(Born Aug. 13, 1971) Heike Makatsch is a German actress. Her TV career started in 1993, when she was hired by music channel VIVA. 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.