Biography
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Heike Makatsch (born August 13 1971) is a German actress.
Makatsch was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, as 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 TV 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 Bayerischer Filmpreis (Bavarian Film Award) as most talented young actor for her performance. Since then, she has appeared in about two dozen movies, both German and English language productions.
In 2006 Makatsch was nominated for an Emmy for her interpretation of Margarete Steiff in the TV movie of the same name.
Selected filmography
- Bin ich schön? (English: "Am I beautiful?", directed by Doris Dörrie, 1998)
- Liebe deine Nächste (English: "Love your female neighbour", directed by Detlev Buck, 1998)
- Aimée & Jaguar (English: "Aimee & Jaguar", directed by Max Färberböck, 1999)
- Gripsholm (directed by Xavier Koller, 2000)
- Late Night Shopping (directed by Saul Metzstein, 2001)
- Nackt (English: "Naked", directed by Doris Dörrie, 2002)
- Resident Evil (directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, 2002)
- Love Actually (directed by Richard Curtis, 2003)
- Margarete Steiff (TV-movie) (directed by Xaver Schwarzenberger, 2005)
Awards
- 1995
- Bayerischer Filmpreis Darstellerpreis (Nachwuchs)
- Telestar Förderpreis für "Interaktiv" (VIVA)
- 1996 - Bambi
- 2002 - Goldene Kamera
- 2003 - Bambi
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