Makima is of average build, and marginally above average height. She has long light red/pale auburn hair, normally kept in a loose braid with bangs reaching just past her eyebrows and two longer side bangs that frame her face. Her eyes are yellow with multiple red rings within them. Makima seems to be a kind, gentle, social, and friendly woman who acts professionally. However, she is in fact cold, cunning, and very manipulative and sees almost everyone as below her.