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 Bucks 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.

All movies available from Heike Makatsch

Poster movie Love Actually

Love Actually

Movie
Poster movie Resident Evil

Resident Evil

Movie
Poster movie A Sound of Thunder

A Sound of Thunder

Movie
Poster movie Tara Road

Tara Road

Movie
Poster movie Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost

Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost

Movie
Poster movie Love Your Female Neighbor!

Love Your Female Neighbor

Movie
Poster movie Late Night Shopping

Late Night Shopping

Movie
Poster movie Obsession

Obsession

Movie
Poster movie Longitude

Longitude

Movie

Movies unavailable from Heike Makatsch

Keine Lieder über Liebe

Ellen

Movie 2005

Aimée & Jaguar

Klärchen

Movie 1999

Anatomy 2

Viktoria

Movie 2003

Naked

Emilia

Movie 2002

Gripsholm

Prinzessin

Movie 2000

Kroos

Self

Movie 2019

A Goddamn Job

Katinka Sirena

Movie 2001

Schwesterherz

Anna

Movie 2007

Hilde

Hildegard Knef

Movie 2009

Das Wunder von Lengede

Renate Reger

Movie 2003

Zero

Cynthia Bonsant

Movie 2021

Margarete Steiff

Margarete Steiff

Movie 2005

Männerpension

Maren Krummsieg

Movie 1996

Nachts im Park

Katharina Lumis

Movie 2002

Akiko, the Flying Monkey

Movie 2024

The Door

Gia

Movie 2009

Das Gelbe vom Ei

Floris Blinker

Movie 1999

Dr. Hope

Hope Bridges Adams

Movie 2009

Tails You Win, Heads You Lose

Maja

Movie 1999

Schade um das schöne Geld

Mirabel Blinker

Movie 2008

Tom Sawyer

Tante Polly

Movie 2011

Homecoming

Katarina Endriss

Movie 2012

Sechzehneichen

Laura Eichhorn

Movie 2012

The Book Thief

Liesel's mother

Movie 2013

Back on Track

Birgit Averhoff

Movie 2013

The Adventures of Huck Finn

Tante Polly

Movie 2012

Männer und andere Katastrophen

Judith Kern

Movie 1999

About a Girl

Sabine

Movie 2015

Wir machen durch bis morgen früh

Melanie Struttmann

Movie 2014

Everything is Love

Clara

Movie 2014

Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika

Helen Schuster

Movie 2005

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Frau Unger

Movie 2007

Twice New Life

Ännie Borchert

Movie 2016

Familie auf Bestellung

Eva

Movie 2004

The Announcement

Rumour

Movie 2000

The Pasta Detectives 3

Kellnerin

Movie 2016

Bibi Blocksberg

Servera

Movie 2025

Benjamin the Elephant

Zora Zack

Movie 2019

Strange Daughter

Hannah

Movie 2017

Teenosaurus Rex

Sara Wenger

Movie 2017

Speechless

mother

Movie 2016

Am I Beautiful?

Vera

Movie 1998

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Frau Reimann

Movie 2018

I've Never Been to New York

Lisa Wartberg

Movie 2019

Zielfahnder: Blutiger Tango

Gisela Tezloff

Movie 2019

9 Days Awake

Liane Stehfest

Movie 2020

God, You’re Such a Prick

Eva Pape

Movie 2020

Tv series unavailable from Heike Makatsch

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Self

Tv 2015

Herzogpark

Maria Schreiber

Tv 2022

Intimate.

Alice

Tv 2023

Hätten Sie’s gewusst

Self

Tv 2019

Inas Nacht

Self

Tv 2007

Die Affäre Semmeling

Silke Semmeling

Tv 2002

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Tv 2015

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Self

Tv 1995

Beckmann

Self

Tv 1999

Wetten, dass..?

Self

Tv 1981

Paare

Patientin

Tv 2015

Paare

Tv 2015

Der König von Palma

Sylie Alder

Tv 2022

Scene of the Crime

Ellen Berlinger

Tv 1970

Through the Night with...

Self

Tv 2002

Where's Wanda?

Carlotta Klatt

Tv 2024

Late Night Berlin

Self

Tv 2018

Leute heute

Self

Tv 1997

Kurzstrecke mit Pierre M. Krause

Tv 2020

Deutscher Filmpreis

Self

Tv 1951

Blauer Panther

Self

Tv 1989

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

Self

Tv 1966

Bambi Awards

Self

Tv 1948

Telestar

Self

Tv 1983

Bayerischer Filmpreis

Self

Tv 1979

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Self - Guest

Tv 2015

Zimmer frei!

Self

Tv 1996

Neo Magazin Royale

Guest

Tv 2013

Neo Magazin Royale

Tv 2013

Slava, der Hund

Laura

Tv 2023

Die Johannes B. Kerner Show

Self

Tv 1998

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

Self

Tv 1994

Tietjen und Bommes

Self

Tv 1997

TV total

Self

Tv 1999

V.I.P.

Self

Tv 2000

Boulevard Bio

Self

Tv 1991

Tender Hearts

Anja

Tv 2023

DAS!

Self

Tv 1991

NDR Talk Show

Self

Tv 1979

3 nach 9

Self

Tv 1974

Gero von Boehm begegnet...

Self

Tv 2002

Menschen

Self

Tv 1982

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

Self

Tv 2011

Interaktiv

Host

Tv 1996

Thadeusz

self

Tv 2005

Kulturzeit

self

Tv 1995

Taff

self

Tv 1997

German Genius

Heike Makatsch

Tv 2023

Abendshow

Self

Tv 2017