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.
57 movies · 50 shows
Bibi Blocksberg - Das große Hexentreffen
2025·7.0
Akiko, the Flying Monkey
2025·4.5
Slava der Hund
2024·0.0
Zero
2021·4.8
God, You’re Such a Prick
2020·6.3
9 Days Awake
2020·6.0
Manhunt: Bloody Tango
2019·5.3
I've Never Been to New York
2019·5.9
Benjamin the Elephant
2019·4.5
Kroos
2019·6.1
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
2018·7.5
Teenosaurus Rex
2017·5.3
Strange Daughter
2017·3.4
Speechless
2016·7.0
The Pasta Detectives 3
2016·5.7
Twice New Life
2016·6.4
About a Girl
2015·6.8
Everything is Love
2014·5.6
Wir machen durch bis morgen früh
2014·4.5
The Book Thief
2013·7.5
Back on Track
2013·7.3
The Adventures of Huck Finn
2012·6.0
Sechzehneichen
2012·5.7
Homecoming
2012·5.3
Tom Sawyer
2011·6.0
The Door
2009·6.2
Dr. Hope
2009·7.0
Hilde
2009·5.3
Schade um das schöne Geld
2008·5.0
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007·6.7
Schwesterherz
2007·5.0
Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
2006·5.8
Margarete Steiff
2005·7.1
No Songs of Love
2005·5.7
Almost Heaven - Ein Cowgirl auf Jamaika
2005·6.4
A Sound of Thunder
2005·4.9
Tara Road
2005·5.4
Familie auf Bestellung
2004·6.3
Anatomy 2
2003·5.7
Das Wunder von Lengede
2003·6.3
Love Actually
2003·7.1
Naked
2002·5.4
Resident Evil
2002·6.7
Nachts im Park
2002·7.7
Late Night Shopping
2001·6.3
A Goddamn Job
2001·4.7
Gripsholm
2000·5.8
The Announcement
2000·7.0
Longitude
2000·7.4
Tails You Win, Heads You Lose
1999·5.6
Männer und andere Katastrophen
1999·6.8
Aimée & Jaguar
1999·6.7
Das Gelbe vom Ei
1999·8.3
Love Your Female Neighbor!
1998·7.0
Am I Beautiful?
1998·6.7
Obsession
1997·4.2
Männerpension
1996·5.4