Person Details

Birthday: 1971-08-13 01:17:55

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Düsseldorf, Germany

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 15


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Wer weiß denn sowas?
Average
8

Wer weiß denn sowas?

(2015) Self - Guest
The Harald Schmidt Show
Average
7
Scene of the Crime
Average
6

Scene of the Crime

(1970) Ellen Berlinger
Resident Evil
Average
7

Resident Evil

(2002) Dr. Lisa Addison
Bambi Awards
Average
9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola)
Average
6
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Average
4
The Book Thief
Average
8

The Book Thief

(2013) Liesel's mother

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Anja
Alice
2022 Maria Schreiber
2021 Cynthia Bonsant
2020 Eva Pape
N/A
Liane Stehfest
2019 Self
Gisela Tezloff
Lisa Wartberg
Zora Zack
Self
2018 Frau Reimann
Self
2017 Sara Wenger
Hannah
2016 mother
Kellnerin
2015 Ännie Borchert
Sabine
Self
Self - Guest
Patientin
N/A
2014 Clara
Melanie Struttmann
2013 Liesel's mother
N/A
Guest
Birgit Averhoff
2012 Tante Polly
Laura Eichhorn
Katarina Endriss
2011 Tante Polly
Self
2009 Gia
herself
Hope Bridges Adams
Hildegard Knef
2008 Mirabel Blinker
2007 Frau Unger
Anna
Self
2006 Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
2005 Margarete Steiff
self
Ellen
Helen Schuster
Alicia Wallenbeck
Bernadette
2004 Eva
2003 Viktoria
Renate Reger
Mia
2002 Emilia
N/A
Self
Dr. Lisa Addison
Katharina Lumis
Silke Semmeling
2001 Madeline
Katinka Sirena
2000 Prinzessin
Rumour
Queen Charlotte
1999 Maja
Judith Kern
Self
Klärchen
Self
Floris Blinker
1998 Isolde
Vera
Self
1997 Miriam Auerbach
self
Self
1996 Self
Maren Krummsieg
Host
1995 Self
self
1994 Self
1991 Self
Self
1989 Self
1983 Self
1982 Self
1981 Self
1979 Self
Self
1974 Self
1970 Ellen Berlinger
1966 Self
1951 Self
1948 Self
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2007 Screenplay
Year Role Movie/Tv

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