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
- Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen as Servera
- Akiko, the Flying Monkey as Police Chief
2024
- Where's Wanda? as Carlotta Klatt
- Slava der Hund as Laura
2023
- INTIMATE. as Alice
- German Genius as Heike Makatsch
- Tender Hearts as Anja
- Slava, der Hund as Laura
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
- Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
- God, You’re Such a Prick as Eva Pape
- 9 Days Awake as Liane Stehfest
2019
- Hätten Sie’s gewusst as Self
- Kroos as Self
- Benjamin the Elephant as Zora Zack
- I've Never Been to New York as Lisa Wartberg
- Manhunt: Bloody Tango as Gisela Tezloff
2018
- Late Night Berlin as Self
- The Most Beautiful Girl in the World as Frau Reimann
2017
- Abendshow as Self
- Strange Daughter as Hannah
- Teenosaurus Rex as Sara Wenger
2016
- The Pasta Detectives 3 as Kellnerin
- Twice New Life as Ännie Borchert
- Speechless as mother
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
- The Adventures of Huck Finn as Tante Polly
- Homecoming as Katarina Endriss
- Sechzehneichen as Laura Eichhorn
2011
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
- Tom Sawyer as Tante Polly
2008
- Schade um das schöne Geld as Mirabel Blinker
2007
- Inas Nacht as Self
- Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution as Frau Unger
- Schwesterherz as Anna
2006
- Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
2005
- Thadeusz as self
- A Sound of Thunder as Alicia Wallenbeck
- Tara Road as Bernadette
- Margarete Steiff as Margarete Steiff
- Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika as Helen Schuster
- No Songs of Love as Ellen
2004
- Familie auf Bestellung as Eva
2003
- Love Actually as Mia
- Anatomy 2 as Viktoria
- The Miracle of Lengede as Renate Reger
- Das Wunder von Lengede as Renate Reger
2002
- Through the Night with... as Self
- Resident Evil as Lisa
- Gero von Boehm begegnet... as Self
- Naked as Emilia
- Die Affäre Semmeling as Silke Semmeling
- Nachts im Park as Katharina Lumis
2001
- Late Night Shopping as Madeline
- A Goddamn Job as Katinka Sirena
2000
- Longitude as Queen Charlotte
- Longitude as Queen Charlotte
- V.I.P. as Self
- The Announcement as Rumour
- Gripsholm as Prinzessin
1999
- Beckmann as Self
- Aimée & Jaguar as Klärchen
- TV total as Self
- Männer und andere Katastrophen as Judith Kern
- Tails You Win, Heads You Lose as Maja
- Das Gelbe vom Ei as Floris Blinker
1998
- The Johannes B. Kerner Show as Self
- Am I Beautiful? as Vera
- Love Your Female Neighbor! as Isolde
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Tietjen und Bommes as Self
- Taff as self
- Obsession as Miriam Auerbach
1996
- Zimmer frei! as Self
- Interaktiv as Host
- Männerpension as Maren Krummsieg
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