Biography
Heike Makatsch is a German actress born in Düsseldorf in 1971. She began her career in television, hosting music shows on VIVA from 1993 and later BRAVO TV on RTL II until 1996.
Makatsch made her film debut in 1996 in Detlev Buck's Männerpension, receiving the Bavarian Film Award for most talented young actor. She is known for her roles as Lisa Addison in Resident Evil (2002), Mia in Love Actually (2003), Liesel's mother in The Book Thief (2013), and appearances in A Sound of Thunder (2005) and Anatomy 2 (2003).
She has worked in both German and English-language productions and received further recognition including Bambi awards and a Goldene Kamera.
