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Wendy Makkena

Wendy Makkena most recently starred as Charlotte Beene in the television series Oliver Beene. She had recurring roles in the series The Job, NYPD Blue and, on CBS, JUDGING AMY. Her feature film credits include leading roles in Noise, Finding North, Camp Nowhere and Air Bud. She is perhaps best known to audiences as Sister Mary Robert in the film Sister Act.

Makkena has appeared in numerous Broadway productions, including the Tony Award-winning Side Man, as well as Pygmalion and Lend Me a Tenor. She has also appeared in many Off Broadway shows, including The Shawl, Prin and The Water Children, for which she won an L.A. Drama Critics' Circle Award as Best Actress.

Makkena is a classically trained Julliard musician and has danced with the Balanchine Company at the New York City Ballet. Born in New York, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and child. Her birth date is October 4.


Wendy Makkena Facts

OccupationActress
BirthdayMarch 10, 1963 (45)
SignPisces
BirthplaceRichland Center, Wisconsin, USA

Selected Filmography

Air Bud
Sister Act
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
The Job
Air Bud DVD 3-Volume Gift Set
Serving in Silence: The Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer
Noise
Mob Justice
Finding North
4 a.m.
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