Wendy Makkena
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Acting Credits
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Best Medicine
2026
as Susan Carlisle
Whispers of Freedom
2024
as Karin Gueffroy
Matlock
2024
as Lila
Rabbit Hole
2023
as Debra Wyman-Massey
Spiked
2021
as Margaret
The Tomorrow Man
2019
as Beverly St. Michaels
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
as Dorothy Vogel
Fair Market Value
2019
as Jessica
Wanderland
2018
as Sandy Tanner
The Last O.G.
2018
as Krystal
The Discovery
2017
as Mom
Bull
2016
as Sherri Gibson
Alpha House
2013
as Molly P. Andreson
The Mob Doctor
2012
as Daniella Devlin
The Bling Ring
2011
as Celia Fishman
Miami Medical
2010
The Deep End
2010
as Judge Joan Anderson
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as IAD Det. Hitchcock
State of Play
2009
as Greer Thornton
The Good Wife
2009
as Cynthia Venegas
Chuck
2007
as National Intelligence Director
Numb3rs
2005
as Kath Berry
Ghost Whisperer
2005
as Jean Godfrey
House
2004
as Dr. Julie Whitner
Listen Up!
2004
as Dana Kleinman
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Fran Schulman
Oliver Beene
2003
as Charlotte Beene
NCIS
2003
as Rachel Cranston
Without a Trace
2002
as Jubilee
The Job
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Doris Babinkian
Judging Amy
1999
as Susie Nixon
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Ellen Van Kuren
Finding North
1998
as Rhonda Portelli
Air Bud
1997
as Jackie Framm
Lies He Told
1997
as Patty
Death Benefit
1996
as Wynn Burkholder
On Seventh Avenue
1996
as Nadine Jacobs
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
1995
as Mary Newcombe
Camp Nowhere
1994
as Celeste Dunbar
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Robin Dunwoody #2
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993
as Sister Mary Robert
Class of '96
1993
as Margaret Parsons
A League of Their Own
1993
as Mae Mordabito
Sister Act
1992
as Sister Mary Robert
Black Magic
1992
as Sally Rowe
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
1991
as Brenda
Law & Order
1990
as Officer Nicki Sandoval
Law & Order
1990
as Janet Weston
Eight Men Out
1988
as Kate Jackson
Monsters
1988
as Maggie Price