Wendy Makkena
Acting • Born 1958-10-04
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.
Filmography
49 credits
Sister Act
Movie • 1992
Sister Mary Robert
Air Bud
Movie • 1997
Jackie Framm
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Movie • 1993
Sister Mary Robert
Eight Men Out
Movie • 1988
Kate Jackson
Finding North
Movie • 1998
Rhonda Portelli
Camp Nowhere
Movie • 1994
Celeste Dunbar
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Movie • 1995
Mary Newcombe
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Movie • 1991
Brenda
Death Benefit
Movie • 1996
Wynn Burkholder
Black Magic
Movie • 1992
Sally Rowe
On Seventh Avenue
Movie • 1996
Nadine Jacobs
Whispers of Freedom
Movie • 2024
Karin Gueffroy
The Bling Ring
Movie • 2011
Celia Fishman
State of Play
Movie • 2009
Greer Thornton
Lies He Told
Movie • 1997
Patty
The Discovery
Movie • 2017
Mom
The Tomorrow Man
Movie • 2019
Beverly St. Michaels
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Movie • 2019
Dorothy Vogel
Fair Market Value
Movie • 2019
Jessica
Spiked
Movie • 2021
Margaret
The Job
TV • 2001
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Officer Nicki Sandoval
Chuck
TV • 2007
National Intelligence Director
House
TV • 2004
Dr. Julie Whitner
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Kath Berry
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Doris Babinkian
Ghost Whisperer
TV • 2005
Jean Godfrey
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
Susie Nixon
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Robin Dunwoody
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Ellen Van Kuren
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Jubilee
Oliver Beene
TV • 2003
Charlotte Beene
Listen Up!
TV • 2004
Dana Kleinman
Class of '96
TV • 1993
Margaret Parsons
Miami Medical
TV • 2010
Rabbit Hole
TV • 2023
Debra Wyman-Massey
The Deep End
TV • 2010
Judge Joan Anderson
The Mob Doctor
TV • 2012
Daniella Devlin
A League of Their Own
TV • 1993
Mae Mordabito
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Janet Weston
NCIS
TV • 2003
Rachel Cranston
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
IAD Det. Hitchcock
Bull
TV • 2016
Sherri Gibson
The Last O.G.
TV • 2018
Krystal
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Fran Schulman
Alpha House
TV • 2013
Molly P. Andreson
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Cynthia Venegas
Matlock
TV • 2024
Lila
Best Medicine
TV • 2026
Susan Carlisle