Wendy Rosenberg Makkena is an American actress who was born on October 4, 1958, in Manhattan, New York, U.S. She has appeared regularly on stage as of the 1980s, and played supporting roles in films including Sister Act (1992) and its sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993), Air Bud (1997), and State of Play (2009). Makkena attended the Juilliard School and made her Broadway debut in the production of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw in 1987. She later appeared in Lend Me a Tenor and Side Man and in 1988, she made her film debut appearing in Eight Men Out. In 1994,

She co-starred opposite Christopher Lloyd in the comedy film Camp Nowhere. In 1998, she played a leading role in the LGBT-related independent comedy-drama Finding North. On television, she starred in the short-lived CBS sitcom A League of Their Own in 1993 and later had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, Judging Amy and NCIS. She also had regular roles on The Job, Oliver Beene, Listen Up! and The Mob Doctor. In 2020, she made her appearance alongside Tom Hanks in the film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.