Kyra Sedgwick
Acting • Born 1965-08-19
Biography
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an American actress. Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. The series will come to a close in 2011, following the completion of its seventh season.
Filmography
108 credits
Born on the Fourth of July
Movie • 1989
Donna
Something the Lord Made
Movie • 2004
Mary Blalock
Singles
Movie • 1992
Linda Powell
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Movie • 2003
Batwoman (voice)
Montana
Movie • 1998
Claire Kelsky
Murder in the First
Movie • 1995
Blanche
Personal Velocity
Movie • 2002
Delia Shunt
Phenomenon
Movie • 1996
Lace Pennamin
The Woodsman
Movie • 2004
Vicki
Secondhand Lions
Movie • 2003
Mae
The Game Plan
Movie • 2007
Stella Peck
Justice League: The New Frontier
Movie • 2008
Lois Lane (voice)
Door to Door
Movie • 2002
Shelly Soomky Brady
Tai-Pan
Movie • 1986
Tess Brock
Critical Care
Movie • 1997
Felicia E. Potter
Just a Kiss
Movie • 2002
Halley
Gamer
Movie • 2009
Gina Parker Smith
Man on a Ledge
Movie • 2012
Suzie Morales
Something to Talk About
Movie • 1995
Emma Rae King
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Movie • 1985
Cindy Eller
Loverboy
Movie • 2005
Emily
The Low Life
Movie • 1995
Bevan
The Possession
Movie • 2012
Stephanie Brenek
Behind the Red Door
Movie • 2003
Natalie
Pyrates
Movie • 1991
Sam
Cavedweller
Movie • 2004
Delia Byrd
Losing Chase
Movie • 1996
Elizabeth Cole
Labor Pains
Movie • 2000
Sarah Raymond
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Movie • 1990
Ruth Bridge
Kill Your Darlings
Movie • 2013
Marian Carr (uncredited)
The Humbling
Movie • 2014
Louise Trenner
The Road Within
Movie • 2014
Dr. Mia Rose
Chlorine
Movie • 2013
Georgie Lent
Miss Rose White
Movie • 1992
Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
Movie • 1999
Host
Beauty in a Jar
Movie • 2003
Narrator
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Movie • 2022
Self
The Best You Can
Movie • 2025
Cynthia Rand
Big Sky
Movie • 2015
Dee
What's Cooking?
Movie • 2000
Rachel Seelig
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie • 2022
Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
Cop Car
Movie • 2015
Dispatch
Reach Me
Movie • 2014
Colette
The Edge of Seventeen
Movie • 2016
Mona Franklin
Lemon Sky
Movie • 1988
Carol
Bad Shabbos
Movie • 2025
Ellen
Submission
Movie • 2018
Sherrie Swenson
After Darkness
Movie • 2019
Georgina Beaty
Kansas
Movie • 1988
Prostituierte Drifter
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Movie • 1987
Lillian Salo
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Movie • 1991
Arlene
Villains
Movie • 2019
Gloria
Twelfth Night
Movie • 1998
Olivia
Heart and Souls
Movie • 1993
Julia
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Movie • 2020
Self
Endings, Beginnings
Movie • 2020
Ingrid
Time Out of Mind
Movie • 2015
Karen / Fake Sheila
War and Love
Movie • 1985
Halina
Carolina Caroline
Movie • 2026
Family Movie
Movie • 2026
The Ark
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice)
Sweetwater
Movie • 2025
Sharon
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
Movie • 2011
Python Legs!
Movie • 2012
Happy
Movie
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Dora Johnson
The Closer
TV • 2005
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Helena Greene
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Sarah MacPhail
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
TV • 2016
Self
Tamron Hall
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Rose White
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Conan
TV • 2010
Self
Talk to Me
TV • 2000
Janey Munroe
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV • 2009
Self
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Cindy Eller
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
TV • 2010
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
The Summer I Turned Pretty
TV • 2022
Julia
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
Ten Days in the Valley
TV • 2017
Jane Sadler
Celebrity Jeopardy!
TV • 2022
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV • 2013
Madeline Wuntch
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
TV • 2010
Self - Guest Judge
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Queens Supreme
TV • 2003
Quinn Coleman
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2009
Self
Call Your Mother
TV • 2021
Jean Raines
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
Family Pictures
TV • 1993
Nina Eberlin
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter