Born in Kennelbach, Heide Capovilla received her training in acting in Vienna. She has worked at various theatres in German-speaking countries, among them Tübingen, Zurich, Munich, Bonn, St. Gallen and Bregenz. She has worked in film, television and radio and has lived in Vorarlberg since 1985 as a freelance stage director and actress. In the last few years she has frequently performed at the Theater Kosmos in Bregenz, in a variety of plays, e.g. Herbst und Winter, Krupp, Zwei. Recently she could be seen at Constance municipal theatre in Moonlight and Magnolias by Ron Hutchinson and in Totentanz by Bruno Epple. She has made guest appearances in Switzerland, Austria and Germany in a one-woman show about the late life of Camille Claudel, Kein Frühling kein Herbst. In 2009 she played Hanni in Stefan Vögel's Altweiberfrühling at the Vorarlberg Volkstheater.