Heather Kafka
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 7, 1972 (age 54)
- Birthplace
- Austin, Texas, USA
Biography
Heather Kafka (born 7 July 1972, Austin, Texas) is an American film, television, and voice actress who has been acting since age 6. She lives and works in Austin, Texas. She is best known as Chloe in MTV's first-ever scripted series Austin Stories (1997–98), Lacy in the independent drama Joe (2013, dir. David Gordon Green), and Henrietta Hewitt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Other notable film roles include Where the Heart Is (2000), Idiocracy (2006), Lovers of Hate (2010, Independent Spirit Award-nominated), Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013), and Song to Song (2017, dir. Terrence Malick). On television she has had recurring roles on Queen Sugar (2018–2022, as Deborah, 9 episodes), Lawmen: Bass Reeves (2023), Friday Night Lights (2006), and guest appearances on House, The Leftovers, Longmire, and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. As a voice actress for ADV Films, she voiced Hinagiku Tamano/Angel Daisy in the anime Wedding Peach and Jun Hunoo in Mazinkaiser. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Known For
Filmography
Leads
Movie · as Mags Malloy
All That We Love
Movie · as Podcast Host
The Long Game
Movie · as Alice Glenn
Blood Waters
Movie
Wüm
Movie · as Madge
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TV · as Florence Hammersly · 4 eps
No Future
Movie · as Linda
There You Are
Movie
Lola: Girl Got a Gun
Movie · as Mom
Maude
Movie
Foxy Trot
Movie · as Carol
Song to Song
Movie · as Suzie (uncredited)
Whiskey Fist
Movie · as Karen
Don't Ever Change
Movie · as Amy
Daylight's End
Movie · as Earnesta
Bug
Movie · as Deborah
Some Beasts
Movie
The Samaritans
Movie · as Lou-Anne
Joe
Movie · as Lacy
Skunk
Movie · as Leila's Mom
The Leftovers
TV · as Susan · 1 ep
Black Metal
Movie · as Rose
Pit Stop
Movie · as Linda
Loves Her Gun
Movie · as Debbie (Neighbor)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Movie · as Midwife #1
Angels Sing
Movie · as David's Doctor
Kid-Thing
Movie · as Mom
Saturday Morning Massacre
Movie · as Mona
Longmire
TV · as Holly Whitish · 1 ep
The Man Who Never Cried
Movie · as Mary Winston
Wind Session Tiger Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Blake
Lovers of Hate
Movie · as Diana
Idiocracy
Movie · as Woman at Carl's Jr.
The Wendell Baker Story
Movie · as Marianne
Night Stalker
TV · as Katrina Ortega · 1 ep
House
TV · as Sarah Kelvey · 1 ep
CSI: NY
TV · 1 ep
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie · as Henrietta
Where the Heart Is
Movie · as Delphia
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Mindy DuPont · 1 ep
Strong Medicine
TV · as Callan Howe · 1 ep
The Monster Hunter
Movie · as Cassandra
The Secret She Carried
Movie · as Cheryl
ER
TV · as Rhonda · 1 ep