Heather Kafka
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
Credits
- 2025 · All That We Love as Podcast Host
- 2025 · Leads as Mags Malloy
- 2024 · The Long Game as Alice Glenn
- 2024 · Blood Waters as
- 2023 · Lawmen: Bass Reeves as Florence Hammersly
- 2023 · Wüm as Madge
- 2021 · No Future as Linda
- 2019 · Lola: Girl Got a Gun as Mom
- 2019 · There You Are as
- 2018 · Foxy Trot as Carol
- 2018 · Maude as
- 2017 · Don't Ever Change as Amy
- 2017 · Song to Song as Suzie (uncredited)
- 2017 · Whiskey Fist as Karen
- 2016 · Daylight's End as Earnesta
- 2016 · Bug as Deborah
- 2015 · The Samaritans as Lou-Anne
- 2015 · Some Beasts as
- 2014 · Skunk as Leila's Mom
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Susan
- 2014 · Joe as Lacy
- 2013 · Angels Sing as David's Doctor
- 2013 · Ain't Them Bodies Saints as Midwife #1
- 2013 · Loves Her Gun as Debbie (Neighbor)
- 2013 · Pit Stop as Linda
- 2013 · Black Metal as Rose
- 2012 · Saturday Morning Massacre as Mona
- 2012 · Longmire as Holly Whitish
- 2012 · Kid-Thing as Mom
- 2011 · Wind Session Tiger Woman as Mrs. Blake
- 2011 · The Man Who Never Cried as Mary Winston
- 2010 · Lovers of Hate as Diana
- 2006 · Idiocracy as Woman at Carl's Jr.
- 2005 · Night Stalker as Katrina Ortega
- 2005 · The Wendell Baker Story as Marianne
- 2004 · House as Sarah Kelvey
- 2004 · CSI: NY as
- 2003 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Henrietta
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Mindy DuPont
- 2000 · Strong Medicine as Callan Howe
- 2000 · Where the Heart Is as Delphia
- 1999 · The Monster Hunter as Cassandra
- 1996 · The Secret She Carried as Cheryl
- 1994 · ER as Rhonda