Acting
Heather Kafka
EN cinema · 35 credits
Born
7 July 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Austin, Texas, USA
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
as Mags Malloy, Producer, Story
All That We Love
as Podcast Host
The Long Game
as Alice Glenn
Wüm
as Madge
No Future
as Linda
Maude
Actor
Foxy Trot
as Carol
Song to Song
as Suzie (uncredited)
Whiskey Fist
as Karen
Daylight's End
as Earnesta
Bug
as Deborah
Joe
as Lacy
Skunk
as Leila's Mom
Black Metal
as Rose
Pit Stop
as Linda
Loves Her Gun
as Debbie (Neighbor)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
as Midwife #1
Angels Sing
as David's Doctor
Kid-Thing
as Mom
The Man Who Never Cried
as Mary Winston
Lovers of Hate
as Diana
Idiocracy
as Woman at Carl's Jr.
The Wendell Baker Story
as Marianne
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Henrietta
Where the Heart Is
as Delphia
The Monster Hunter
as Cassandra
The Secret She Carried
as Cheryl