She appeared as Mae West in the Broadway hit Dirty Blonde. She co-created and starred in the hit Off-Broadway show and HBO specials "Kathy & Mo", with friend and actress Mo Gaffney.
Najimy was part of the cast of Veronica's Closet from 1997 to 2000. She has made four movies with Goldberg (Soapdish, Sister Act 1 and 2, and Rat Race).įrom the film, Najimy expanded into television roles, including a dramatic recurring role on Chicago Hope. In 2001, she co-starred in the hit comedy film Rat Race alongside John Cleese, Rowan Atkinson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Whoopi Goldberg, Jon Lovitz, and Seth Green. In 1999, she played the Stepmother in "CinderElmo" a primetime special for Sesame Street. In 1998, she made a cameo in Bride of Chucky as the maid who discovers Diane and Russ' bodies. Family Entertainment as Tilly the Hippo in the film Cats Don't Dance, alongside actors Scott Bakula, Jasmine Guy, John Rhys-Davies, and Don Knotts, and has also played a role on the Nightmare Ned video game. In 1997, she lent her voice to Warner Bros. She also starred in Hocus Pocus with Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as the Sanderson sisters.
She reprised this role in 1993 in Sister Act 2. Najimy's film career began in the early 1990s, with a number of off-beat minor roles, but her first major role was in the 1992 comedy Sister Act, in the role of Sister Mary Patrick. She was raised Roman Catholic and attended Crawford High School. Najimy was born on February 6, 1957, in San Diego, California, the daughter of Lebanese American parents Samia (née Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker.
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