Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 13 August 1971<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is a German actress. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in Resident Evil (2002), Mia in Love Actually (2003), as Liesel's mother in The Book Thief (2013), and as Carlotta Klatt in Where's Wanda? (2024).

Early life

Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, West 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.

Career

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Makatsch at the 2012 Hessen Film and Cinema Prize

Makatsch's 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 13 August 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 canceled after only eight episodes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Makatsch first appeared in a film in 1996 when she starred in Detlev Buck's Männerpension (English: "Jailbirds"). She received the Bavarian Film Award as the most talented young actor for her performance. Since then, she has appeared in several German and English language productions including the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003). She is perhaps best known for her role as Lisa Addison, Matt's sister in the video game-based sci-fi/horror film Resident Evil (2002).Template:Citation needed

She voiced Terk in the German dub of Disney's Tarzan.

Since 2012, Makatsch has been a face for French cosmetics company L'Oréal.

Makatsch served on the jury of the Goldene Kamera awards in 2017.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>

Personal life

Makatsch was in a seven-year relationship with British actor Daniel Craig, ending in 2004.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

She has three daughters, born in 2007, 2009, and 2015; the first two are with musician Max Martin Schröder, from the German indie band Tomte.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She has been in a relationship with actor Trystan Pütter since 2017.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Template:As of, Makatsch lives in Berlin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards and nominations

In 1995, Makatsch won the Bavarian Film Award for Best New Actress for her role in Männerpension. In 2003, she and the rest of the cast of Love Actually were nominated for the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast. She was nominated in 2006 for an International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role in Margarete Steiff – A Story of Courage.

Selected filmography

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Makatsch at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Jailbirds	Maren Krummsieg
1997	Obsession	Miriam Auerbach
1998	Killer		Short
	Am I Beautiful?	Vera
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1999	Das Gelbe vom Ei	Floris Blinker	TV film
	Aimée & Jaguar	Klärchen
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Judith Kern	TV film
	Camino de Santiago	Tea	TV miniseries
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Maja
2000	Longitude	Queen Charlotte	TV film
	Gripsholm	Prinzessin
	The Announcement	Rumour
2001	Late Night Shopping	Madeline Zozzocolovic
	A Goddamn Job	Katinka Sirena
2002	Die Affäre Semmeling	Silke Semmeling	TV miniseries (6 episodes)
	Resident Evil	Dr. Lisa Addison
	Naked	Emilia
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Katharina Lumis
2003	Anatomy 2	Viktoria
	Love Actually	Mia
	Template:Ill	Renate Reger	TV film
2004	Familie auf Bestellung	Eva	TV film
2005	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Margarete Steiff	TV film
	A Sound of Thunder	Alicia Wallenbeck
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Ellen
	Tara Road	Bernadette
	Template:Ill	Helen Schuster
2006	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Anna
2007	Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution	Frau Unger
2008	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Mirabel Blinker	TV film
2009	The Door	Gia Konrads
	Template:Ill	Hope Bridges Adams	TV film
	Hilde	Hildegard Knef
2011	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Aunt Polly
2012	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Katarina Endriss	TV film
	Template:Interlanguage link multi	Laura	TV film
2013	The Book Thief	Liesel's mother
	Back on Track	Birgit Averhoff
2014	Charleen macht Schluss	Sabine
	Template:Ill	Clara
	Geography of the Heart	Rachel	Segment "Berlin"
2016–2021	Tatort	Ellen Berlinger	3 episodes
2017	Template:Ill	Sara
2018	The Most Beautiful Girl in the World	Frau Reimann
2019	I've Never Been to New York	Lisa Wartberg
2020	God, You're Such a Prick	Eva Pape
2021	Zero	Cynthia Bonsant	TV film
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Discography

Albums

• 1997: Obsession - soundtrack for Obsession
• 2005: Almost Heaven - soundtrack for Almost Heaven
• 2009: Hilde - soundtrack for Hilde
• 2009: Die schönsten Kinderlieder, with Max Schröder

Singles

• 1996: "Stand by Your Man", as Heike & Dirk - from soundtrack for Männerpension
• 1997: "This Girl Was Made for Loving" - from soundtrack for Obsession
• 1999: "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - from soundtrack for Die Häupter meiner Lieben

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