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