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
1970
DAS!
1991
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
Leute heute
1997
Kölner Treff
1976
NDR Talk Show
1979
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998
Taff
1997
3 nach 9
1974
Beckmann
1999
Filmography
Scene of the Crime
as Ellen Berlinger · 1970
DAS!
as Self · 1991
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self · 1995
Leute heute
as Self · 1997
Kölner Treff
as Self · 1976
NDR Talk Show
as Self · 1979
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self · 2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
· 2015
The Johannes B. Kerner Show
as Self · 1998
Taff
as self · 1997
3 nach 9
as Self · 1974
Beckmann
as Self · 1999
Wetten, dass..?
as Self · 1981
Zimmer frei!
as Self · 1996
Tietjen und Bommes
as Self · 1997
Bambi
as Self · 1948
Kulturzeit
as self · 1995
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
as Self · 1994
German Film Award
as Self · 1951
Inas Nacht
as Self · 2007
Love Actually
as Mia · 2003
Through the Night with...
as Self · 2002
Goldene Kamera
as Self · 1984
Resident Evil
as Lisa · 2002
Late Night Berlin
as Self · 2018
Boulevard Bio
as Self · 1991
Neo Magazin Royale
as Guest · 2013
Neo Magazin Royale
· 2013
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self · 2011
The Book Thief
as Liesel's Mother · 2013
Where's Wanda?
as Carlotta Klatt · 2024
Thadeusz
as self · 2005
Blauer Panther
as Self · 1989
Bavarian Film Awards
as Self · 1979
Wer stiehlt mir die Show?
as Self · 2021
Menschen
as Self · 1982
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
· 2020
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
as Self · 2002
Abendshow
as Self · 2017
INTIMATE.
as Alice · 2023
A Sound of Thunder
as Alicia Wallenbeck · 2005
Longitude
as Queen Charlotte · 2000
German Genius
as Heike Makatsch · 2023
Paare
· 2015
Paare
as Patientin · 2015
Interaktiv
as Host · 1996
Tender Hearts
as Anja · 2023
Herzogpark
as Maria Schreiber · 2022
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
as Self - Host · 1994
TV total
as Self · 1999
Telestar
as Self · 1983
Der König von Palma
as Sylie Alder · 2022
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
as Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete · 2006
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
as Self · 2019
V.I.P.
as Self · 2000
Anatomy 2
as Viktoria · 2003
God, You’re Such a Prick
as Eva Pape · 2020
Die Affäre Semmeling
as Silke Semmeling · 2002
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
as Melanie Struttmann · 2014
Tom Sawyer
as Tante Polly · 2011
Naked
as Emilia · 2002
Kroos
as Self · 2019
The Door
as Gia · 2009
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
as Frau Unger · 2007
Longitude
as Queen Charlotte · 2000
Aimée & Jaguar
as Klärchen · 1999
Late Night Shopping
as Madeline · 2001
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
as Frau Reimann · 2018
Teenosaurus Rex
as Sara Wenger · 2017
The Adventures of Huck Finn
as Tante Polly · 2012
Slava, der Hund
as Laura · 2023
Komplizinnen - Vernunft ist keine Lösung
· 2027
Tara Road
as Bernadette · 2005
Männer und andere Katastrophen
as Judith Kern · 1999
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
as Servera · 2025
The Pasta Detectives 3
as Kellnerin · 2016
The Miracle of Lengede
as Renate Reger · 2003
Everything is Love
as Clara · 2014
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
as Police Chief · 2025
Love Your Female Neighbor!
as Isolde · 1998
Back on Track
as Birgit Averhoff · 2013
Am I Beautiful?
as Vera · 1998
I've Never Been to New York
as Lisa Wartberg · 2019
Hilde
as Hildegard Knef · 2009
Schade um das schöne Geld
as Mirabel Blinker · 2008
No Songs of Love
as Ellen · 2005
Obsession
as Miriam Auerbach · 1997
About a Girl
as Sabine · 2015
Das Gelbe vom Ei
as Floris Blinker · 1999
Das Wunder von Lengede
as Renate Reger · 2003
9 Days Awake
as Liane Stehfest · 2020
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
as Maja · 1999
Schwesterherz
as Anna · 2007
Benjamin the Elephant
as Zora Zack · 2019
Speechless
as mother · 2016
Nachts im Park
as Katharina Lumis · 2002
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
as Helen Schuster · 2005
Slava der Hund
as Laura · 2024
Dr. Hope
as Hope Bridges Adams · 2009
Twice New Life
as Ännie Borchert · 2016
Gripsholm
as Prinzessin · 2000
The Announcement
as Rumour · 2000
A Goddamn Job
as Katinka Sirena · 2001
Familie auf Bestellung
as Eva · 2004
Männerpension
as Maren Krummsieg · 1996
Margarete Steiff
as Margarete Steiff · 2005
Zero
as Cynthia Bonsant · 2021
Sechzehneichen
as Laura Eichhorn · 2012
Strange Daughter
as Hannah · 2017
Homecoming
as Katarina Endriss · 2012
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
as Gisela Tezloff · 2019