Wendy Makkena
Wendy Makkena ( born October 4, 1963 in New York City, New York) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Sister Mary Robert in Sister Act and Sister Act 2.
Career
Wendy Makkena enjoyed his training in classical music. At eight years old she began playing the harp at the age of ten she also appeared at Carnegie Hall as a harpist. By fifteen, she studied both harp and ballet until she had to choose one of two: She decided to pursue ballet. Makkena closed her dance and acting training at the Juilliard School in New York from where she also danced for the New York City Ballet. An accident at the age of 18 years forced them to abandon the ballet.
She began her acting career in 1982 with the off-Broadway appearance in Divine Five. Your first television appearance was in the U.S. series California communities in 1984, where she played the role of Katie Timmons. In her Broadway debut in 1987 in the play Pygmalion followed in 1988 with John Sayles ' Eight Men Out her first film appearance. In 1992, she had in the comedy Sister Act - A heavenly career their most famous role as shy, but talented singing novice Sister Mary Robert - a role it in the sequel Sister Act 2 1993 - Back in the Habit embodied again. She had several guest appearances in television series such as New York Cops - NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Monsters and Judging Amy and NCIS. Wendy Makkena had more film appearances in Air Bud - Champion on four paws (1997 ) and Finding North (1998). Since then, she has appeared in various U.S. series such as The Job, Oliver Beene, the CBS comedy Listen Up (2004 ) Ghost Whisperer - Ghost Whisperer (2006 ) House MD (2007), CSI: Vegas (2007) and The Mob Doctor (2012-2013) on.
Wendy Makkena, married to the drama teacher Bob Krakower since 1997, has one child and lives in New York. Her mother is a New York astrologer.