Wendy Makkena Movies and Career Information

Wendy Makkena (born October 4, 1963) is an American actress. Born in New York City, Makkena started her acting career in 1986 and appeared in the TV show Santa Barbara. She later landed her first movie role in Eight Men Out. She has made various guest appearances in TV shows such as Law & Order, Monsters, and NYPD Blue and House. In 1992 she landed a starring role in the popular movie Sister Act as the shy but talented singing nun Sister Mary Robert (although her singing voice was dubbed by Andrea Robinson), a role she reprised in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit the following year. She appeared in various other television roles until 1997, when she starred in Air Bud, followed by the independent film Finding North. She continued appearing on television shows such as The Job, Oliver Beene, and Listen Up! She made a guest appearance on House in 2007. She also made a guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2009. Makkena also appeared on the pilot episode of Chuck as General Beckman. She was replaced by Bonita Friedericy in the rest of the episodes. Among her Broadway credits are Lend Me a Tenor (1989) and Side Man (1998). Makkena, who married in 1997, has one child