8.6
TV
Acting
Wendy Makkena
- Born
- (age 68)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 50 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.6
TV
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
6.8
Movie
Sister Act
7.6
TV
NCIS
6.8
Movie
State of Play
7.9
TV
Desperate Housewives
6.4
Movie
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
8.1
TV
Ghost Whisperer
7.0
Movie
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
6.3
Movie
The Discovery
7.6
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.7
TV
Chuck
7.3
TV
Law & Order
7.6
TV
The Good Wife
5.6
Movie
Air Bud
7.9
TV
Rizzoli & Isles
7.0
TV
Numb3rs
7.1
TV
Bull
Acting credits 50
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Best Medicine TV | Susan Carlisle (2 ep) |
| 2024 | Whispers of Freedom Film | Karin Gueffroy |
| 2024 | Matlock TV | Lila (1 ep) |
| 2023 | Rabbit Hole TV | Debra Wyman-Massey (5 ep) |
| 2021 | Spiked Film | Margaret |
| 2019 | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Film | Dorothy Vogel |
| 2019 | The Tomorrow Man Film | Beverly St. Michaels |
| 2019 | Fair Market Value Film | Jessica |
| 2018 | Wanderland Film | Sandy Tanner |
| 2018 | The Last O.G. TV | Krystal (1 ep) |
| 2017 | The Discovery Film | Mom |
| 2016 | Bull TV | Sherri Gibson (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Alpha House TV | Molly P. Andreson (2 ep) |
| 2012 | The Mob Doctor TV | Daniella Devlin (13 ep) |
| 2011 | The Bling Ring Film | Celia Fishman |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles TV | IAD Det. Hitchcock (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Miami Medical TV | (1 ep) |
| 2010 | The Deep End TV | Judge Joan Anderson (1 ep) |
| 2009 | The Good Wife TV | Cynthia Venegas (1 ep) |
| 2009 | State of Play Film | Greer Thornton |
| 2007 | Chuck TV | National Intelligence Director (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Ghost Whisperer TV | Jean Godfrey (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Numb3rs TV | Kath Berry (2 ep) |
| 2004 | House TV | Dr. Julie Whitner (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives TV | Fran Schulman (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Listen Up! TV | Dana Kleinman (22 ep) |
| 2003 | NCIS TV | Rachel Cranston (4 ep) |
| 2003 | Oliver Beene TV | Charlotte Beene (24 ep) |
| 2002 | Without a Trace TV | Jubilee (1 ep) |
| 2001 | The Job TV | (10 ep) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation TV | Doris Babinkian (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Ellen Van Kuren (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Judging Amy TV | Susie Nixon (8 ep) |
| 1998 | Finding North Film | Rhonda Portelli |
| 1997 | Air Bud Film | Jackie Framm |
| 1997 | Lies He Told Film | Patty |
| 1996 | On Seventh Avenue Film | Nadine Jacobs |
| 1996 | Death Benefit Film | Wynn Burkholder |
| 1995 | Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Film | Mary Newcombe |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel TV | Robin Dunwoody #2 (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Camp Nowhere Film | Celeste Dunbar |
| 1993 | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Film | Sister Mary Robert |
| 1993 | A League of Their Own TV | Mae Mordabito (6 ep) |
| 1993 | Class of '96 TV | Margaret Parsons (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Black Magic Film | Sally Rowe |
| 1992 | Sister Act Film | Sister Mary Robert |
| 1991 | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace Film | Brenda |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Officer Nicki Sandoval, Janet Weston (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Monsters TV | Maggie Price (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Eight Men Out Film | Kate Jackson |