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 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.
Acted in
Bibi Blocksberg
2025
as Servera
Where's Wanda?
2024
as Carlotta Klatt
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
2024
Slava, der Hund
2023
as Laura
German Genius
2023
as Heike Makatsch
Tender Hearts
2023
as Anja
Intimate.
2023
as Alice
Herzogpark
2022
as Maria Schreiber
Der König von Palma
2022
as Sylie Alder
Zero
2021
as Cynthia Bonsant
God, You’re Such a Prick
2020
as Eva Pape
9 Days Awake
2020
as Liane Stehfest
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
2019
as Self
Zielfahnder: Blutiger Tango
2019
as Gisela Tezloff
I've Never Been to New York
2019
as Lisa Wartberg
Benjamin the Elephant
2019
as Zora Zack
Kroos
2019
as Self
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018
as Frau Reimann
Teenosaurus Rex
2017
as Sara Wenger
Strange Daughter
2017
as Hannah
Speechless
2016
as mother
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016
as Kellnerin
Twice New Life
2016
as Ännie Borchert
About a Girl
2015
as Sabine
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self - Guest
Paare
2015
Paare
2015
as Patientin
Everything is Love
2014
as Clara
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014
as Melanie Struttmann
The Book Thief
2013
as Liesel's mother
Back on Track
2013
as Birgit Averhoff
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
as Tante Polly
Sechzehneichen
2012
as Laura Eichhorn
Homecoming
2012
as Katarina Endriss
Tom Sawyer
2011
as Tante Polly
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
The Door
2009
as Gia
Dr. Hope
2009
as Hope Bridges Adams
Hilde
2009
as Hildegard Knef
Schade um das schöne Geld
2008
as Mirabel Blinker
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007
as Frau Unger
Schwesterherz
2007
as Anna
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006
as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
Margarete Steiff
2005
as Margarete Steiff
Keine Lieder über Liebe
2005
as Ellen
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005
as Helen Schuster
A Sound of Thunder
2005
as Alicia Wallenbeck
Tara Road
2005
as Bernadette
Familie auf Bestellung
2004
as Eva
Anatomy 2
2003
as Viktoria
Das Wunder von Lengede
2003
as Renate Reger
Love Actually
2003
as Mia
Naked
2002
as Emilia
Resident Evil
2002
as Dr. Lisa Addison
Nachts im Park
2002
as Katharina Lumis
Die Affäre Semmeling
2002
as Silke Semmeling
Late Night Shopping
2001
as Madeline
A Goddamn Job
2001
as Katinka Sirena
V.I.P.
2000
as Self
Gripsholm
2000
as Prinzessin
The Announcement
2000
as Rumour
Longitude
2000
as Queen Charlotte
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
1999
as Maja
Männer und andere Katastrophen
1999
as Judith Kern
Aimée & Jaguar
1999
as Klärchen
Das Gelbe vom Ei
1999
as Floris Blinker
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998
as Isolde
Am I Beautiful?
1998
as Vera
Obsession
1997
as Miriam Auerbach
Männerpension
1996
as Maren Krummsieg
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Telestar
1983
as Self
Menschen
1982
as Self
Bayerischer Filmpreis
1979
as Self
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Ellen Berlinger
Deutscher Filmpreis
1951
as Self
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self