Heike Makatsch

Heike Makatsch is a German actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Dr. Lisa Addison in Resident Evil , Mia in Love Actually , and as Liesels mother in The Book Thief .

Makatsch was born in Dsseldorf, 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 Dsseldorf for four semesters, which was followed by an apprenticeship as a dressmaker until 1994.

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