ACTOR

Wendy Makkena

1958 - Today

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Wendy Rosenberg Makkena ( mə-KEE-nə; born October 4, 1958) is an American actress best known for playing Sister Mary Robert in the film Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) and numerous other roles in film and television. She has appeared regularly on stage since the 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Makkena has received more than 1,646,171 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Wendy Makkena is the 4,666th most popular actor (down from 4,305th in 2019), the 6,841st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,469th in 2019) and the 2,092nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Wendy Makkenas by language

Over the past year Wendy Makkena has had the most page views in the with 210,102 views, followed by French (30,506), and German (28,350). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (120.88%), Afrikaans (99.44%), and Simple English (83.29%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wendy Makkena ranks 4,666 out of 13,578. Before her are Yvette Andréyor, Callum Keith Rennie, Kwon Sang-woo, Martin Donovan, Kim Manners, and Grace Lee Whitney. After her are Suchitra Sen, Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Hartman, Hugh O'Brian, Pamela Sue Martin, and Xiao Zhan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Wendy Makkena ranks 248. Before her are Vlado Goreski, Sheree J. Wilson, Hiroshi Yoshida, Amanda Bearse, Mishaal bint Fahd Al Saud, and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. After her are Yu Suzuki, Matt Frewer, Luz Casal, Bernard Fellay, Alexander Nevzorov, and Zoran Vujović.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy Makkena ranks 6,841 out of 20,380. Before her are Diane Ackerman (1948), Max Baucus (1941), Kim Manners (1951), John Corigliano (1938), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), and Charles Fefferman (1949). After her are Lizzy Caplan (1982), Aurora Snow (1981), Shane Dawson (1988), Edmund Wilson (1895), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), and Hugh O'Brian (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Wendy Makkena ranks 2,092. Before her are Dolores Hart (1938), Rachel Bilson (1981), Seth Green (1974), Martin Donovan (1957), Kim Manners (1951), and Grace Lee Whitney (1930). After her are Lizzy Caplan (1982), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Pamela Sue Martin (1953), Leslie Mann (1972), and Avery Brooks (1948).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sister Act
Sister Mary Robert
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob's hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing choir and begins helping with community projects, which gets her an interview on TV—and identification by the mob.
May 28o 19926.825 / 10
Air Bud
Jackie Framm
A lonely boy befriends a stray dog who has a natural talent for basketball and together they experience the highs and lows of life as their friendship remains solid through a series of escapades.
Aug 1o 19975.534 / 10
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Dorothy Vogel
An award-winning cynical journalist, Lloyd Vogel, begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile piece on the beloved television icon Fred Rogers. After his encounter with Rogers, Vogel's perspective on life is transformed.
Sep 7o 20197 / 10