Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Known for
Acting
Born
August 19, 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

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Happy

Happy

Movie

2027
Family Movie poster

Family Movie

Movie · as Ellen

2026
Carolina Caroline poster

Carolina Caroline

Movie · as Deborah

2025
The Best You Can poster

The Best You Can

Movie · as Cynthia Rand

2025
Bad Shabbos poster

Bad Shabbos

Movie · as Ellen

2025
The Ark poster

The Ark

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2025
Sweetwater poster

Sweetwater

Movie · as Sharon

2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert poster

SNL50: The Homecoming Concert

Movie · as Self

2022
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Movie · as Self

2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special poster

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

Movie · as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)

2022
The Summer I Turned Pretty poster

The Summer I Turned Pretty

TV · as Julia · 5 eps

2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2021
Call Your Mother poster

Call Your Mother

TV · as Jean Raines · 13 eps

2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine poster

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine

Movie · as Self

2020
Endings, Beginnings poster

Endings, Beginnings

Movie · as Ingrid

2019
After Darkness poster

After Darkness

Movie · as Georgina Beaty

2019
Villains poster

Villains

Movie · as Gloria

2019
The Tamron Hall Show poster

The Tamron Hall Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Submission poster

Submission

Movie · as Sherrie Swenson

2017
Ten Days in the Valley poster

Ten Days in the Valley

TV · as Jane Sadler · 10 eps

2016
The Edge of Seventeen poster

The Edge of Seventeen

Movie · as Mona Franklin

2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Big Sky poster

Big Sky

Movie · as Dee

2015
Cop Car poster

Cop Car

Movie · as Dispatch

2015
Time Out of Mind poster

Time Out of Mind

Movie · as Karen / Fake Sheila

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Humbling poster

The Humbling

Movie · as Louise Trenner

2014
The Road Within poster

The Road Within

Movie · as Dr. Mia Rose

2014
Reach Me poster

Reach Me

Movie · as Colette

2013
Kill Your Darlings poster

Kill Your Darlings

Movie · as Marian Carr (uncredited)

2013
Chlorine poster

Chlorine

Movie · as Georgie Lent

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Madeline Wuntch · 12 eps

2012
Man on a Ledge poster

Man on a Ledge

Movie · as Suzie Morales

2012
The Possession poster

The Possession

Movie · as Stephanie Brenek

2012
Python Legs! poster

Python Legs!

Movie

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures poster

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures

Movie

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist

TV · 1 ep

2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked poster

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
Gamer poster

Gamer

Movie · as Gina Parker Smith

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Justice League: The New Frontier poster

Justice League: The New Frontier

Movie · as Lois Lane (voice)

2007
The Game Plan poster

The Game Plan

Movie · as Stella Peck

2005
Loverboy poster

Loverboy

Movie · as Emily

2005
The Closer poster

The Closer

TV · as Brenda Leigh Johnson · 109 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Something the Lord Made poster

Something the Lord Made

Movie · as Mary Blalock

2004
The Woodsman poster

The Woodsman

Movie · as Vicki

2004
Cavedweller poster

Cavedweller

Movie · as Delia Byrd

2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman poster

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Movie · as Batwoman (voice)

2003
Secondhand Lions poster

Secondhand Lions

Movie · as Mae

2003
Behind the Red Door poster

Behind the Red Door

Movie · as Natalie

2003
Beauty in a Jar

Beauty in a Jar

Movie · as Narrator

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Queens Supreme poster

Queens Supreme

TV · as Quinn Coleman · 1 ep

2002
Personal Velocity poster

Personal Velocity

Movie · as Delia Shunt

2002
Door to Door poster

Door to Door

Movie · as Shelly Soomky Brady

2002
Just a Kiss poster

Just a Kiss

Movie · as Halley

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Labor Pains

Labor Pains

Movie · as Sarah Raymond

2000
What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking?

Movie · as Rachel Seelig

2000
Talk to Me

Talk to Me

TV · as Janey Munroe · 3 eps

1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America

Movie · as Host

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1998
Montana poster

Montana

Movie · as Claire Kelsky

1998
Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night

Movie · as Olivia

1997
Critical Care poster

Critical Care

Movie · as Felicia E. Potter

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Helena Greene · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps

1996
Phenomenon poster

Phenomenon

Movie · as Lace Pennamin

1996
Losing Chase poster

Losing Chase

Movie · as Elizabeth Cole

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Performer (segment: In America) · 1 ep

1995
Murder in the First poster

Murder in the First

Movie · as Blanche

1995
Something to Talk About poster

Something to Talk About

Movie · as Emma Rae King

1995
The Low Life poster

The Low Life

Movie · as Bevan

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1993
Heart and Souls poster

Heart and Souls

Movie · as Julia

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Family Pictures poster

Family Pictures

TV · as Nina Eberlin · 2 eps

1992
Singles poster

Singles

Movie · as Linda Powell

1992
Miss Rose White poster

Miss Rose White

Movie · as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 2 eps

1991
Pyrates poster

Pyrates

Movie · as Sam

1991
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules poster

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

Movie · as Arlene Megeffin (segment 'Return to Kansas City')

1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge poster

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Movie · as Ruth Bridge

1989
Born on the Fourth of July poster

Born on the Fourth of July

Movie · as Donna

1988
Lemon Sky poster

Lemon Sky

Movie · as Carol

1988
Kansas poster

Kansas

Movie · as Prostituierte Drifter

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains poster

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Movie · as Lillian Salo

1986
Tai-Pan poster

Tai-Pan

Movie · as Tess Brock

1985
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale poster

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale

Movie · as Cindy Eller

1985
War and Love poster

War and Love

Movie · as Halina

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Dora Johnson · 1 ep

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Sarah MacPhail · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Hazel Wallace, Carol · 1 ep

1972
ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special

TV · as Cindy Eller · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · as Camouflage Carla · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Rose White · 1 ep

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep