Wendy 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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Law & Order

NCIS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

House

Desperate Housewives

The Good Wife

All Movies (21)

• Whispers of Freedom2024 · as Karin Gueffroy
• Spiked2021 · as Margaret
• A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood2019 · as Dorothy Vogel
• The Tomorrow Man2019 · as Beverly St. Michaels
• Fair Market Value2019 · as Jessica
• Wanderland2018 · as Sandy Tanner
• The Discovery2017 · as Mom
• The Bling Ring2011 · as Celia Fishman
• State of Play2009 · as Greer Thornton
• Finding North1998 · as Rhonda Portelli
• Air Bud1997 · as Jackie Framm
• Lies He Told1997 · as Patty
• On Seventh Avenue1996 · as Nadine Jacobs
• Death Benefit1996 · as Wynn Burkholder
• Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story1995 · as Mary Newcombe
• Camp Nowhere1994 · as Celeste Dunbar
• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit1993 · as Sister Mary Robert
• Black Magic1992 · as Sally Rowe
• Sister Act1992 · as Sister Mary Robert
• Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace1991 · as Brenda
• Eight Men Out1988 · as Kate Jackson

All TV Shows (30)

• Best Medicine2026 · as Susan Carlisle
• Matlock2024 · as Lila
• Rabbit Hole2023 · as Debra Wyman-Massey
• The Last O.G.2018 · as Krystal
• Bull2016 · as Sherri Gibson
• Alpha House2013 · as Molly P. Andreson
• The Mob Doctor2012 · as Daniella Devlin
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as IAD Det. Hitchcock
• Miami Medical2010
• The Deep End2010 · as Judge Joan Anderson
• The Good Wife2009 · as Cynthia Venegas
• Chuck2007 · as National Intelligence Director
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Jean Godfrey
• Numb3rs2005 · as Kath Berry
• House2004 · as Dr. Julie Whitner
• Desperate Housewives2004 · as Fran Schulman
• Listen Up!2004 · as Dana Kleinman
• NCIS2003 · as Rachel Cranston
• Oliver Beene2003 · as Charlotte Beene
• Without a Trace2002 · as Jubilee
• The Job2001
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Doris Babinkian
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Ellen Van Kuren
• Judging Amy1999 · as Susie Nixon
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Robin Dunwoody #2
• A League of Their Own1993 · as Mae Mordabito
• Class of '961993 · as Margaret Parsons
• Law & Order1990 · as Officer Nicki Sandoval
• Law & Order1990 · as Janet Weston
• Monsters1988 · as Maggie Price