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Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch

Birthday: 1971-08-13 | Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Germany

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Herzogpark

as    Maria Schreiber

2021
Zero

as    Cynthia Bonsant

2020
God, You’re Such a Prick

as    Eva Pape

2019
I've Never Been to New York

as    Lisa Wartberg

2019
Benjamin the Elephant

as    Zora Zack

2013
The Book Thief

as    Liesel's mother

2012
The Adventures of Huck Finn

as    Tante Polly

2009
Hilde

as    Hildegard Knef

2006
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost

as    Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete

2005
A Sound of Thunder

as    Alicia Wallenbeck

2005
Tara Road

as    Bernadette

2005
Keine Lieder über Liebe

as    Ellen

2004
Anatomy 2

as    Viktoria

2003
Das Wunder von Lengede

as    Renate Reger

2002
Resident Evil

as    Dr. Lisa Addison

2002
Naked

as    Emilia

2001
A Goddamn Job

as    Katinka Sirena

2001
Late Night Shopping

as    Madeline

2000
Aimée & Jaguar

as    Klärchen

2000
Gripsholm

as    Prinzessin

1998
Love Your Female Neighbor!

as    Isolde

1997
Obsession

as    Miriam Auerbach

1996
Männerpension

as    Maren Krummsieg