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

American Dad!

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Closer

Conan

The Summer I Turned Pretty

RuPaul's Drag Race

All Movies (65)

• Carolina Caroline2026 · as Deborah
• Family Movie2026 · as Ellen
• The Ark2025 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sweetwater2025 · as Sharon
• The Best You Can2025 · as Cynthia Rand
• Bad Shabbos2025 · as Ellen
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special2022 · as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
• Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine2022 · as Self
• Endings, Beginnings2020 · as Ingrid
• Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine2020 · as Self
• Villains2019 · as Gloria
• After Darkness2019 · as Georgina Beaty
• Submission2018 · as Sherrie Swenson
• The Edge of Seventeen2016 · as Mona Franklin
• Time Out of Mind2015 · as Karen / Fake Sheila
• Big Sky2015 · as Dee
• Cop Car2015 · as Dispatch
• The Humbling2014 · as Louise Trenner
• The Road Within2014 · as Dr. Mia Rose
• Reach Me2014 · as Colette
• Kill Your Darlings2013 · as Marian Carr (uncredited)
• Chlorine2013 · as Georgie Lent
• The Possession2012 · as Stephanie Brenek
• Python Legs!2012
• Man on a Ledge2012 · as Suzie Morales
• Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures2011
• Gamer2009 · as Gina Parker Smith
• Justice League: The New Frontier2008 · as Lois Lane (voice)
• The Game Plan2007 · as Stella Peck
• Loverboy2005 · as Emily
• The Woodsman2004 · as Vicki
• Something the Lord Made2004 · as Mary Blalock
• Cavedweller2004 · as Delia Byrd
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman2003 · as Batwoman (voice)
• Secondhand Lions2003 · as Mae
• Beauty in a Jar2003 · as Narrator
• Behind the Red Door2003 · as Natalie
• Door to Door2002 · as Shelly Soomky Brady
• Just a Kiss2002 · as Halley
• Personal Velocity2002 · as Delia Shunt
• Labor Pains2000 · as Sarah Raymond
• What's Cooking?2000 · as Rachel Seelig
• Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America1999 · as Host
• Twelfth Night1998 · as Olivia
• Montana1998 · as Claire Kelsky
• Critical Care1997 · as Felicia E. Potter
• Losing Chase1996 · as Elizabeth Cole
• Phenomenon1996 · as Lace Pennamin
• The Low Life1995 · as Bevan
• Something to Talk About1995 · as Emma Rae King
• Murder in the First1995 · as Blanche
• Heart and Souls1993 · as Julia
• Singles1992 · as Linda Powell
• Miss Rose White1992 · as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
• Pyrates1991 · as Sam
• Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules1991 · as Arlene
• Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990 · as Ruth Bridge
• Born on the Fourth of July1989 · as Donna
• Kansas1988 · as Prostituierte Drifter
• Lemon Sky1988 · as Carol
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains1987 · as Lillian Salo
• Tai-Pan1986 · as Tess Brock
• Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale1985 · as Cindy Eller
• War and Love1985 · as Halina
• Happy—

All TV Shows (43)

• Celebrity Jeopardy!2022 · as Self - Contestant
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Summer I Turned Pretty2022 · as Julia
• Call Your Mother2021 · as Jean Raines
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Ten Days in the Valley2017 · as Jane Sadler
• Chelsea2016 · as Self
• Full Frontal with Samantha Bee2016 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Madeline Wuntch
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Work of Art: The Next Great Artist2010
• RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked2010 · as Self - Guest Judge
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien2009 · as Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race2009 · as Self - Guest Judge
• The Closer2005 · as Brenda Leigh Johnson
• American Dad!2005 · as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Queens Supreme2003 · as Quinn Coleman
• Live from E!2002 · as Self
• Talk to Me2000 · as Janey Munroe
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Helena Greene
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self - Guest
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Family Pictures1993 · as Nina Eberlin
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Dora Johnson
• Miami Vice1984 · as Sarah MacPhail
• ABC Afterschool Special1972 · as Cindy Eller
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Rose White
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter