Kathy Najimy was born and raised in San Diego, California. She is the daughter of Samia (Massery) and Fred Najimy, a postal worker, both of Lebanese ancestry. Kathy attended Crawford High School, and began her film career in the early 1990s, with several minor roles. Kathy got her breakthrough screen role as "Sister Mary Patrick" in Sister Act (1992). She reprised this role in 1993 in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993). She is most notably known as the voice of "Peggy Hill" on King of the Hill (1997).

Kathy lives in Los Angeles with her husband, actor/singer Dan Finnerty (the Dan Band) and their daughter, Samia Najimy Finnerty.

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Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus (1993)

Kathy Najimy in The Hocus Pocus 25th Anniversary Halloween Bash (2018)

Kathy Najimy and Roseanne Barr in The Roseanne Show (1997)

Kathy Najimy, Maz Jobrani, Booboo Stewart, Cameron Boyce, and Dove Cameron in Descendants (2015)

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Jason Marsden in Hocus Pocus (1993)

Kathy Najimy, Johnny Hardwick, Toby Huss, Mike Judge, Stephen Root, Pamela Adlon, and Lauren Tom in King of the Hill (1997)

Whoopi Goldberg in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)

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