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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
American Dad!
2005
Conan
2010
The View
1997
The View
1997
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Sherri
2022
Filmography
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest · 2009
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self · 2019
American Dad!
as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) · 2005
Conan
as Self · 2010
The View
as Self · 1997
The View
as Self - Guest · 1997
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge · 2009
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest · 2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self · 1988
Sherri
as Self - Guest · 2022
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Madeline Wuntch · 2013
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
· 1992
The Closer
as Brenda Leigh Johnson · 2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self · 2003
The Tamron Hall Show
as Self - Guest · 2019
Miami Vice
as Sarah MacPhail · 1984
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter · 1944
American Playhouse
as Hazel Wallace · 1982
American Playhouse
as Carol · 1982
The Summer I Turned Pretty
as Julia · 2022
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2009
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
as Self · 2016
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
as Self - Guest Judge · 2010
Chelsea
as Self · 2016
Finding Your Roots
as Self · 2012
Ally McBeal
as Helena Greene · 1997
Amazing Stories
as Dora Johnson · 1985
ABC Afterschool Special
as Cindy Eller · 1972
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
as Self · 2009
Live from E!
as Self · 2002
Celebrity Jeopardy!
as Self - Contestant · 2022
The Early Show
as Self · 1999
Man on a Ledge
as Suzie Morales · 2012
The Game Plan
as Stella Peck · 2007
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest · 1996
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) · 2022
Born on the Fourth of July
as Donna · 1989
The Edge of Seventeen
as Mona Franklin · 2016
Secondhand Lions
as Mae · 2003
The Possession
as Stephanie Brenek · 2012
Queens Supreme
as Quinn Coleman · 2003
Phenomenon
as Lace Pennamin · 1996
Ten Days in the Valley
as Jane Sadler · 2017
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Rose White · 1951
Carolina Caroline
as Deborah · 2026
Singles
as Linda Powell · 1992
The Emmy Awards
as Self · 1949
Something the Lord Made
as Mary Blalock · 2004
Murder in the First
as Blanche · 1995
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
as Batwoman (voice) · 2003
Gamer
as Gina Parker Smith · 2009
Heart and Souls
as Julia · 1993
Kill Your Darlings
as Marian Carr (uncredited) · 2013
The Best You Can
as Cynthia Rand · 2025
Endings, Beginnings
as Ingrid · 2020
Justice League: The New Frontier
as Lois Lane (voice) · 2008
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self · 2025
Villains
as Gloria · 2019
Cop Car
as Dispatch · 2015
Something to Talk About
as Emma Rae King · 1995
The Humbling
as Louise Trenner · 2014
Family Pictures
as Nina Eberlin · 1993
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
· 2010
Time Out of Mind
as Karen / Fake Sheila · 2015
The Woodsman
as Vicki · 2004
Reach Me
as Colette · 2014
The Road Within
as Dr. Mia Rose · 2014
Loverboy
as Emily · 2005
Call Your Mother
as Jean Raines · 2021
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Self · 2022
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self · 1994
Critical Care
as Felicia E. Potter · 1997
Personal Velocity
as Delia Shunt · 2002
The Ark
as Narrator (voice) · 2025
Family Movie
as Ellen · 2027
Pyrates
as Sam · 1991
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
· 2011
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as Ruth Bridge · 1990
Bad Shabbos
as Ellen · 2025
Montana
as Claire Kelsky · 1998
Tai-Pan
as Tess Brock · 1986
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
as Arlene Megeffin (segment 'Return to Kansas City') · 1991
Kansas
as Prostituierte Drifter · 1988
Behind the Red Door
as Natalie · 2003
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
as Self · 2020
Python Legs!
· 2012
Twelfth Night
as Olivia · 1998
Door to Door
as Shelly Soomky Brady · 2002
Big Sky
as Dee · 2015
Sweetwater
as Sharon · 2025
Just a Kiss
as Halley · 2002
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
as Cindy Eller · 1985
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Lillian Salo · 1987
What's Cooking?
as Rachel Seelig · 2000
Happy
After Darkness
as Georgina Beaty · 2019
Lemon Sky
as Carol · 1988
Submission
as Sherrie Swenson · 2018
Talk to Me
as Janey Munroe · 2000
Losing Chase
as Elizabeth Cole · 1996
Chlorine
as Georgie Lent · 2013
Cavedweller
as Delia Byrd · 2004
Miss Rose White
as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White · 1992
Beauty in a Jar
as Narrator · 2003
War and Love
as Halina · 1985
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
as Host · 1999
The Low Life
as Bevan · 1995
Labor Pains
as Sarah Raymond · 2000