Wendie Malick

Wendie Malick Introduction

Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model. She is perhaps best known for portraying Nina Van Horn on the TV series "Just Shoot Me!" for seven seasons.

Wendie Malick Career

In 1982, Malick auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Diane Chambers in the NBC sitcom Cheers. Her first lead role on a TV series was on the HBO series Dream On in 1990. She remained on this show until 1996, winning four CableACE awards for best actress in a comedy series.

Malick then moved on to the role of boozing, superficial former supermodel Nina Van Horn on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! in 1997, a role she continued until the show's end in 2003. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on Just Shoot Me! in 1999 and again in 2002. In 2003, Malick joined the cast of Frasier, portraying Ronee Lawrence, a Seattle lounge singer (and Frasier Crane's (Kelsey Grammer)childhood babysitter) who develops a relationship with Frasier's father, Martin Crane (John Mahoney). Eventually, her character of Ronee would marry Martin in the eleventh and final season of the critically acclaimed program.

Malick starred in the made-for-TV movie Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story, in which she played the dual roles of identical twin sibling advice columnists Ann Landers (Esther Lederer) and "Dear Abby" Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips). She provided the voice of Principal Folsom for the Disney animated series Fillmore! until its end in 2004. In 2005 she co-starred on Nickelodeon 's The X's as Miss X.

From early 2005, she portrayed Naomi on the John Stamos television series Jake in Progress. Later that year she stared as Clara Dalrymple of the movie Racing Stripes Malick was to be part of the cast of the series Modern Men but due to a Jake in Progress renewal, her role on Modern Men was recast with Jane Seymour. Both Jake in Progress and Modern Men were quickly canceled in 2006. She is currently providing the voice of Burdine Maxwell in the animated series Bratz. Malick has made over 80 guest appearances on television shows.

In 2009 Malick had roles in Confessions of a Shopaholic as the instrutor of the "Shopaholics Annoyomous" group, and in the movie Adventureland. She can currently be seen on the TV show "Hot in Cleveland."