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