Hede Beck is a German actress and voice artist born in 1958 in Heubach, Germany. She trained at the Schauspielstudio Gmelin in Munich from 1977 to 1981 and began her career on stage, with early engagements at the Stadttheater Regensburg and the Theaterhaus Stuttgart. In addition to her native German, she speaks English fluently and has a good command of French.

Beck has built a extensive career spanning both on-screen roles and voice acting. Her voice work is a significant part of her professional profile, with professional skills in audio books, audio dramas, and cartoon voice acting. As a dubbing artist, she provides German voices for actresses in international films and series. One of her notable voice roles is Baaya in the anime film Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1, known in German as Mademoiselle Hanamura - Aufbruch zu modernen Zeiten. Her other dubbing credits include the voice of 'Frau Kirschbaum' in the anime series Izetta, die letzte Hexe and the voice of 'Sora Higa' in Harukana Receive. Beyond animation, she has dubbed actresses such as Brid Brennan in My Sailor, My Love, Bulle Ogier in Mit Liebe und Entschlossenheit, and Lin Shaye in Don Quijote von der Mancha.

Her work in film and television is extensive, with numerous roles in German productions. She has appeared in episodes of popular German TV series like Tatort, SOKO Stuttgart, and Tiere bis unters Dach. Her film credits include roles in Dolores, Wir sind die Flut, and Zum Tod meiner Mutter. Beck has also been involved in international productions, working with the Meta Theater München on projects from Japan and the United States between 1995 and 2001.

Throughout her career, Beck has received recognition for her work. She was part of the free theater group Die Tödeste Schwänin, which received the Theaterpreis der Stuttgarter Zeitung in 1988 and a Kunststipendium from the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg in 1994. Her film work has also garnered awards; the short film Die Herberge, in which she played the lead role of Hildegard, won multiple audience awards at German film festivals in 2017 and 2018. The feature film Dolores, in which she played Lotte Keller, was nominated for the prestigious Grimme-Preis in 2017. Another of her films, Wir sind die Flut, won the Audience Award and the Achille Valdata Award at the Torino Film Festival in 2016.