Kyra Sedgwick
Birthdate
August 19, 1965 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
August 19, 1965 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
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.
Kyra Sedgwick's LGBTQ+ Titles
Kill Your Darlings
Marian Carr (uncredited)
Acting (103)
Family Movie
2025
The Ark as Narrator (voice)
2025
Carolina Caroline
2025
The Best You Can as Cynthia Rand
2025
Bad Shabbos as Ellen
2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self (1 episode)
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2022
The Summer I Turned Pretty as Julia (5 episodes)
2022
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Self
2021
Call Your Mother as Jean Raines (13 episodes)
2020
Endings, Beginnings as Ingrid
2020
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine as Self
2019
Villains as Gloria
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self (1 episode)
2019
Tamron Hall as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2019
After Darkness as Georgina Beaty
2018
Submission as Sherrie Swenson
2017
Ten Days in the Valley as Jane Sadler (10 episodes)
2016
The Edge of Seventeen as Mona Franklin
2016
Chelsea as Self (1 episode)
2016
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee as Self (1 episode)
2015
Big Sky as Dee
2015
Cop Car as Dispatch
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
The Humbling as Louise Trenner
2014
The Road Within as Dr. Mia Rose
2014
Time Out of Mind as Karen / Fake Sheila
2014
Reach Me as Colette
2013
Kill Your Darlings as Marian Carr (uncredited)
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Madeline Wuntch (12 episodes)
2013
Chlorine as Georgie Lent
2012
The Possession as Stephanie Brenek
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self (1 episode)
2012
Man on a Ledge as Suzie Morales
2010
Conan as Self (1 episode)
2010
Work of Art: The Next Great Artist (1 episode)
2010
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2009
Gamer as Gina Parker Smith
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (3 episodes)
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as Self (1 episode)
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race as Self - Guest Judge (1 episode)
2008
Justice League: The New Frontier as Lois Lane (voice)
2007
The Game Plan as Stella Peck
2005
The Closer as Brenda Leigh Johnson (109 episodes)
2005
American Dad! as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) (1 episode)
2005
Loverboy as Emily
2004
The Woodsman as Vicki
2004
Something the Lord Made as Mary Blalock
2004
Cavedweller as Delia Byrd
2003
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman as Batwoman (voice)
2003
Secondhand Lions as Mae
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003
Beauty in a Jar as Narrator
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2003
Behind the Red Door as Natalie
2003
Queens Supreme as Quinn Coleman (1 episode)
2002
Door to Door as Shelly Soomky Brady
2002
Just a Kiss as Halley
2002
E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self (1 episode)
2002
Personal Velocity as Delia Shunt
2000
Labor Pains as Sarah Raymond
2000
Talk to Me as Janey Munroe (3 episodes)
2000
What's Cooking? as Rachel Seelig
1999
The Early Show as Self (2 episodes)
1999
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America as Host
1998
Twelfth Night as Olivia
1998
Montana as Claire Kelsky
1997
Critical Care as Felicia E. Potter
1997
Ally McBeal as Helena Greene (1 episode)
1997
The View as Self (3 episodes)
1997
The View as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1996
Losing Chase as Elizabeth Cole
1996
Phenomenon as Lace Pennamin
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1995
The Low Life as Bevan
1995
Something to Talk About as Emma Rae King
1995
Murder in the First as Blanche
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993
Heart and Souls as Julia
1993
Family Pictures as Nina Eberlin (2 episodes)
1993
Family Pictures as Nina Eberlin
1992
Singles as Linda Powell
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes)
1992
Miss Rose White as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
1991
Pyrates as Sam
1991
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules as Arlene
1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Ruth Bridge
1989
Born on the Fourth of July as Donna
1988
Kansas as Prostituierte Drifter
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self (2 episodes)
1988
Lemon Sky as Carol
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Lillian Salo
1986
Tai-Pan as Tess Brock
1985
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale as Cindy Eller
1985
Amazing Stories as Dora Johnson (1 episode)
1985
War and Love as Halina
1984
Miami Vice as Sarah MacPhail (1 episode)
1972
ABC Afterschool Special as Cindy Eller (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rose White (1 episode)
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self (1 episode)
Directing (9)
Family Movie
• Director
2024
The Girls on the Bus (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2023
Space Oddity
• Director
2019
City on a Hill (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2019
Girls Weekend
• Director
2018
God Friended Me (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2017
Story of a Girl
• Director
2015
Grace and Frankie (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1 episode)
• Director (1 episode)
Production (15)
The Challenger (1 episode)
• Executive Producer (1 episode)
Family Movie
• Producer
2025
The Ark
• Executive Producer
2025
The Best You Can
• Producer
2023
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
• Producer
2023
Space Oddity
• Producer
2019
After Darkness
• Executive Producer
2017
Story of a Girl
• Producer
2015
Proof (10 episodes)
• Executive Producer (10 episodes)
2005
The Closer
• Co-Executive Producer (15 episodes)
• Producer (15 episodes)
• Executive Producer (50 episodes)
2005
Loverboy
• Producer
2004
Cavedweller
• Executive Producer
1998
Montana
• Associate Producer
Creator (2)
Zapata, Texas
• Creator
The Challenger
• Creator