Cast & creator
Wendy Makkena
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
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.
Also known as: وندی مکنا, Wendy Rosenberg Makkena
21
film credits
30
television credits
51
1988–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (51)
Showing 51 of 51 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ellen Van Kuren
1999
Law & Order
Officer Nicki Sandoval
1990Law & Order
Janet Weston
1990
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Doris Babinkian
2000
NCIS
Rachel Cranston
2003
House
Dr. Julie Whitner
2004
Desperate Housewives
Fran Schulman
2004
The Good Wife
Cynthia Venegas
2009
Without a Trace
Jubilee
2002
Rizzoli & Isles
IAD Det. Hitchcock
2010
Ghost Whisperer
Jean Godfrey
2005
Numb3rs
Kath Berry
2005
Touched by an Angel
Robin Dunwoody #2
1994
Judging Amy
Susie Nixon
1999
Chuck
National Intelligence Director
2007
Bull
Sherri Gibson
2016
Matlock
Lila
2024
Best Medicine
Susan Carlisle
2026
Monsters
Maggie Price
1988
The Last O.G.
Krystal
2018
Alpha House
Molly P. Andreson
2013
Rabbit Hole
Debra Wyman-Massey
2023
Oliver Beene
Charlotte Beene
2003
State of Play
Greer Thornton
2009
Sister Act
Sister Mary Robert
1992
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Sister Mary Robert
1993
Miami Medical
2010
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Dorothy Vogel
2019
Listen Up!
Dana Kleinman
2004
The Job
2001
The Deep End
Judge Joan Anderson
2010
Class of '96
Margaret Parsons
1993
The Mob Doctor
Daniella Devlin
2012
Air Bud
Jackie Framm
1997
Eight Men Out
Kate Jackson
1988
The Discovery
Mom
2017
Camp Nowhere
Celeste Dunbar
1994
A League of Their Own
Mae Mordabito
1993
The Bling Ring
Celia Fishman
2011
The Tomorrow Man
Beverly St. Michaels
2019
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace
Brenda
1991
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Mary Newcombe
1995
Fair Market Value
Jessica
2019
Finding North
Rhonda Portelli
1998
Lies He Told
Patty
1997On Seventh Avenue
Nadine Jacobs
1996
Black Magic
Sally Rowe
1992
Death Benefit
Wynn Burkholder
1996
Spiked
Margaret
2021
Wanderland
Sandy Tanner
2018
Whispers of Freedom
Karin Gueffroy
2024