Wendy Makkena - wikipedia Wendy Makkena Wendy Makkena ( 1958 - 10 - 04 ) October 4, 1958 ( age 59 ) Manhattan, New York, U.S. Residence New York City, New York Occupation Actress Years active 1986 -- present Children Website wendymakkena.net Wendy Rosenberg Makkena ( born October 4, 1958 ) is an American actress. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links Career Born in Manhattan, she 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 or recurring roles on such television shows as Law & Order, Monsters, NYPD Blue, House, and NCIS. In 1992 she had a supporting role in the movie Sister Act as the shy but talented singing nun Sister Mary Robert, 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 ! Among her Broadway credits are Pygmalion ( 1987 ), Lend Me a Tenor ( 1989 ) as `` Maggie '' and Side Man ( 1998 ) as `` Terry ''. In 2013, Makkena appeared as `` Carmen Berra '' in the Off - Broadway production of Bronx Bombers at ( Primary Stages ). Personal life Makkena has been married since 1997, has one child and lives in New York City. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Eight Men Out Kate Jackson 1992 Sister Act Sister Mary Robert 1993 Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit Sister Mary Robert 1994 Camp Nowhere Dr. Celeste Dunbar 1995 Whiskey Heir, The The Whiskey Heir Maggie Short film 1997 People, The The People Jean Leary 1997 Air Bud Jackie Framm 1998 Finding North Rhonda Portelli 1999 4 a.m. : Open All Night Woman Short film Noise Del 2009 State of Play Greer Thornton Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Santa Barbara Katie Timmons TV series Dream Street Harry 's Ex-Wife Episode : `` True Love '' 1991 Monsters Maggie Price Episode : `` Desirable Alien '' 1991 Dead and Alive : The Race for Gus Farace Brenda TV movie 1991 Law & Order Officer Nicki Sandoval Episode : `` A Death in the Family '' 1992 Black Magic Sally Rowe TV movie 1993 Class of ' 96 Margaret Parsons Episode : `` The Accused '' 1993 A League of Their Own Mae Mordabito 6 episodes 1994 NYPD Blue Det. Sharon LaSalle 3 episodes 1994 Touched by an Angel Robin Dunwoody Episode : `` The Heart of the Matter '' 1995 Serving in Silence : The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Mary Newcombe TV movie 1995 Strange Luck Louise Brooks Episode : `` The Box '' Death Benefit Wynn Burkholder TV movie On Seventh Avenue Nadine Jacobs TV movie 1997 Lies He Told Patty TV movie 1997 C - 16 : FBI Melanie Harmon Episode : `` Orange Kid '' 1997 Dellaventura Episode : `` Fathers '' 1998 Trinity Episode : `` No Secrets '' Episode : `` Hang Man Down '' 1999 - 2000 Judging Amy Susie Nixon 8 episodes 2001 - 2002 Job, The The Job Karen McNeil 6 episodes 2002 Law & Order Janet Weston Episode : `` Born Again '' 2002 Philly Amanda Royce Episode : `` San Diego Padre '' 2003 - 2004 Oliver Beene Charlotte Caraline Beene 24 episodes 2004 - 2005 Listen Up ! Dana Kleinman 18 episodes 2006 Ghost Whisperer Jean Godfrey Episode : `` A Grave Matter '' 2007 House Dr. Julie Whitner Episode : `` Needle in a Haystack '' 2007 CSI : Crime Scene Investigation Doris Babinkian Episode : `` Ending Happy '' 2007 Nine, The The Nine Suzanne Episode : `` Confessions '' Episode : `` Man of the Year '' 2007 Chuck National Intelligence Director Episode : `` Pilot '' 2009 Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Ellen Van Kuren Episode : `` Transitions '' 2009 Desperate Housewives Fran Schulman Episode : `` Marry Me a Little '' 2009 Without a Trace Jubilee Episode : `` True '' 2009 Numb3rs Kath Berry Episode : `` Shadow Markets '' Numb3rs Kath Barry Episode : `` Growin ' Up '' Deep End, The The Deep End Judge Joan Anderson Episode : `` An Innocent Man '' Miami Medical Didi Episode : `` What Lies Beneath '' 2011 Melissa & Joey Suzanne Reback Episode : `` Going the Distance ? '' 2011 - Present NCIS Dr. Rachel Cranston 4 episodes 2012 - 2013 The Mob Doctor Daniella Devlin 13 episodes 2014 Alpha House Molly P. Andresun 2 episodes 2015 Rizzoli & Isles IAB Agent Hitchcock 1 episode References Jump up ^ `` Wendy Makkena profile ''. The New York Times. Retrieved May 16, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Wendy Makkena Broadway '' playbillvault.com, accessed November 11, 2015 Jump up ^ Hetrick, Adam. `` Primary Stages ' ' Bronx Bombers ', Starring Christopher Jackson, Richard Topol and Wendy Makkena, Begins Off - Broadway Sept. 20 '' Playbill, September 20, 2013 External links Wendy Makkena on IMDb VIAF : 26798791 LCCN : no2005062882 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wendy_Makkena&oldid=799856841 '' Categories : 1963 births Actresses from New York City American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses Living people People from Manhattan 20th - century American actresses 21st - century American actresses Hidden categories : Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013 Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 Norsk Português Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 10 September 2017, at 06 : 59. 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