Heather Kafka
Actor
- Born
- July 7, 1972 (age 54) · 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).
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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
Idiocracy
September 1, 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
October 17, 2003
Joe
April 11, 2014
Song to Song
March 17, 2017
Where the Heart Is
April 27, 2000
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
July 3, 2013
Daylight's End
April 16, 2016
The Long Game
April 12, 2024
The Wendell Baker Story
August 3, 2005
Angels Sing
October 19, 2013
Saturday Morning Massacre
June 16, 2012
Pit Stop
January 21, 2013
Acting35
- 2025All That We Love as Podcast Host
- 2025Leads as Mags Malloy
- 2024The Long Game as Alice Glenn
- 2024Blood Waters
- 2023Wüm as Madge
- 2021No Future as Linda
- 2019Lola: Girl Got a Gun as Mom
- 2019There You Are
- 2018Foxy Trot as Carol
- 2018Maude
- 2017