But aside from her role in "Reno 911!," Wendi McLendon-Covey is also well known for her part in "Bridesmaids," where she got to play a (surprise) sex-starved housewife looking to let loose on a weekend away. Though she reportedly had fun playing the role, when Us Weekly asked where her character Rita might be in a sequel (that's definitely not happening), she replied, "I think she's divorced and seeing that, you know, 'Oh, I had it so much better when I was married' ... I kind of patterned her off of any of the 'Real Housewives' of wherever, where there is always something wrong but there's really nothing wrong. It's just that she's bored and needs to get a job."
Unlike Rita, however, McLendon-Covey has been getting plenty of work, including the crazy cat lady Liz in "Rules of Engagement," Beverly Goldberg in "The Goldbergs," and even the voice of Monica Rappaccini in Marvel's "M.O.D.A.K." (via IMDb). So what has all this garnered her in terms of financial success? According to Celebrity Net Worth, Wendi McLendon-Covey is worth a cool $5 million. One can only imagine she's laughing — on her way to the bank.
