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
Occupation | Actress |
Birthday | March 10, 1963 (57) |
Sign | Pisces |
Birthplace | Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA |
Selected Filmography
Camp Nowhere | ||
Air Bud | ||
Sister Act: 20th Anniversary Edition | ||
A Death in the Family | ||
Needle In A Haystack | ||
Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit | ||
Abandando Abandoned | ||
State of Play | ||
Sister Act | ||
Serving in Silence: The Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | ||
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