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Kathy Najimy

  • Birthplace: San Diego, California
  • Birthday: February 6, 1957

A dark-haired, comic character actress with stage experience, Kathy Najimy played small, outlandish roles (e.g., a crazed video store customer in "The Fisher King" 1991; the observing costume mistress in "Soap Dish" 1991) in several films before her scene-stealing turn as the rotund, maniacally sunny-spirited Sister Mary Patrick in the unexpectedly popular "Sister Act" (1992). She followed up with her role as the obsequious, ever-hungry Mary Sanderson, one of a trio of witches accidentally reincarnated, in the Disn…more

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Lent her voice to the Pixar animated film, WALL-E

  • 2006 to 2007

    Joined the cast of CBS Numbers in a recurring role

  • 2006

    Starred in Peter Paige s feature directorial debut, Say Uncle

  • 2004

    Returned to stage opposite Mo Gaffney in Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo s Greatest Hits

  • 2001

    Co-starred as part of an ensemble in the comedy Rat Race

Awards

  • 1995

    CableACE Award: Best Comedy Special

  • 1995

    CableACE Award: Best Performance in a Comedy Special

  • 1993

    CableACE Award: Best Performance in a Comedy Special

  • 1989

    OBIE Award: Performance

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