Kathy Najimy parents Samia ("née" Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker. She was raised Maronite Catholic and attended Crawford High School. 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 reprised this role in 1993 in "Sister Act 2". She also starred in "Hocus Pocus" with Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker as the Sanderson sisters. She appeared with Ellen Degeneres in three episodes of her sitcom "Ellen", playing a different character each time (including
Sarah Jessica Parker screenplay". In 2011, Parker starred in "I Don't Know How She Does It", described by critics as "[a] limp comedy with a hopelessly outdated viewpoint on gender, featuring Sarah Jessica Parker in rote Carrie-mode", and also made part of a large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall's romantic comedy "New Year's Eve" (2011), which made US$142 million worldwide. For "Sex and the City 2" and her 2011 roles, she garnered nominations for the Razzie Award for Worst Actress. Parker guest-starred on season 4 of FOX musical comedy series "Glee" as Isabelle Wright, a Vogue executive who takes Kurt Hummel under her