Heike Makatsch
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Born | Düsseldorf, West Germany | 13 August 1971
Occupation | Actress, voice actress, singer |
Years active | 1993–present |
Partner(s) | Daniel Craig (1996–2004) Max Martin Schröder (2004–2014) Trystan Pütter (?–present) |
Children | 3 (2 with Schröder) |
Relatives | Rainer Makatsch (father) |
Heike Makatsch (German: [ˈhaɪkə ˈmakatʃ] (listen); born 13 August 1971) is a German actress, voice actress, and singer. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in Resident Evil (2002), Mia in Love Actually (2003), and as Liesel's mother in The Book Thief (2013).
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'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 cancelled after only eight episodes.[citation needed]
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).[citation needed]
She voiced Terk in the German dub of Disney's Tarzan.
Since 2012, Makatsch has been a testimonial for French cosmetics company L'Oréal.
Makatsch served on the jury of the Goldene Kamera awards in 2017.[1]
Personal life[]
Makatsch was in a seven-year relationship with British actor Daniel Craig, ending in 2004.[2][3]
She has three daughters, born in 2007, 2009, and 2015; two with Max Martin Schröder from German indie band Tomte and .[4] She lives in Berlin.[5]
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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Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
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1996 | Männerpension | Maren Krummsieg | Detlev Buck | English: Jailbirds |
1997 | Obsession | Miriam Auerbach | ||
1998 | Killer | Bernhard Landen | Short | |
Am I Beautiful? | Vera | Doris Dörrie | ||
Isolde | Detlev Buck | English: Love Your Neighbour | ||
1999 | Das Gelbe vom Ei | Floris Blinker | Lars Becker | TV film |
Aimée & Jaguar | Klärchen | Max Färberböck | ||
Judith Kern | TV film | |||
Camino de Santiago | Tea | Robert Young | TV miniseries | |
Maja | ||||
2000 | Longitude | Queen Charlotte | Charles Sturridge | TV film |
Gripsholm | Prinzessin | Xavier Koller | ||
The Announcement | Rumour | Troy Miller | ||
2001 | Late Night Shopping | Madeline Zozzocolovich | Saul Metzstein | |
A Goddamn Job | Katinka Sirena | |||
2002 | Die Affäre Semmeling | Silke Semmeling | Dieter Wedel | TV miniseries (6 episodes) |
Resident Evil | Dr. Lisa Addison | Paul W. S. Anderson | ||
Naked (Nackt) | Emilia | Doris Dörrie | ||
Katharina Lumis | Uwe Janson | |||
2003 | Anatomy 2 | Viktoria | Stefan Ruzowitzky | |
Love Actually | Mia | Richard Curtis | ||
Renate Reger | TV film | |||
2004 | Familie auf Bestellung | Eva | Urs Egger | TV film |
2005 | Margarete Steiff | Xaver Schwarzenberger | TV film | |
A Sound of Thunder | Alicia Wallenbeck | Peter Hyams | ||
Ellen | Lars Kraume | English: No Songs About Love | ||
Tara Road | Bernadette | Gillies MacKinnon | ||
Almost Heaven | Helen Schuster | |||
2006 | Anna | |||
2007 | Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution | Frau Unger | Bille Eltringham | |
2008 | Mirabel Blinker | Lars Becker | TV film | |
2009 | The Door | Gia Konrads | Anno Saul | |
Dr. Hope | Hope Bridges Adams | TV film | ||
Hilde | Hildegard Knef | Kai Wessel | ||
2011 | Aunt Polly | Hermine Huntgeburth | ||
2012 | Katarina Endriss | Jo Baier | TV film | |
Laura | TV film | |||
2013 | The Book Thief | Liesel's mother | Brian Percival | |
Sein letztes Rennen | Birgit Averhoff | |||
2014 | Charleen macht Schluss | Sabine | ||
2014 | Rachel | Segment "Berlin" | ||
2017 | Sara | |||
2018 | The Most Beautiful Girl in the World | Frau Reimann | ||
2019 | Lisa Wartberg |
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", soundtrack for Männerpension)
- 1997: This Girl Was Made for Loving (Soundtrack for Obsession)
- 1999: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (Soundtrack for Die Häupter meiner Lieben)
References[]
- ^ Goldene Kamera 2017 – Jury sucht bereits die Favoriten in fünf Kategorien Goldene Kamera, press release of 16 December 2016.
- ^ . 6 April 2004 http://www.rp-online.de/kultur/film/getrennt-heike-makatsch-und-daniel-craig-aid-1.2067722. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Salter, Kate (23 April 2003). "The irresistible rise of Heike Makatsch". The Daily Telegraph. London.
- ^ "Heike Makatsch and her boyfriend Max Martin Schröder" (in German). Jolie. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
- ^ "Wo in Berlin die Stars wohnen: Die Top-Bezirke". 25 February 2021.
External links[]
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