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Wendy Makkena

Acting

Born October 4, 1958 · New York City, New York, USA

Also known as وندی مکنا · Wendy Rosenberg Makkena

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.

Filmography36 titles

House

2004as Dr. Julie Whitner

Ghost Whisperer

2005as Jean Godfrey

Rizzoli & Isles

2010as IAD Det. Hitchcock

Desperate Housewives

2004as Fran Schulman

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Ellen Van Kuren

Chuck

2007as National Intelligence Director

The Good Wife

2009as Cynthia Venegas

NCIS

2003as Rachel Cranston

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000as Doris Babinkian

Best Medicine

2026as Susan Carlisle

Without a Trace

2002as Jubilee

Law & Order

1990as Janet Weston

Alpha House

2013as Molly P. Andreson

Touched by an Angel

1994as Robin Dunwoody #2

Matlock

2024as Lila

Rabbit Hole

2023as Debra Wyman-Massey

Monsters

as Maggie Price

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019as Dorothy Vogel

Bull

2016as Sherri Gibson

Numb3rs

2005as Kath Berry

The Mob Doctor

2012as Daniella Devlin

Eight Men Out

1988as Kate Jackson

State of Play

2009as Greer Thornton

Lies He Told

1997as Patty

Sister Act

1992as Sister Mary Robert

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993as Sister Mary Robert

The Last O.G.

2018as Krystal

The Discovery

2017as Mom

Camp Nowhere

1994as Celeste Dunbar

The Deep End

as Judge Joan Anderson

The Tomorrow Man

2019as Beverly St. Michaels

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace

1991as Brenda

Air Bud

1997as Jackie Framm

Wanderland

2018as Sandy Tanner

Spiked

2021as Margaret

The Bling Ring

2011as Celia Fishman