Heike Makatsch: actress, 1 million euros

Seamstress or journalist were on Heike Makatsch’s career wish list. But things turned out differently: in the early 1990s she started her television career as a presenter at the music channel VIVA. In 1996 she made the leap into the film business. In the comedy men’s pension , she was able to demonstrate both her acting and her musical talent. Her cover version of Stand by Your Man made it to number 11 in the German charts – she also received the Bavarian Film Prize for best young actress. After that, it all happened in quick succession and Heike Makatsch also attracted international attention – among other things, she was in box office hits like Love Actually and Resident Evilto see. Since 2016 she has been thrilling Tatort fans as Commissioner Berlinger.