Love Actually actress Heike Makatsch, 52, looks unrecognisable 20 years after playing mistress Mia
SHE became a very well-known face 20 years ago, playing Love Actually’s most disliked character.
But these days actress Heike Makatsch, now 52, looks a far cry from the temptress Mia, known for her inappropriate flirting and seductress ways.
Heike has ditched Mia’s famous blunt bob in favour of glossy blonde locks and a more edgy style.
In the hugely popular film, Mia desperately wants to sleep with her happily married boss Harry (portrayed by Alan Rickman) – and will stop at nothing to get him.
The doll-faced brunette outrageously flirts with him at an office party in front of his wife Karen (played by Emma Thompson) and tries to make him fall for her charms with overtly sexual comments.
Harry ends up buying Mia a gold heart locket necklace for Christmas after she drops the famous line, “I don’t want something I need. I want something I want – something pretty”.
Their affair is revealed when Karen finds the jewellery in his coat pocket.
Fortunately, actress Heike’s personal life is far less scandalous.
Heike, from Dusseldorf, Germany, was best known for her role as Dr Lisa Addison in Resident Evil before her starring role in the 2003 Christmas romcom.
Heike, who dated James Bond star Daniel Craig for seven years, has since been busy working in both English and German-language productions.
In 2013 she starred in The Book Thief, playing Liesel’s mum, and has played Petra Paul in the TV series, Capelli Code
She has two daughters with Max Martin Schroder, who is from the German indie band Tomte.