Portrait of Wendy Makkena

Acting

Wendy Makkena

Career

Active from 1992 to 2024, with a break from 2005 to 2018, busiest in 2019 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score49/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
GoodWatch score81/100

Characters

1

The characters Wendy Makkena played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Wendy Makkena Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Historical
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Adrenaline
    3.4, average 4.8
  • Uncanny
    1.5, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 3
  • Murder Mystery 2
  • Social Justice 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Nostalgic 2
  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 69
Best Medicine
Best Medicine (2026)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Susan Carlisle

Matlock
Matlock (2024)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Lila

Whispers of Freedom
Whispers of Freedom (2024)

as Karin Gueffroy

Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole (2023)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Debra Wyman-Massey

Spiked
Spiked (2021)

as Margaret

2010s

13 titles ยท average score 54
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019)
GoodWatch score 81

as Dorothy Vogel

Fair Market Value
Fair Market Value (2019)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jessica

The Tomorrow Man
The Tomorrow Man (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Beverly St. Michaels

The Last O.G.
The Last O.G. (2018)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Krystal

The Discovery
The Discovery (2017)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mom

Bull
Bull (2016)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Sherri Gibson

Alpha House
Alpha House (2013)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Molly P. Andreson

The Mob Doctor
The Mob Doctor (2012)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Daniella Devlin

The Bling Ring
The Bling Ring (2011)
GoodWatch score 46

as Celia Fishman

Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles (2010)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as IAD Det. Hitchcock

Miami Medical
Miami Medical (2010)
GoodWatch score 38

TV show

The Deep End
The Deep End (2010)
GoodWatch score 34

TV show ยท as Judge Joan Anderson

2000s

13 titles ยท average score 66
The Good Wife
The Good Wife (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Cynthia Venegas

State of Play
State of Play (2009)
GoodWatch score 72

as Greer Thornton

Chuck
Chuck (2007)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as National Intelligence Director

Ghost Whisperer
Ghost Whisperer (2005)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Jean Godfrey

Numb3rs
Numb3rs (2005)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show ยท as Kath Berry

Listen Up!
Listen Up! (2004)
GoodWatch score 24

TV show ยท as Dana Kleinman

House
House (2004)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show ยท as Dr. Julie Whitner

Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show ยท as Fran Schulman

Oliver Beene
Oliver Beene (2003)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Charlotte Beene

NCIS
NCIS (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Rachel Cranston

Without a Trace
Without a Trace (2002)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Jubilee

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท as Doris Babinkian

1990s

17 titles ยท average score 55
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Ellen Van Kuren

Judging Amy
Judging Amy (1999)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Susie Nixon

Finding North
Finding North (1998)
GoodWatch score 42

as Rhonda Portelli

Air Bud
Air Bud (1997)
GoodWatch score 50

as Jackie Framm

Death Benefit
Death Benefit (1996)
GoodWatch score 50

as Wynn Burkholder

On Seventh Avenue
On Seventh Avenue (1996)

as Nadine Jacobs

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mary Newcombe

Camp Nowhere
Camp Nowhere (1994)
GoodWatch score 38

as Celeste Dunbar

Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel (1994)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show ยท as Robin Dunwoody #2

A League of Their Own
A League of Their Own (1993)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show ยท as Mae Mordabito

Sister Act
Sister Act (1992)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sister Mary Robert

Law & Order
Law & Order (1990)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Officer Nicki Sandoval / Janet Weston

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 73
Monsters
Monsters (1988)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Maggie Price

Eight Men Out
Eight Men Out (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

as Kate Jackson