Heike Makatsch
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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Movies (58)
Raging Moms
2027
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
2025 · Servera
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
2025 · Police Chief
Slava der Hund
2024 · Laura
Zero
2021 · Cynthia Bonsant
God, You’re Such a Prick
2020 · Eva Pape
9 Days Awake
2020 · Liane Stehfest
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
2019 · Gisela Tezloff
I've Never Been to New York
2019 · Lisa Wartberg
Benjamin the Elephant
2019 · Zora Zack
Toni Kroos
2019 · Self
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018 · Frau Reimann
Teenosaurus Rex
2017 · Sara Wenger
Strange Daughter
2017 · Hannah
Speechless
2016 · mother
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016 · Kellnerin
Twice New Life
2016 · Ännie Borchert
Sobre una joven 2014
2015 · Sabine
Everything is Love
2014 · Clara
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014 · Melanie Struttmann
La Ladrona de libros
2013 · Liesel's Mother
Back on Track
2013 · Birgit Averhoff
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012 · Tante Polly
Sechzehneichen
2012 · Laura Eichhorn
Homecoming
2012 · Katarina Endriss
Tom Sawyer
2011 · Tante Polly
The Door
2009 · Gia
Dr. Hope
2009 · Hope Bridges Adams
Hilde
2009 · Hildegard Knef
Schade um das schöne Geld
2008 · Mirabel Blinker
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Frau Unger
Schwesterherz
2007 · Anna, Screenplay
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006 · Leonora Gräfin zu Etepetete
Margarete Steiff
2005 · Margarete Steiff
No Songs of Love
2005 · Ellen
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005 · Helen Schuster
El Sonido del Trueno
2005 · Alicia Wallenbeck
Tara Road
2005 · Bernadette
Familie auf Bestellung
2004 · Eva
Anatomy 2
2003 · Viktoria
Das Wunder von Lengede
2003 · Renate Reger
Realmente amor
2003 · Mia
Naked
2002 · Emilia
Resident Evil: El Huésped Maldito
2002 · Lisa
Nachts im Park
2002 · Katharina Lumis
Late Night Shopping
2001 · Madeline
A Goddamn Job
2001 · Katinka Sirena
Gripsholm
2000 · Prinzessin
The Announcement
2000 · Rumour
Longitude
2000 · Queen Charlotte
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
1999 · Maja
Männer und andere Katastrophen
1999 · Judith Kern
Aimée & Jaguar
1999 · Klärchen
Das Gelbe vom Ei
1999 · Floris Blinker
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998 · Isolde
Am I Beautiful?
1998 · Vera
Obsession
1997 · Miriam Auerbach
Männerpension
1996 · Maren Krummsieg
TV shows (51)
Buscando a Wanda
2024 · Carlotta Klatt
Slava, der Hund
2023 · Laura
German Genius
2023 · Heike Makatsch
Tender Hearts
2023 · Anja
INTIMATE.
2023 · Alice
Herzogpark
2022 · Maria Schreiber
Der König von Palma
2022 · Sylie Alder
Wer stiehlt mir die Show?
2021 · Self
Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause
2020
Hätten Sie’s gewusst
2019 · Self
Late Night Berlin
2018 · Self
Abendshow
2017 · Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015 · Self
Paare
2015 · Patientin
Neo Magazin Royale
2013 · Guest
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011 · Self
Inas Nacht
2007 · Self
Thadeusz
2005 · self
The Miracle of Lengede
2003 · Renate Reger
Through the Night with...
2002 · Self
Gero von Boehm begegnet...
2002 · Self
Die Affäre Semmeling
2002 · Silke Semmeling
V.I.P.
2000 · Self
Longitude
2000 · Queen Charlotte
TV total
1999 · Self
Beckmann
1999 · Self
Die Johannes B. Kerner Show
1998 · Self
Leute heute
1997 · Self
Taff
1997 · self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997 · Self
Zimmer frei!
1996 · Self
Interaktiv
1996 · Host
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self
Kulturzeit
1995 · self
alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994 · Self
Bravo Super Show – Die Gold-Otto-Verleihung
1994 · Self - Host
Boulevard Bio
1991 · Self
DAS!
1991 · Self
Blauer Panther
1989 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Telestar
1983 · Self
Menschen
1982 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
NDR Talk Show
1979 · Self
Kölner Treff
1976 · Self
3 nach 9
1974 · Self
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Ellen Berlinger
German Film Award
1951 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self
Heidi
· Rottenmeier