Kathy Najimy
Kathy Ann Najimy is an American actress, voice actor, and activist. She was first nationally known for her feminist play The Kathy and Mo Show, which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney. She has had starring and supporting roles in many films, including Soapdish (1991), Sister Act (1992) and its sequel (1993), Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), Hope Floats (1998), The Wedding Planner (2001), Rat Race (2001), WALL-E (2008), Step Up 3D (2010), The Guilt Trip (2012), Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (2013), A Christmas Melody (2015), Dumplin' (2018), Music (2021), and Single All the Way (2021).
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- Born in
- San Diego
- Educated at
- San Diego State UniversityLee Strasberg Theatre and Film InstituteWill C. Crawford High School
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