Wendy Makkena

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Wendy Makkena

Acting 67 October 4, 1958

New York City, New York, USA

Wendy Rosenberg Makkena (born October 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Sister Mary Robert in the film Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2:…

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House

House

8.6 2004 TV Show
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

8.0 1999 TV Show
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.6 2000 TV Show
Sister Act

Sister Act

6.8 1992 Movie
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

7.9 2004 TV Show
Ghost Whisperer

Ghost Whisperer

8.1 2005 TV Show
State of Play

State of Play

6.8 2009 Movie
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

6.4 1993 Movie
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

7.0 2019 Movie
Chuck

Chuck

7.7 2007 TV Show

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Wendy Rosenberg Makkena (born October 4, 1958) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Sister Mary Robert in the film Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). Her other film credits include Air Bud (1997), State of Play (2009), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). She has appeared regularly on stage since the 1980s.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Best Medicine

    TV show Susan Carlisle

  2. 2024
    Whispers of Freedom

    Movie Karin Gueffroy

  3. 2024
    Matlock

    TV show Lila

  4. 2023
    Rabbit Hole

    TV show Debra Wyman-Massey

  5. 2021
    Spiked

    Movie Margaret

  6. 2019
    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    Movie Dorothy Vogel

  7. 2019
    The Tomorrow Man

    Movie Beverly St. Michaels

  8. 2019
    Fair Market Value

    Movie Jessica

  9. 2018
    Wanderland

    Movie Sandy Tanner

  10. 2018
    The Last O.G.

    TV show Krystal

  11. 2017
    The Discovery

    Movie Mom

  12. 2016
    Bull

    TV show Sherri Gibson

  13. 2013
    Alpha House

    TV show Molly P. Andreson

  14. 2012
    The Mob Doctor

    TV show Daniella Devlin

  15. 2011
    The Bling Ring

    Movie Celia Fishman

  16. 2010
    Rizzoli & Isles

    TV show IAD Det. Hitchcock

More credits
  1. 2010
    Miami Medical

    TV show

  2. 2010
    The Deep End

    TV show Judge Joan Anderson

  3. 2009
    The Good Wife

    TV show Cynthia Venegas

  4. 2009
    State of Play

    Movie Greer Thornton

  5. 2007
    Chuck

    TV show National Intelligence Director

  6. 2005
    Ghost Whisperer

    TV show Jean Godfrey

  7. 2005
    Numb3rs

    TV show Kath Berry

  8. 2004
    House

    TV show Dr. Julie Whitner

  9. 2004
    Desperate Housewives

    TV show Fran Schulman

  10. 2004
    Listen Up!

    TV show Dana Kleinman

  11. 2003
    NCIS

    TV show Rachel Cranston

  12. 2003
    Oliver Beene

    TV show Charlotte Beene

  13. 2002
    Without a Trace

    TV show Jubilee

  14. 2001
    The Job

    TV show

  15. 2000
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    TV show Doris Babinkian

  16. 1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    TV show Ellen Van Kuren

  17. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Susie Nixon

  18. 1998
    Finding North

    Movie Rhonda Portelli

  19. 1997
    Air Bud

    Movie Jackie Framm

  20. 1997
    Lies He Told

    Movie Patty

  21. 1996
    On Seventh Avenue

    Movie Nadine Jacobs

  22. 1996
    Death Benefit

    Movie Wynn Burkholder

  23. 1995
    Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

    Movie Mary Newcombe

  24. 1994
    Touched by an Angel

    TV show Robin Dunwoody #2