
Kathy Najimy
Highest Rated: 95% WALL-E (2008)
Lowest Rated: 0% It's Pat (1994)
Birthday: Feb 06, 1957
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
A dark-haired, vivacious comic character actress with stage experience, Kathy Najimy began her film career playing small, outlandish roles such as a crazed video store customer in Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King" (1991) and the all-seeing costume mistress in daytime-TV satire "Soapdish" (1991). Her breakout came with her scene-stealing turn as the rotund, maniacally sunny-spirited Sister Mary Patrick in the unexpectedly popular "Sister Act" (1992). She followed this up with her role as the obsequious, ever-hungry Mary Sanderson, one of a trio of witches accidentally reincarnated, in the Disney comedy "Hocus Pocus" (1993) before recreating her religious role in the inevitable sequel, "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit" (1993). For the sequel, she reportedly demanded and received a million-dollar paycheck. Oddly, other feature film roles did not follow and she was almost entirely off the big screen until Paul Rudnick's romantic comedy-drama "Jeffrey" (1995), in what amounted to a cameo, and "Nevada" (1997), a contemporary Western about a town seemingly populated only by women. Although she remained a steady presence as a character actress in both television and film, Najimy settled into working most often as a voice actress, most notably as suburban Texas wife and mother Peggy Hill on Mike Judge's long-running animated comedy "King of the Hill" (Fox 1997-2010) and in Pixar's ecological fable "WALL-E" (2008).
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 100% | Between the Shades | Self | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weight | Debra (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dating My Mother | Lisa (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 40% | BearCity 3 | Rose Dean (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blowtorch | Peg (Character) | - | 2016 |
90% | 67% | Descendants | Evil Queen (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 31% | A Christmas Melody | Aunt Sarah (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 67% | No Letting Go | Dr. Nancy Harris (Character) | - | 2015 |
20% | 70% | Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas | Kim (Character) | $52.5M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Clutter | Ethel Bradford (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 74% | BearCity 2: The Proposal | Rose (Character) | - | 2012 |
37% | 39% | The Guilt Trip | Gayle (Character) | $37.1M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 31% | How to Fall in Love | Kim (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Five | Rocky (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deck the Halls | Alvirah Meehan (Character) | - | 2011 |
95% | 90% | WALL-E | Mary (Voice) | - | 2008 |
90% | 73% | Tinker Bell | Minister of Summer (Voice) | - | 2008 |
50% | 55% | Brother Bear 2 | Aunt Taqqiq (Voice) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! | Sunny St. Cloud (Voice) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers | Blue Parrot Betty (Voice) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Getting Played | Dr. Heidi Z. Klemmer (Character) | - | 2005 |
17% | 41% | Say Uncle | Maggie (Character) | $5.2K | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Balto III: Wings of Change | Dipsy (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 57% | The Scream Team | Mariah (Character) | - | 2002 |
17% | 59% | The Wedding Planner | Geri (Character) | $60.4M | 2001 |
44% | 64% | Rat Race | Beverly Pear (Character) | $56.6M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 83% | If These Walls Could Talk 2 | Doctor (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Attention Shoppers | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
26% | 72% | Hope Floats | Toni Post (Character) | $60M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Zack and Reba | Ivy Simpson (Character) | - | 1998 |
46% | 46% | Bride of Chucky | Tabby (hotel maid) (Character) | $32.4M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 22% | Nevada | Ruth (Character) | - | 1997 |
74% | 80% | Cats Don't Dance | Unknown (Voice) | $3.6M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 79% | In Search of Dr. Seuss | Kathy Lane (Character) | - | 1994 |
0% | 29% | It's Pat | Tippy (Character) | $50.3K | 1994 |
19% | 61% | Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | Sister Mary Patrick (Character) | $57M | 1993 |
38% | 71% | Hocus Pocus | Mary Sanderson (Character) | $4.8M | 1993 |
74% | 65% | Sister Act | Sister Mary Patrick (Character) | $139.6M | 1992 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rocketeer | Sareena Secord (Voice) | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The $100,000 Pyramid | Guest | 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tangled: The Series | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
93% | 89% | Veep | Wendy Keegan (Guest Star) | 2014-2017 |
95% | 89% | Elementary | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2017 |
99% | 80% | Younger | Denise (Guest Star) | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jamz | Dan (Character) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Meredith Vieira Show | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Unforgettable | Capt. Sandra Russo (Character) | 2015-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2015 2013 |
96% | 86% | Difficult People | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael vs. Guy Celebrity Cook-Off | Contestant | 2013 |
80% | 77% | Make It or Break It | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
61% | 92% | Franklin & Bash | Judge Alice Sturgess (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 99% | Mr. Sunshine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Unknown (Voice) | 1997-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unscripted | Guest | 2010 |
97% | 86% | Ugly Betty | Dr. Frankel (Guest Star) | 2010 |
72% | 56% | Drop Dead Diva | Claire Porter (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2008 |
63% | No Score Yet | Privileged | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Comic Standing | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Numb3ers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Veronica's Closet | Olive Massery (Character) | 1997-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wild Thornberrys | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1999 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ellen | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 1996 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Your Love | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Early Edition | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Clueless | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
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