Actor profile

Kyra Sedgwick

19th August 1965 New York City, New York, USA Acting

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.

65 Movies 41 TV Shows 106 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Carolina Caroline poster

Carolina Caroline 5th June 2026

Family Movie poster

Family Movie 13th March 2026 as Ellen

The Ark poster

The Ark 19th October 2025 as Narrator (voice)

Sweetwater 12th September 2025 as Sharon

The Best You Can poster

The Best You Can 7th June 2025 as Cynthia Rand

Bad Shabbos poster

Bad Shabbos 23rd May 2025 as Ellen

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special poster

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 24th November 2022 as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine 8th June 2022 as Self

Endings, Beginnings poster

Endings, Beginnings 24th June 2020 as Ingrid

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine poster

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine 11th June 2020 as Self

Villains poster

Villains 20th September 2019 as Gloria

After Darkness poster

After Darkness 15th January 2019 as Georgina Beaty

Submission poster

Submission 2nd March 2018 as Sherrie Swenson

The Edge of Seventeen poster

The Edge of Seventeen 18th November 2016 as Mona Franklin

Time Out of Mind poster

Time Out of Mind 9th September 2015 as Karen / Fake Sheila

Big Sky poster

Big Sky 14th August 2015 as Dee

Cop Car poster

Cop Car 8th July 2015 as Dispatch

The Humbling poster

The Humbling 31st December 2014 as Louise Trenner

The Road Within poster

The Road Within 24th October 2014 as Dr. Mia Rose

Reach Me poster

Reach Me 14th March 2014 as Colette

Kill Your Darlings poster

Kill Your Darlings 16th October 2013 as Marian Carr (uncredited)

Chlorine poster

Chlorine 17th March 2013 as Georgie Lent

The Possession poster

The Possession 30th August 2012 as Stephanie Brenek

Python Legs! poster

Python Legs! 4th March 2012

Man on a Ledge poster

Man on a Ledge 13th January 2012 as Suzie Morales

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures poster

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures 1st January 2011

Gamer poster

Gamer 3rd September 2009 as Gina Parker Smith

Justice League: The New Frontier poster

Justice League: The New Frontier 26th February 2008 as Lois Lane (voice)

The Game Plan poster

The Game Plan 28th September 2007 as Stella Peck

Loverboy poster

Loverboy 24th January 2005 as Emily

The Woodsman poster

The Woodsman 24th December 2004 as Vicki

Something the Lord Made poster

Something the Lord Made 30th May 2004 as Mary Blalock

Cavedweller poster

Cavedweller 4th May 2004 as Delia Byrd

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman poster

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman 21st October 2003 as Batwoman (voice)

Secondhand Lions poster

Secondhand Lions 19th September 2003 as Mae

Beauty in a Jar 1st March 2003 as Narrator

Behind the Red Door poster

Behind the Red Door 12th January 2003 as Natalie

Door to Door poster

Door to Door 14th July 2002 as Shelly Soomky Brady

Just a Kiss poster

Just a Kiss 15th June 2002 as Halley

Personal Velocity poster

Personal Velocity 12th January 2002 as Delia Shunt

Labor Pains 7th November 2000 as Sarah Raymond

What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking? 20th January 2000 as Rachel Seelig

Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America 1st April 1999 as Host

Twelfth Night poster

Twelfth Night 30th August 1998 as Olivia

Montana poster

Montana 16th January 1998 as Claire Kelsky

Critical Care poster

Critical Care 31st October 1997 as Felicia E. Potter

Losing Chase poster

Losing Chase 6th December 1996 as Elizabeth Cole

Phenomenon poster

Phenomenon 5th July 1996 as Lace Pennamin

The Low Life poster

The Low Life 1st November 1995 as Bevan

Something to Talk About poster

Something to Talk About 4th August 1995 as Emma Rae King

Murder in the First poster

Murder in the First 20th January 1995 as Blanche

Heart and Souls poster

Heart and Souls 13th August 1993 as Julia

Singles poster

Singles 18th September 1992 as Linda Powell

Miss Rose White poster

Miss Rose White 26th April 1992 as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White

Pyrates poster

Pyrates 18th December 1991 as Sam

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

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules 18th August 1991 as Arlene

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge poster

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge 23rd November 1990 as Ruth Bridge

Born on the Fourth of July poster

Born on the Fourth of July 20th December 1989 as Donna

Kansas poster

Kansas 23rd September 1988 as Prostituierte Drifter

Lemon Sky poster

Lemon Sky 10th February 1988 as Carol

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains poster

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains 31st October 1987 as Lillian Salo

Tai-Pan poster

Tai-Pan 7th November 1986 as Tess Brock

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale poster

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale 9th October 1985 as Cindy Eller

War and Love poster

War and Love 13th September 1985 as Halina

Happy

Celebrity Jeopardy! poster

Celebrity Jeopardy! 25th September 2022 as Self - Contestant

Sherri poster

Sherri 12th September 2022 as Self - Guest

The Summer I Turned Pretty poster

The Summer I Turned Pretty 16th June 2022 as Julia

Call Your Mother poster

Call Your Mother 13th January 2021 as Jean Raines

Tamron Hall poster

Tamron Hall 9th September 2019 as Self - Guest

The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show 9th September 2019 as Self

Ten Days in the Valley poster

Ten Days in the Valley 1st October 2017 as Jane Sadler

Chelsea poster

Chelsea 11th May 2016 as Self

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee poster

Full Frontal with Samantha Bee 8th February 2016 as Self

The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden 23rd March 2015 as Self - Guest

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17th September 2013 as Madeline Wuntch

Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots 24th March 2012 as Self

Conan poster

Conan 8th November 2010 as Self

Work of Art: The Next Great Artist 9th June 2010

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked poster

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked 1st February 2010 as Self - Guest Judge

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 16th July 2009 as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien 1st June 2009 as Self

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon 2nd March 2009 as Self

RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race 2nd February 2009 as Self - Guest Judge

The Closer poster

The Closer 13th June 2005 as Brenda Leigh Johnson

American Dad! poster

American Dad! 6th February 2005 as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show 8th September 2003 as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live! 26th January 2003 as Self - Guest

Queens Supreme poster

Queens Supreme 10th January 2003 as Quinn Coleman

Live from E! poster

Live from E! 13th January 2002 as Self

Talk to Me 11th April 2000 as Janey Munroe

The Early Show poster

The Early Show 1st November 1999 as Self

Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal 8th September 1997 as Helena Greene

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self - Guest

The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show 10th June 1996 as Self - Guest

Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio 14th August 1994 as Self

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Family Pictures poster

Family Pictures 21st March 1993 as Nina Eberlin

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 25th May 1992

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self

Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories 29th September 1985 as Dora Johnson

Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice 16th September 1984 as Sarah MacPhail

ABC Afterschool Special poster

ABC Afterschool Special 4th October 1972 as Cindy Eller

Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame 24th December 1951 as Rose White

The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards 25th January 1949 as Self

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Presenter