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Wendy Makkena

Date of birth: 1958-10-04

Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: وندی مکنا

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.

Movie Credits

Sister Act
3.4

Sister Act

1992-05-28

A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob

Air Bud
2.8

Air Bud

1997-08-01

A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experie

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
3.2

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993-12-09

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presid

Eight Men Out
3.4

Eight Men Out

1988-09-02

Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning

Finding North
2.3

Finding North

1998-06-12

Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump

Camp Nowhere
2.9

Camp Nowhere

1994-08-26

Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
2.7

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

1995-01-23

After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colon

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
2.8

Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace

1991-11-24

Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.

Death Benefit
1.1

Death Benefit

1996-03-13

Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover

Black Magic
1.7

Black Magic

1992-09-21

A young man is tormented by visions of his dead cousin who attempts to warn him of a Witch capable o

On Seventh Avenue
1

On Seventh Avenue

1996-06-10

A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel busines

Whispers of Freedom
0

Whispers of Freedom

2024-11-01

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the

The Bling Ring
2.5

The Bling Ring

2011-09-26

At the center of one of Hollywood's most notorious burglary rings in 2009 was a group of average, mi

State of Play
3.4

State of Play

2009-04-17

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case inv

Lies He Told
2.9

Lies He Told

1997-03-16

A charming military man arranges his own disappearance and death in order to begin a new life with a

The Discovery
3.1

The Discovery

2017-03-31

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now de

The Tomorrow Man
2.9

The Tomorrow Man

2019-05-22

Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her l

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
3.5

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2019-09-07

An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esq

Fair Market Value
2.6

Fair Market Value

2019-05-06

Kendall, a real estate agent from Miami, moves to the suburbs of New York to work at the prestigious

Spiked
2.5

Spiked

2021-03-25

Inspired by True Events. When the murder of a migrant worker shakes a southwest border town to its c