Heike Makatsch

Biography

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

Scene of the Crime

DAS!

Leute heute

Die Harald Schmidt Show

NDR Talk Show

Kölner Treff

Wetten, dass..?

Bambi

All Movies (57)

• Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen2025 · as Servera
• Akiko, the Flying Monkey2025 · as Police Chief
• Slava der Hund2024 · as Laura
• Zero2021 · as Cynthia Bonsant
• God, You’re Such a Prick2020 · as Eva Pape
• 9 Days Awake2020 · as Liane Stehfest
• Manhunt: Bloody Tango2019 · as Gisela Tezloff
• I've Never Been to New York2019 · as Lisa Wartberg
• Benjamin the Elephant2019 · as Zora Zack
• Kroos2019 · as Self
• The Most Beautiful Girl in the World2018 · as Frau Reimann
• Teenosaurus Rex2017 · as Sara Wenger
• Strange Daughter2017 · as Hannah
• Speechless2016 · as mother
• The Pasta Detectives 32016 · as Kellnerin
• Twice New Life2016 · as Ännie Borchert
• About a Girl2015 · as Sabine
• Everything is Love2014 · as Clara
• Wir machen durch bis morgen früh2014 · as Melanie Struttmann
• The Book Thief2013 · as Liesel's mother
• Back on Track2013 · as Birgit Averhoff
• The Adventures of Huck Finn2012 · as Tante Polly
• Sechzehneichen2012 · as Laura Eichhorn
• Homecoming2012 · as Katarina Endriss
• Tom Sawyer2011 · as Tante Polly
• The Door2009 · as Gia
• Dr. Hope2009 · as Hope Bridges Adams
• Hilde2009 · as Hildegard Knef
• Schade um das schöne Geld2008 · as Mirabel Blinker
• Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution2007 · as Frau Unger
• Schwesterherz2007 · as Anna
• Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost2006 · as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
• Margarete Steiff2005 · as Margarete Steiff
• No Songs of Love2005 · as Ellen
• Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika2005 · as Helen Schuster
• A Sound of Thunder2005 · as Alicia Wallenbeck
• Tara Road2005 · as Bernadette
• Familie auf Bestellung2004 · as Eva
• Anatomy 22003 · as Viktoria
• Das Wunder von Lengede2003 · as Renate Reger
• Love Actually2003 · as Mia
• Naked2002 · as Emilia
• Resident Evil2002 · as Lisa
• Nachts im Park2002 · as Katharina Lumis
• Late Night Shopping2001 · as Madeline
• A Goddamn Job2001 · as Katinka Sirena
• Gripsholm2000 · as Prinzessin
• The Announcement2000 · as Rumour
• Longitude2000 · as Queen Charlotte
• Tails You Win, Heads You Lose1999 · as Maja
• Männer und andere Katastrophen1999 · as Judith Kern
• Aimée & Jaguar1999 · as Klärchen
• Das Gelbe vom Ei1999 · as Floris Blinker
• Love Your Female Neighbor!1998 · as Isolde
• Am I Beautiful?1998 · as Vera
• Obsession1997 · as Miriam Auerbach
• Männerpension1996 · as Maren Krummsieg

All TV Shows (52)

• Where's Wanda?2024 · as Carlotta Klatt
• Slava, der Hund2023 · as Laura
• German Genius2023 · as Heike Makatsch
• Tender Hearts2023 · as Anja
• INTIMATE.2023 · as Alice
• Herzogpark2022 · as Maria Schreiber
• Der König von Palma2022 · as Sylie Alder
• Wer stiehlt mir die Show?2021 · as Self
• Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause2020
• Hätten Sie’s gewusst2019 · as Self
• Late Night Berlin2018 · as Self
• Abendshow2017 · as Self
• Wer weiß denn sowas?2015 · as Self
• Wer weiß denn sowas?2015
• Paare2015
• Paare2015 · as Patientin
• Neo Magazin Royale2013 · as Guest
• Neo Magazin Royale2013
• Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell2011 · as Self
• Inas Nacht2007 · as Self
• Thadeusz2005 · as self
• Through the Night with...2002 · as Self
• Gero von Boehm begegnet...2002 · as Self
• Die Affäre Semmeling2002 · as Silke Semmeling
• V.I.P.2000 · as Self
• Longitude2000 · as Queen Charlotte
• TV total1999 · as Self
• Beckmann1999 · as Self
• The Johannes B. Kerner Show1998 · as Self
• Leute heute1997 · as Self
• Taff1997 · as self
• Tietjen und Bommes1997 · as Self
• Zimmer frei!1996 · as Self
• Interaktiv1996 · as Host
• Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self
• Kulturzeit1995 · as self
• alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio1994 · as Self
• Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung1994 · as Self - Host
• Boulevard Bio1991 · as Self
• DAS!1991 · as Self
• Blauer Panther1989 · as Self
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• Telestar1983 · as Self
• Menschen1982 · as Self
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• Bavarian Film Awards1979 · as Self
• NDR Talk Show1979 · as Self
• Kölner Treff1976 · as Self
• 3 nach 91974 · as Self
• Scene of the Crime1970 · as Ellen Berlinger
• German Film Award1951 · as Self
• Bambi1948 · as Self