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