Heike Makatsch
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.
Known for
Acting108
movieAkiko, the Flying Monkey
2025
Police Chief
tvWhere's Wanda?
2024
Carlotta Klatt
tvGerman Genius
2023
Heike Makatsch
tvINTIMATE.
2023
Alice
tvHerzogpark
2022
Maria Schreiber
tvDer König von Palma
2022
Sylie Alder
movieZero
2021
Cynthia Bonsant
movie9 Days Awake
2020
Liane Stehfest
movieManhunt: Bloody Tango
2019
Gisela Tezloff
movieI've Never Been to New York
2019
Lisa Wartberg
movieBenjamin the Elephant
2019
Zora Zack
movieKroos
2019
Self
movieThe Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018
Frau Reimann
movieTeenosaurus Rex
2017
Sara Wenger
movieSpeechless
2016
mother
movieThe Pasta Detectives 3
2016
Kellnerin
movieTwice New Life
2016
Ännie Borchert
movieAbout a Girl
2015
Sabine
tvPaare
2015
Patientin
movieWir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014
Melanie Struttmann
movieThe Book Thief
2013
Liesel's mother
movieBack on Track
2013
Birgit Averhoff
movieThe Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
Tante Polly
movieSechzehneichen
2012
Laura Eichhorn
movieHomecoming
2012
Katarina Endriss
movieTom Sawyer
2011
Tante Polly
movieDr. Hope
2009
Hope Bridges Adams
movieHilde
2009
Hildegard Knef
movieSchade um das schöne Geld
2008
Mirabel Blinker
movieMrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007
Frau Unger
tvInas Nacht
2007
Self
movieHui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006
Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
movieMargarete Steiff
2005
Margarete Steiff
movieAlmost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005
Helen Schuster
movieA Sound of Thunder
2005
Alicia Wallenbeck
movieTara Road
2005
Bernadette
movieAnatomy 2
2003
Viktoria
movieDas Wunder von Lengede
2003
Renate Reger
tvThe Miracle of Lengede
2003
Renate Reger
movieNaked
2002
Emilia
movieNachts im Park
2002
Katharina Lumis
tvDie Affäre Semmeling
2002
Silke Semmeling
movieLate Night Shopping
2001
Madeline
movieA Goddamn Job
2001
Katinka Sirena
movieGripsholm
2000
Prinzessin
movieLongitude
2000
Queen Charlotte
tvLongitude
2000
Queen Charlotte
movieMänner und andere Katastrophen
1999
Judith Kern
tvTV total
1999
Self
movieAimée & Jaguar
1999
Klärchen
movieDas Gelbe vom Ei
1999
Floris Blinker
tvBeckmann
1999
Self
movieObsession
1997
Miriam Auerbach
tvTaff
1997
self
movieMännerpension
1996
Maren Krummsieg
tvKulturzeit
1995
self
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
1994
Self - Host
tvDAS!
1991
Self
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Ellen Berlinger
tvBambi
1948
Self
Writing1
movieSchwesterherz
2007
Screenplay