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.
Movie | Bibi Blocksberg | Servera | 2025-12-25 |
Series | Where's Wanda? | Carlotta Klatt | 2024-10-02 |
Series | Tender Hearts | Anja | 2023-04-06 |
Series | German Genius | 2023-05-23 | |
Movie | Zero | Cynthia Bonsant | 2021-10-23 |
Series | Capelli Code | Petra Paul | 2021-11-30 |
Movie | 9 Days Awake | Liane Stehfest | 2020-03-15 |
Movie | God, You’re Such a Prick | Eva Pape | 2020-10-01 |
Movie | Benjamin the Elephant | Zora Zack | 2019-08-01 |
Movie | Kroos | Self | 2019-07-04 |
Movie | Zielfahnder: Blutiger Tango | Gisela Tezloff | 2019-10-26 |
Movie | I've Never Been to New York | Lisa Wartberg | 2019-10-17 |
Movie | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Frau Reimann | 2018-09-06 |
Movie | Teenosaurus Rex | Sara Wenger | 2017-07-06 |
Movie | Strange Daughter | Hannah | 2017-06-28 |
Movie | Twice New Life | Ännie Borchert | 2016-04-17 |
Movie | The Pasta Detectives 3 | Kellnerin | 2016-04-28 |
Movie | Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | Lisa (archive footage) | 2016-12-23 |
Movie | About a Girl | Sabine | 2015-08-06 |
Movie | Wir machen durch bis morgen früh | Melanie Struttmann | 2014-10-27 |
Movie | Everything is Love | Clara | 2014-12-04 |
Movie | Back on Track | Birgit Averhoff | 2013-10-10 |
Movie | The Book Thief | Liesel's mother | 2013-11-08 |
Movie | Homecoming | Katarina Endriss | 2012-05-02 |
Movie | Resident Evil: Retribution | Dr. Lisa Addison (archive footage) | 2012-09-12 |
Movie | Sechzehneichen | Laura Eichhorn | 2012-11-28 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Tante Polly | 2012-12-20 |
Movie | Tom Sawyer | Tante Polly | 2011-11-17 |
Movie | Hilde | Hildegard Knef | 2009-03-11 |
Movie | Dr. Hope | Hope Bridges Adams | 2009-07-03 |
Movie | The Door | Gia | 2009-11-26 |
Movie | Schade um das schöne Geld | Mirabel Blinker | 2008-06-06 |
Series | Inas Nacht | Unknown | 2007-06-09 |
Movie | Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution | Frau Unger | 2007-09-28 |
Movie | Schwesterherz | Anna | 2007-09-06 |
Movie | Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost | Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete | 2006-07-20 |
Movie | A Sound of Thunder | Alicia Wallenbeck | 2005-05-15 |
Movie | Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika | Helen Schuster | 2005-08-25 |
Movie | Tara Road | Bernadette | 2005-05-11 |
Movie | Keine Lieder über Liebe | Ellen | 2005-10-26 |
Movie | Margarete Steiff | Margarete Steiff | 2005-12-23 |
Movie | Familie auf Bestellung | Eva | 2004-09-21 |
Movie | Love Actually | Mia | 2003-09-07 |
Movie | Anatomy 2 | Viktoria | 2003-11-23 |
Movie | Das Wunder von Lengede | Renate Reger | 2003-11-09 |
Movie | Nachts im Park | Katharina Lumis | 2002-03-14 |
Movie | Resident Evil | Dr. Lisa Addison | 2002-03-15 |
Series | Die Affäre Semmeling | Silke Semmeling | 2002-01-02 |
Series | Through the Night with... | Unknown | 2002-05-10 |
Movie | Naked | Emilia | 2002-09-02 |
Movie | A Goddamn Job | Katinka Sirena | 2001-04-19 |
Movie | Late Night Shopping | Madeline | 2001-06-22 |
Movie | Longitude | Queen Charlotte | 2000-01-02 |
Movie | Gripsholm | Prinzessin | 2000-11-16 |
Movie | The Announcement | Rumour | 2000-09-15 |
Movie | Aimée & Jaguar | Klärchen | 1999-02-11 |
Movie | Das Gelbe vom Ei | Floris Blinker | 1999-01-25 |
Movie | Männer und andere Katastrophen | Judith Kern | 1999-04-30 |
Movie | Tails You Win, Heads You Lose | Maja | 1999-07-29 |
Movie | Am I Beautiful? | Vera | 1998-09-17 |
Movie | Love Your Female Neighbor! | Isolde | 1998-12-24 |
Movie | Obsession | Miriam Auerbach | 1997-08-28 |
Movie | Männerpension | Maren Krummsieg | 1996-01-31 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Scene of the Crime | Ellen Berlinger | 1970-11-29 |