Wendy Makkena
Acting1958New York City, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2026
Best Medicine
TVas Susan Carlisle• 1 eps
2025
Matlock
TVas Lila• 1 eps
2024
Whispers of Freedom
as Karin Gueffroy
2023
Rabbit Hole
TVas Debra Wyman-Massey• 5 eps
2021
Spiked
as Margaret
2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
as Dorothy Vogel
The Tomorrow Man
as Beverly St. Michaels
Fair Market Value
as Jessica
Bull
TVas Sherri Gibson• 1 eps
2018
The Last O.G.
TVas Krystal• 1 eps
2017
The Discovery
as Mom
2015
Rizzoli & Isles
TVas IAD Det. Hitchcock• 1 eps
2014
Alpha House
TVas Molly P. Andreson• 2 eps
2012
The Mob Doctor
TVas Daniella Devlin• 13 eps
2011
Bling Ring, The (2011)
as Celia Fishman
NCIS
TVas Rachel Cranston• 4 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Cynthia Venegas• 1 eps
2010
The Deep End
TVas Judge Joan Anderson• 1 eps
2009
State of Play
as Greer Thornton
Numb3rs
TVas Kath Berry• 2 eps
Without a Trace
TVas Jubilee• 1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Ellen Van Kuren• 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
TVas Fran Schulman• 1 eps
2007
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Doris Babinkian• 1 eps
Chuck
TVas National Intelligence Director• 1 eps
House
TVas Dr. Julie Whitner• 1 eps
2006
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Jean Godfrey• 1 eps
2004
Listen Up!
TVas Dana Kleinman• 22 eps
2003
Oliver Beene
TVas Charlotte Beene• 22 eps
2002
Law & Order
TVas Janet Weston• 1 eps
2001
1999
Judging Amy
TVas Susie Nixon• 8 eps
1998
Finding North
as Rhonda Portelli
1997
Lies He Told
as Patty
Air Bud
as Jackie Framm
1996
Death Benefit
as Wynn Burkholder
On Seventh Avenue
as Nadine Jacobs
1995
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
as Mary Newcombe
1994
Camp Nowhere
as Celeste Dunbar
Touched by an Angel
TVas Robin Dunwoody• 1 eps
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Sister Mary Robert
Class of '96
TVas Margaret Parsons• 1 eps
A League of Their Own
TVas Mae Mordabito• 6 eps
1992
Black Magic
as Sally Rowe
Sister Act
as Sister Mary Robert
1991
1988
Eight Men Out
as Kate Jackson