paare
2015
as Patientin
TV total
1999
as Self
Die Affäre Semmeling
2002
as Silke Semmeling
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
1994
as Self - Host
Herzogpark
2022
as Maria Schreiber
Slava, der Hund
2023
as Laura
Interaktiv
1996
as Host
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
2019
as Self
V.I.P.
2000
as Self
Tender Hearts
2023
as Anja
Der König von Palma
2022
as Sylie Alder
Movies (57)
Love Actually
2003
as Mia
Resident Evil
2002
as Lisa
The Book Thief
2013
as Liesel's mother
The Announcement
2000
as Rumour
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006
as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
A Sound of Thunder
2005
as Alicia Wallenbeck
The Door
2009
as Gia
Naked
2002
as Emilia
Aimée & Jaguar
1999
as Klärchen
Obsession
1997
as Miriam Auerbach
Margarete Steiff
2005
as Margarete Steiff
Tom Sawyer
2011
as Tante Polly
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
2025
as Servera
Longitude
2000
as Queen Charlotte
About a Girl
2015
as Sabine
Benjamin the Elephant
2019
as Zora Zack
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007
as Frau Unger
Tara Road
2005
as Bernadette
Zero
2021
as Cynthia Bonsant
Schade um das schöne Geld
2008
as Mirabel Blinker
Hilde
2009
as Hildegard Knef
God, You’re Such a Prick
2020
as Eva Pape
Anatomy 2
2003
as Viktoria
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018
as Frau Reimann
Back on Track
2013
as Birgit Averhoff
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016
as Kellnerin
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Vera
Kroos
2019
as Self
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014
as Melanie Struttmann
Late Night Shopping
2001
as Madeline
9 Days Awake
2020
as Liane Stehfest
Dr. Hope
2009
as Hope Bridges Adams
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005
as Helen Schuster
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998
as Isolde
Familie auf Bestellung
2004
as Eva
Das Wunder von Lengede
2003
as Renate Reger
I've Never Been to New York
2019
as Lisa Wartberg
Everything is Love
2014
as Clara
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
as Tante Polly
Gripsholm
2000
as Prinzessin
Nachts im Park
2002
as Katharina Lumis
Sechzehneichen
2012
as Laura Eichhorn
A Goddamn Job
2001
as Katinka Sirena
Männer und andere Katastrophen
1999
as Judith Kern
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
1999
as Maja
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
2019
as Gisela Tezloff
Teenosaurus Rex
2017
as Sara Wenger
Männerpension
1996
as Maren Krummsieg
Homecoming
2012
as Katarina Endriss
Speechless
2016
as mother
No Songs of Love
2005
as Ellen
Schwesterherz
2007
as Anna
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
2025
as Police Chief
Das Gelbe vom Ei
1999
as Floris Blinker
Strange Daughter
2017
as Hannah
Twice New Life
2016
as Ännie Borchert
Slava der Hund
2024
as Laura
About Heike Makatsch
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 b… With 106 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Heike Makatsch has appeared in 57 films and 49 TV shows.
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- Love Actually (2003) — as Mia
- Resident Evil (2002) — as Lisa
- The Book Thief (2013) — as Liesel's mother
- The Announcement (2000) — as Rumour
- Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost (2006) — as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
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