Heike Makatsch
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Scene of the Crime
Ellen Berlinger
1970
Series
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Series
DAS!
Self
1991
Series
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
Series
Leute heute
Self
1997
Series
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Series
Kölner Treff
Self
1976
Series
Kulturzeit
self
1995
Series
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Self
2015
Series
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Series
Taff
self
1997
3 nach 9
Self
1974
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
Self
1998
Series
Bambi
Self
1948
Series
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Self
1994
Series
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996
Series
Beckmann
Self
1999
Series
Where's Wanda?
Carlotta Klatt
2024
German Film Award
Self
1951
Film
Love Actually
Mia
2003
Series
Inas Nacht
Self
2007
Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997
Blauer Panther
Self
1989
Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Series
Neo Magazin Royale
Guest
2013
Series
Neo Magazin Royale
2013
Film
The Book Thief
Liesel's mother
2013
Series
Boulevard Bio
Self
1991
Series
Late Night Berlin
Self
2018
Series
Through the Night with...
Self
2002
Film
Resident Evil
Lisa
2002
Series
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Self
2011
Thadeusz
self
2005
Bavarian Film Awards
Self
1979
Abendshow
Self
2017
Series
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
Self
2002
Series
Wer stiehlt mir die Show?
Self
2021
Menschen
Self
1982
Series
German Genius
Heike Makatsch
2023
Interaktiv
Host
1996
Series
Longitude
Queen Charlotte
2000
Series
INTIMATE.
Alice
2023
Film
A Sound of Thunder
Alicia Wallenbeck
2005
Series
Tender Hearts
Anja
2023
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
Self - Host
1994
Telestar
Self
1983
Series
Paare
2015
Series
Paare
Patientin
2015
Film
Tom Sawyer
Tante Polly
2011
Film
Tara Road
Bernadette
2005
Series
Herzogpark
Maria Schreiber
2022
Film
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
2006
Film
Kroos
Self
2019
Series
Die Affäre Semmeling
Silke Semmeling
2002
Film
Love Your Female Neighbor!
Isolde
1998
Series
Der König von Palma
Sylie Alder
2022
Film
Naked
Emilia
2002
Film
Longitude
Queen Charlotte
2000
Film
Am I Beautiful?
Vera
1998
Film
God, You’re Such a Prick
Eva Pape
2020
Film
Anatomy 2
Viktoria
2003
Film
The Door
Gia
2009
Film
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Frau Unger
2007
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
Self
2019
Film
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
Servera
2025
Film
Back on Track
Birgit Averhoff
2013
Series
TV total
Self
1999
V.I.P.
Self
2000
Film
Speechless
mother
2016
Film
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
Police Chief
2025
Series
Slava, der Hund
Laura
2023
Film
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Tante Polly
2012
Film
Männerpension
Maren Krummsieg
1996
Film
Schwesterherz
Anna
2007
Film
Late Night Shopping
Madeline
2001
Film
The Pasta Detectives 3
Kellnerin
2016
Film
Benjamin the Elephant
Zora Zack
2019
Film
Gripsholm
Prinzessin
2000
Series
The Miracle of Lengede
Renate Reger
2003
Film
Aimée & Jaguar
Klärchen
1999
Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung
2027
Film
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Frau Reimann
2018
Film
About a Girl
Sabine
2015
Film
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
Melanie Struttmann
2014
Film
Schade um das schöne Geld
Mirabel Blinker
2008
Film
Männer und andere Katastrophen
Judith Kern
1999
Film
Hilde
Hildegard Knef
2009
Film
Obsession
Miriam Auerbach
1997
Film
Slava der Hund
Laura
2024
Film
Das Wunder von Lengede
Renate Reger
2003
Film
Dr. Hope
Hope Bridges Adams
2009
Film
Margarete Steiff
Margarete Steiff
2005
Film
A Goddamn Job
Katinka Sirena
2001
Film
Teenosaurus Rex
Sara Wenger
2017
Film
I've Never Been to New York
Lisa Wartberg
2019
Film
Sechzehneichen
Laura Eichhorn
2012
Film
No Songs of Love
Ellen
2005
Film
Familie auf Bestellung
Eva
2004
The Announcement
Rumour
2000
Film
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
Maja
1999
Film
Nachts im Park
Katharina Lumis
2002
Film
Everything is Love
Clara
2014
Film
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
Helen Schuster
2005
Film
Zero
Cynthia Bonsant
2021
Film
9 Days Awake
Liane Stehfest
2020
Film
Homecoming
Katarina Endriss
2012
Film
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
Gisela Tezloff
2019
Film
Twice New Life
Ännie Borchert
2016
Film
Das Gelbe vom Ei
Floris Blinker
1999
Film
Strange Daughter
Hannah
2017