Acting · Düsseldorf, Germany · Born August 13, 1971
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.
Vernunft ist keine Lösung
2027
MovieBibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
2025
as Servera
MovieAkiko, the Flying Monkey
2025
as Police Chief
TVWhere's Wanda?
2024
as Carlotta Klatt
MovieSlava der Hund
2024
as Laura
TVSlava, der Hund
2023
as Laura
TVGerman Genius
2023
as Heike Makatsch
TVTender Hearts
2023
as Anja
TVINTIMATE.
2023
as Alice
TVHerzogpark
2022
as Maria Schreiber
TVDer König von Palma
2022
as Sylie Alder
MovieZero
2021
as Cynthia Bonsant
TVWer stiehlt mir die Show?
2021
as Self
MovieGod, You’re Such a Prick
2020
as Eva Pape
TVKurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020
Movie9 Days Awake
2020
as Liane Stehfest
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
2019
as Self
MovieManhunt: Bloody Tango
2019
as Gisela Tezloff
MovieI've Never Been to New York
2019
as Lisa Wartberg
MovieBenjamin the Elephant
2019
as Zora Zack
MovieKroos
2019
as Self
MovieThe Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018
as Frau Reimann
TVLate Night Berlin
2018
as Self
Abendshow
2017
as Self
MovieTeenosaurus Rex
2017
as Sara Wenger
MovieStrange Daughter
2017
as Hannah
MovieSpeechless
2016
as mother
MovieThe Pasta Detectives 3
2016
as Kellnerin
MovieTwice New Life
2016
as Ännie Borchert
MovieAbout a Girl
2015
as Sabine
TVWer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
TVPaare
2015
MovieEverything is Love
2014
as Clara
MovieWir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014
as Melanie Struttmann
MovieThe Book Thief
2013
as Liesel's mother
TVNeo Magazin Royale
2013
as Guest
MovieBack on Track
2013
as Birgit Averhoff
MovieThe Adventures of Huck Finn
2012
as Tante Polly
MovieSechzehneichen
2012
as Laura Eichhorn
MovieHomecoming
2012
as Katarina Endriss
MovieTom Sawyer
2011
as Tante Polly
TVKlein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
MovieThe Door
2009
as Gia
MovieDr. Hope
2009
as Hope Bridges Adams
MovieHilde
2009
as Hildegard Knef
MovieSchade um das schöne Geld
2008
as Mirabel Blinker
MovieMrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007
as Frau Unger
MovieSchwesterherz
2007
as Anna
TVInas Nacht
2007
as Self
MovieHui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006
as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
MovieMargarete Steiff
2005
as Margarete Steiff
Thadeusz
2005
as self
MovieNo Songs of Love
2005
as Ellen
MovieAlmost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005
as Helen Schuster
MovieA Sound of Thunder
2005
as Alicia Wallenbeck
MovieTara Road
2005
as Bernadette
MovieFamilie auf Bestellung
2004
as Eva
MovieAnatomy 2
2003
as Viktoria
MovieDas Wunder von Lengede
2003
as Renate Reger
TVThe Miracle of Lengede
2003
as Renate Reger
MovieLove Actually
2003
as Mia
MovieNaked
2002
as Emilia
TVThrough the Night with...
2002
as Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002
as Self
MovieResident Evil
2002
as Lisa
MovieNachts im Park
2002
as Katharina Lumis
TVDie Affäre Semmeling
2002
as Silke Semmeling
MovieLate Night Shopping
2001
as Madeline
MovieA Goddamn Job
2001
as Katinka Sirena
V.I.P.
2000
as Self
MovieGripsholm
2000
as Prinzessin
The Announcement
2000
as Rumour
MovieLongitude
2000
as Queen Charlotte
TVLongitude
2000
as Queen Charlotte
MovieTails You Win, Heads You Lose
1999
as Maja
MovieMänner und andere Katastrophen
1999
as Judith Kern
TVTV total
1999
as Self
MovieAimée & Jaguar
1999
as Klärchen
MovieDas Gelbe vom Ei
1999
as Floris Blinker
TVBeckmann
1999
as Self
MovieLove Your Female Neighbor!
1998
as Isolde
MovieAm I Beautiful?
1998
as Vera
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
as Self
MovieObsession
1997
as Miriam Auerbach
TVLeute heute
1997
as Self
TVTaff
1997
as self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
TVZimmer frei!
1996
as Self
MovieMännerpension
1996
as Maren Krummsieg
Interaktiv
1996
as Host
TVDie Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
TVKulturzeit
1995
as self
TValfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
1994
as Self - Host
TVBoulevard Bio
1991
as Self
TVDAS!
1991
as Self
Blauer Panther
1989
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Telestar
1983
as Self
Menschen
1982
as Self
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979
as Self
TVNDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
TVKölner Treff
1976
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Ellen Berlinger
German Film Award
1951
as Self
TVBambi
1948
as Self
