Heather Kafka
Born: 1972-07-07 in Austin, Texas, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Heather Kafka (born 7 July 1972, Austin, Texas) is an American film, television, and voice actress who has been acting since age 6. She lives and works in Austin, Texas. She is best known as Chloe in MTV's first-ever scripted series Austin Stories (1997–98), Lacy in the independent drama Joe (2013, dir. David Gordon Green), and Henrietta Hewitt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Other notable film roles include Where the Heart Is (2000), Idiocracy (2006), Lovers of Hate (2010, Independent Spirit Award-nominated), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), and Song to Song (2017, dir. Terrence Malick). On television she has had recurring roles on Queen Sugar (2018–2022, as Deborah, 9 episodes), Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), Friday Night Lights (2006), and guest appearances on House, The Leftovers, Longmire, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. As a voice actress for ADV Films, she voiced Hinagiku Tamano/Angel Daisy in the anime Wedding Peach and Jun Hunoo in Mazinkaiser. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Filmography
2025
- All That We Love as Podcast Host
- Leads as Mags Malloy
2024
- The Long Game as Alice Glenn
- Blood Waters
2023
- Lawmen: Bass Reeves as Florence Hammersly
- Wüm as Madge
2021
- No Future as Linda
2019
2017
- Song to Song as Suzie (uncredited)
- Don't Ever Change as Amy
- Whiskey Fist as Karen
2016
- Daylight's End as Earnesta
- Bug as Deborah
2015
- Some Beasts
- The Samaritans as Lou-Anne
2014
- The Leftovers as Susan
- Joe as Lacy
- Skunk as Leila's Mom
2013
- Angels Sing as David's Doctor
- Ain't Them Bodies Saints as Midwife #1
- Pit Stop as Linda
- Loves Her Gun as Debbie (Neighbor)
- Black Metal as Rose
2012
- Longmire as Holly Whitish
- Saturday Morning Massacre as Mona
- Kid-Thing as Mom
2011
- The Man Who Never Cried as Mary Winston
- Wind Session Tiger Woman as Mrs. Blake
2010
- Lovers of Hate as Diana
2006
- Idiocracy as Woman at Carl's Jr.
2005
- Night Stalker as Katrina Ortega
- The Wendell Baker Story as Marianne
2003
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Henrietta
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mindy DuPont
- Strong Medicine as Callan Howe
- Where the Heart Is as Delphia
1999
- The Monster Hunter as Cassandra
1996
- The Secret She Carried as Cheryl
1994
- ER as Rhonda