Wendy Makkena

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

1.2334

Gender

Female

Birthday

04-Oct-1958

Age

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As
  • وندی مکنا
  • Wendy Rosenberg Makkena

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.


Credits

Lies He Told Lies He Told (1997) Character: Patty
A charming military man arranges his own disappearance and death in order to begin a new life with a woman who is completely deceived by his lies. Bored by his military career and secure lifestyle with his wife, Cindy, and two children, Dave Bay falls in love with Alyson and plots a new existence. This new, deceptive life includes bank robberies committed as a desperate means to support his new family and hide his past. Inspired by actual events.
On Seventh Avenue On Seventh Avenue (1996) Character: Nadine Jacobs
A rising designer leaves a top fashion house to rescue her retired father's New York apparel business.
Whispers of Freedom Whispers of Freedom (2024) Character: Karin Gueffroy
Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the last daring attempts to escape across the infamous Berlin Wall.
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991) Character: Brenda
Both sides of the law hunt Costabile 'Gus' Farace for slaying a federal drug agent in 1989 New York.
Death Benefit Death Benefit (1996) Character: Wynn Burkholder
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young girl. Virginia McGinnis is the one suspected of pushing the women off the cliff to collect on a small insurance policy. The further he goes into the case the more he reveals about the background of the suspect. Keeney finds support from others who also want to find out the truth behind the case.
Eight Men Out Eight Men Out (1988) Character: Kate Jackson
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
The Tomorrow Man The Tomorrow Man (2019) Character: Beverly St. Michaels
Ed Hemsler spends his life preparing for a disaster that may never come. Ronnie Meisner spends her life shopping for things she may never use. In a small town somewhere in America, these two people will try to find love while trying not to get lost in each other’s stuff.
Sister Act Sister Act (1992) Character: Sister Mary Robert
When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Character: Dorothy Vogel
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
The Discovery The Discovery (2017) Character: Mom
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.
Camp Nowhere Camp Nowhere (1994) Character: Celeste Dunbar
Morris "Mud" Himmel has a problem. His parents desperately want to send him away to summer camp. He hates going to summer camp, and would do anything to get out of it. Talking to his friends, he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence: a boring summer camp. Together with his friends, he hatches a plan to trick all the parents into sending them to a camp of their own design.
Fair Market Value Fair Market Value (2019) Character: Jessica
Kendall, a real estate agent from Miami, moves to the suburbs of New York to work at the prestigious Atlantic Shores Realtors and immediately butts heads with Brooke, a rival real estate agent. Tensions soon mount when Kendall and Brooke are forced to work together to try and sell one of the most expensive mansions on Long Island, all while navigating their complex and messy relationships.
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) Character: Mary Newcombe
After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen her share of battles. But nothing could prepare her for the fight ahead: an intensely personal struggle against the U.S. Army when she becomes the highest ranking officer ever to be discharged for being a lesbian. With the support of her partner Diane (Judy Davis), Cammermeyer undertakes an against-all-odds battle against the Army's policy. But to do so, she must risk everything – her career, her privacy and even the love of her family.
State of Play State of Play (2009) Character: Greer Thornton
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Black Magic Black Magic (1992) Character: Sally Rowe
A young man is tormented by visions of his dead cousin who attempts to warn him of a Witch capable of casting deadly spells!
Finding North Finding North (1998) Character: Rhonda Portelli
Rhonda, a big-haired bankteller from Brooklyn, encounters Travis, naked, suicidal and about to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge. Mistaking him for her perfect man, she stalks him all the way to Danton, Texas. Along the way she slowly comes to realize he is gay and is despondent over the AIDS-related death of his former lover. An alliance, and eventually true friendship, is formed between this extremely odd couple as they embark upon a 'treasure hunt' - with clues provided from beyond the grave.
The Bling Ring The Bling Ring (2011) Character: Celia Fishman
At the center of one of Hollywood's most notorious burglary rings in 2009 was a group of average, middle-class teens from a quiet suburb. This is the behind-the-scenes story of how Nick, a shy, awkward boy, lured by the promise of popularity and acceptance, found himself following his glamorous, charismatic best friend Rachel into breaking into celebrities' houses and robbing them of millions of dollars in clothes and jewelry.
Air Bud Air Bud (1997) Character: Jackie Framm
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
Spiked Spiked (2021) Character: Margaret
Inspired by True Events. When the murder of a migrant worker shakes a southwest border town to its core, the feud between a newspaper owner and the chief of police leads to the blurring of the truth and a dirty fight for justice.
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) Character: Sister Mary Robert
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.



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