Kyra Sedgwick
Known for acting · Born 19 August 1965 · 61 · New York City, New York, USA
132 credits
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.
Known for
The Closer
2005
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
The Game Plan
2007
The Possession
2012
Phenomenon
1996
Ray Donovan
2013
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
Gamer
2009
The Woodsman
2004
Villains
2019
Singles
1992
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Acting (108)
2027Family MovieEllenFilm
2026Carolina CarolineDeborahFilm
2025The Best You CanCynthia RandFilm
2025Bad ShabbosEllenFilm
2025SNL50: The Homecoming ConcertSelfFilm
2025The ArkNarrator (voice)Film
2025SweetwaterSharonFilm
2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday SpecialKyra Sedgwick (voice)Film
2022The Summer I Turned PrettyJulia · 5 episodesSeries
2022Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-NineSelfFilm
2022SherriSelf - GuestSeries
2022Celebrity Jeopardy!Self - ContestantSeries
2021Call Your MotherJean Raines · 13 episodesSeries
2020Endings, BeginningsIngridFilm
2020Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John PrineSelfFilm
2019VillainsGloriaFilm
2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelfSeries
2019After DarknessGeorgina BeatyFilm
2019The Tamron Hall ShowSelf - GuestSeries
2018SubmissionSherrie SwensonFilm
2017Ten Days in the ValleyJane Sadler · 10 episodesSeries
2016The Edge of SeventeenMona FranklinFilm
2016Full Frontal with Samantha BeeSelfSeries
2016ChelseaSelfSeries
2015Cop CarDispatchFilm
2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - GuestSeries
2015Time Out of MindKaren / Fake SheilaFilm
2015Big SkyDeeFilm
2014The Road WithinDr. Mia RoseFilm
2014The HumblingLouise TrennerFilm
2014Reach MeColetteFilm
2013Brooklyn Nine-NineMadeline Wuntch · 12 episodesSeries
2013Kill Your DarlingsMarian Carr (uncredited)Film
2013ChlorineGeorgie LentFilm
2012Man on a LedgeSuzie MoralesFilm
2012The PossessionStephanie BrenekFilm
2012Finding Your RootsSelfSeries
2012Python Legs!Film
2011Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor AdventuresFilm
2010ConanSelfSeries
2010RuPaul's Drag Race: UntuckedSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2010Work of Art: The Next Great ArtistSeries
2009GamerGina Parker SmithFilm
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest JudgeSeries
2009Late Night with Jimmy FallonSelfSeries
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries
2009The Tonight Show with Conan O'BrienSelfSeries
2008Justice League: The New FrontierLois Lane (voice)Film
2007The Game PlanStella PeckFilm
2005American Dad!Kyra Sedgwick (voice)Series
2005The CloserBrenda Leigh Johnson · 109 episodesSeries
2005LoverboyEmilyFilm
2004The WoodsmanVickiFilm
2004Something the Lord MadeMary BlalockFilm
2004CavedwellerDelia ByrdFilm
2003Secondhand LionsMaeFilm
2003Batman: Mystery of the BatwomanBatwoman (voice)Film
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self, Self - GuestSeries
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelfSeries
2003Behind the Red DoorNatalieFilm
2003Queens SupremeQuinn ColemanSeries
2003Beauty in a JarNarratorFilm
2002Door to DoorShelly Soomky BradyFilm
2002Personal VelocityDelia ShuntFilm
2002Just a KissHalleyFilm
2002Live from E!SelfSeries
2000What's Cooking?Rachel SeeligFilm
2000Labor PainsSarah RaymondFilm
2000Talk to MeJaney Munroe · 3 episodesSeries
1999The Early ShowSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1999Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in AmericaHostFilm
1998MontanaClaire KelskyFilm
1998Twelfth NightOliviaFilm
1997Ally McBealHelena GreeneSeries
1997The ViewSelf · 4 episodes, Self - GuestSeries
1997Critical CareFelicia E. PotterFilm
1996PhenomenonLace PennaminFilm
1996Losing ChaseElizabeth ColeFilm
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - GuestSeries
1995Murder in the FirstBlancheFilm
1995Something to Talk AboutEmma Rae KingFilm
1995The Low LifeBevanFilm
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelfSeries
1993Heart and SoulsJuliaFilm
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1993Family PicturesNina Eberlin · 2 episodesSeries
1992SinglesLinda PowellFilm
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · 2 episodesSeries
1992Miss Rose WhiteReyzel Weiss/Rose WhiteFilm
1991PyratesSamFilm
1991Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesArlene Megeffin (segment 'Return to Kansas City')Film
1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeRuth BridgeFilm
1989Born on the Fourth of JulyDonnaFilm
1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf · 2 episodesSeries
1988KansasProstituierte DrifterFilm
1988Lemon SkyCarolFilm
1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsLillian SaloFilm
1986Tai-PanTess BrockFilm
1985Amazing StoriesDora JohnsonSeries
1985Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy TaleCindy EllerFilm
1985War and LoveHalinaFilm
1984Miami ViceSarah MacPhailSeries
1982American PlayhouseHazel Wallace, CarolSeries
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialCindy EllerSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameRose WhiteSeries
1949The Emmy AwardsSelfSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
—HappyFilm
Creator (1)
—Zapata, TexasCreatorSeries
Directing (11)
2027Family MovieDirector, ProducerFilm
2026CarrieDirectorSeries
2024The Girls on the BusDirectorSeries
2023Space OddityDirector, ProducerFilm
2019In the DarkDirectorSeries
2019City on a HillDirectorSeries
2019Girls WeekendDirectorFilm
2018God Friended MeDirectorSeries
2015Grace and FrankieDirectorSeries
2013Brooklyn Nine-NineDirectorSeries
2013Ray DonovanDirectorSeries
Production (12)
2025The Best You CanProducerFilm
2025The ArkExecutive ProducerFilm
2023Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the UniverseProducerFilm
2019After DarknessExecutive ProducerFilm
2017Story of a GirlProducer, DirectorFilm
2015ProofExecutive ProducerSeries
2005The CloserExecutive Producer, Co-Executive ProducerSeries
2005LoverboyProducerFilm
2004CavedwellerExecutive ProducerFilm
1998MontanaAssociate ProducerFilm
1996Losing ChaseExecutive ProducerFilm
—The ChallengerExecutive ProducerSeries