Kyra Sedgwick
Department: Acting
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
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
Something the Lord Made
2004
Singles
1992
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003
Montana
1998
Murder in the First
1995
Personal Velocity
2002
Phenomenon
1996
The Woodsman
2004
Secondhand Lions
2003
The Game Plan
2007
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
Door to Door
2002
Tai-Pan
1986
Critical Care
1997
Just a Kiss
2002
Gamer
2009
Man on a Ledge
2012
Something to Talk About
1995
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985
Loverboy
2005
The Low Life
1995
The Possession
2012
Behind the Red Door
2003
Pyrates
1991
Cavedweller
2004
Losing Chase
1996
Labor Pains
2000
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
Kill Your Darlings
2013
The Humbling
2014
The Road Within
2014
Chlorine
2013
Miss Rose White
1992
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
Beauty in a Jar
2003
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022
The Best You Can
2025
Big Sky
2015
What's Cooking?
2000
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
Cop Car
2015
Reach Me
2014
The Edge of Seventeen
2016
Lemon Sky
1988
Bad Shabbos
2025
Submission
2018
After Darkness
2019
Kansas
1988
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
Villains
2019
Twelfth Night
1998
Heart and Souls
1993
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
Endings, Beginnings
2020
Time Out of Mind
2015
War and Love
1985
Carolina Caroline
2026
Family Movie
2026
The Ark
2025
Sweetwater
2025
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
Python Legs!
2012
Happy
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Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Amazing Stories
1985
The Closer
2005
Ally McBeal
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Miami Vice
1984
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The View
1997
The View
1997
The Early Show
1999
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016
Tamron Hall
2019
Finding Your Roots
2012
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Conan
2010
Talk to Me
2000
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
The Emmy Awards
1949
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist
2010
Live from E!
2002
The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Chelsea
2016
Ten Days in the Valley
2017
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
RuPaul's Drag Race
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
2010
Sherri
2022
Queens Supreme
2003
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
Call Your Mother
2021
American Dad!
2005
Family Pictures
1993
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Golden Globe Awards
1944