Katrin Heß is a German actress and voice actress born on June 26, 1985, in Aachen, Germany. She pursued her passion for performance at the Arturo Schauspielschule in Cologne, completing her training there from 2004 to 2007. While she is widely recognized for her on-screen roles, particularly in German television series like Alarm für Cobra 11, her voice acting career constitutes a significant and diverse body of work.

Heß began her work as a voice actress in 2009, lending her voice to a variety of characters in films, television series, and video games. A substantial part of her voice acting portfolio is in the realm of anime and animation. She is known for voicing Yukari Akiyama in the German-language version of the popular anime franchise Girls und Panzer, including the film Girls und Panzer der Film and the series Girls und Panzer: This is the Real Anzio Battle!. Her other notable anime roles include Hestia in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Aladdin in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Paninya in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Ruri Miyamoto in Nisekoi: Liebe, Lügen & Yakuza, and Natsuki Shinohara in the film Summer Wars.

Beyond anime, Heß has demonstrated her vocal range in major video game productions. She provided the German voice for the character Ciri in the acclaimed role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and voiced Amita in Far Cry 4. Her work also extends to live-action series and films, where she has dubbed roles in productions such as Class, Hostile, and Call the Midwife.

Based in Cologne, her primary working location, Heß maintains an active career in both on-screen and voice acting.