Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch
File:Heike Makatsch Berlinale 2009 (cropped).jpg Makatsch at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2009
Born	(1971-08-13) 13 August 1971 Düsseldorf, Germany
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1993–present
Partner(s)	Daniel Craig (1994–2001)
Children	2

Heike Makatsch (born 13 August 1971) is a German actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Dr. 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, 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

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 including the romantic comedy Love Actually. She is perhaps best known for her role as Lisa Addison, Matt's sister in the Capcom video game-based sci-fi/horror film Resident Evil (2002).

Personal life

Makatsch was involved in a seven-year relationship with British actor Daniel Craig.

She has two daughters with Max Martin Schröder from the German indie band Tomte.

Selected filmography

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Makatsch at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.

Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes
1996	Männerpension	Maren Krummsieg	Detlev Buck	English: Jailbirds
1997	Obsession	Miriam Auerbach	de
1998	Killer		Bernhard Landen	Short
	de	Vera	Doris Dörrie
	de	Isolde	Detlev Buck	English: Love Your Neighbour
1999	Das Gelbe vom Ei	Floris Blinker	de	TV film
	Aimée & Jaguar	Klärchen	Max Färberböck
	de	Judith Kern	de	TV film
	Camino de Santiago	Tea	Robert Young	TV miniseries
	de	Maja	de
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	de
2002	Die Affäre Semmeling	Silke Semmeling	de	TV miniseries (6 episodes)
	Resident Evil	Dr. Lisa Addison	Paul W. S. Anderson
	de	Emilia	Doris Dörrie
	de	Katharina Lumis	Uwe Janson
2003	Anatomy 2	Viktoria	Stefan Ruzowitzky
	Love Actually	Mia	Richard Curtis
	de	Renate Reger	de	TV film
2004	Familie auf Bestellung	Eva	Urs Egger	TV film
2005	de	Margarete Steiff	Xaver Schwarzenberger	TV film
	A Sound of Thunder	Alicia Wallenbeck	Peter Hyams
	de	Ellen	de	English: No Songs About Love
	Tara Road	Bernadette	Gillies MacKinnon
	Almost Heaven	Helen Schuster	de
2006	de	Anna	de
2007	Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution	Frau Unger	Bille Eltringham
2008	de	Mirabel Blinker	de	TV film
2009	de	Gia Konrads	de
	Dr. Hope	Hope Bridges Adams	de	TV film
	Hilde	Hildegard Knef	de
2011	de	Aunt Polly	de
2012	de	Katarina Endriss	Jo Baier	TV film
	de	Laura	de	TV film
2013	The Book Thief	Liesel's mother	Brian Percival
	de	Birgit Averhoff	de
2014	Charleen macht Schluss	Sabine		Post-production
2014	Geography of the Heart	Rachel		Segment "Berlin"; filming

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 (Soundtrack for Männerpension)
• 1997: This Girl Was Made For Loving (Soundtrack for Obsession)
• 1999: Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover (Soundtrack for Die Häupter meiner Lieben)

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.

External links

• Heike Makatsch at the Internet Movie Database
• Rotten Tomatoes entry for Heike Makatsch
• filmstar.de entry for Heike Makatsch (German)