Kyra Sedgwick
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.
Known For
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Director
The Edge of Seventeen
Mona Franklin
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
Born on the Fourth of July
Donna
Man on a Ledge
Suzie Morales
Kill Your Darlings
Marian Carr (uncredited)
The Game Plan
Stella Peck
Secondhand Lions
Mae
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Filmography
Acting (106)
Movies (65)
Carolina Caroline
2026 UpcomingJun 5
Family Movie
2026
The Best You Can
2025as Cynthia Rand
Bad Shabbos
2025as Ellen
Sweetwater
2025as Sharon
The Ark
2025as Narrator (voice)
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022as Self
Endings, Beginnings
2020as Ingrid
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020as Self
Villains
2019as Gloria
After Darkness
2019as Georgina Beaty
Submission
2018as Sherrie Swenson
The Edge of Seventeen
2016as Mona Franklin
Time Out of Mind
2015as Karen / Fake Sheila
Cop Car
2015as Dispatch
Big Sky
2015as Dee
The Humbling
2014as Louise Trenner
The Road Within
2014as Dr. Mia Rose
Reach Me
2014as Colette
Kill Your Darlings
2013as Marian Carr (uncredited)
Chlorine
2013as Georgie Lent
The Possession
2012as Stephanie Brenek
Man on a Ledge
2012as Suzie Morales
Python Legs!
2012
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
Gamer
2009as Gina Parker Smith
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008as Lois Lane (voice)
The Game Plan
2007as Stella Peck
Loverboy
2005as Emily
Something the Lord Made
2004as Mary Blalock
The Woodsman
2004as Vicki
Cavedweller
2004as Delia Byrd
Secondhand Lions
2003as Mae
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003as Batwoman (voice)
Behind the Red Door
2003as Natalie
Beauty in a Jar
2003as Narrator
Just a Kiss
2002as Halley
Door to Door
2002as Shelly Soomky Brady
Personal Velocity
2002as Delia Shunt
Labor Pains
2000as Sarah Raymond
What's Cooking?
2000as Rachel Seelig
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999as Host
Montana
1998as Claire Kelsky
Twelfth Night
1998as Olivia
Critical Care
1997as Felicia E. Potter
Phenomenon
1996as Lace Pennamin
Losing Chase
1996as Elizabeth Cole
Murder in the First
1995as Blanche
Something to Talk About
1995as Emma Rae King
The Low Life
1995as Bevan
Heart and Souls
1993as Julia
Singles
1992as Linda Powell
Miss Rose White
1992as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
Pyrates
1991as Sam
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991as Arlene
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990as Ruth Bridge
Born on the Fourth of July
1989as Donna
Kansas
1988as Prostituierte Drifter
Lemon Sky
1988as Carol
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987as Lillian Salo
Tai-Pan
1986as Tess Brock
War and Love
1985as Halina
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985as Cindy Eller
Happy
Television (41)
Sherri
2022as Self - Guest
The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022as Julia
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022as Self
Call Your Mother
2021as Jean Raines
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019as Self
Tamron Hall
2019as Self - Guest
Ten Days in the Valley
2017as Jane Sadler
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016as Self
Chelsea
2016as Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015as Self - Guest
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013as Madeline Wuntch
Finding Your Roots
2012as Self
Conan
2010as Self
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010as Self - Guest Judge
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009as Self - Guest
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009as Self - Guest Judge
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009as Self
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009as Self
American Dad!
2005as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
The Closer
2005as Brenda Leigh Johnson
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003as Self
Queens Supreme
2003as Quinn Coleman
Live from E!
2002as Self
Talk to Me
2000as Janey Munroe
The Early Show
1999as Self
The View
1997as Self
Ally McBeal
1997as Helena Greene
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996as Self - Guest
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993as Self - Guest
Family Pictures
1993as Nina Eberlin
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988as Self
Amazing Stories
1985as Dora Johnson
Miami Vice
1984as Sarah MacPhail
ABC Afterschool Special
1972as Cindy Eller
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951as Rose White
The Emmy Awards
1949as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Presenter
Crew (25)
Movies (15)
Family Movie
2026Director
Family Movie
2026Producer
The Best You Can
2025Producer
The Ark
2025Executive Producer
Space Oddity
2023Director
Space Oddity
2023Producer
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
2023Producer
Girls Weekend
2019Director
After Darkness
2019Executive Producer
Story of a Girl
2017Director
Story of a Girl
2017Producer
Loverboy
2005Producer
Cavedweller
2004Executive Producer
Montana
1998Associate Producer
Losing Chase
1996Executive Producer
Television (10)
The Girls on the Bus
2024Director
City on a Hill
2019Director
God Friended Me
2018Director
Grace and Frankie
2015Director
Proof
2015Executive Producer
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013Director
The Closer
2005Co-Executive Producer
The Closer
2005Executive Producer
The Closer
2005Producer
The Challenger
Executive Producer
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