Kyra Sedgwick

58 · Born: Aug 19, 1965

Personal Details

Official Socials

Born Aug 19, 1965 New York City, New York, USA

Parents

Patricia (Rosenwald) Sedgwick
Henry Dwight Sedgwick V

Relatives

Robert Sedgwick (Sibling)
Neal Bacon (Niece or Nephew)
John Sedgwick (Aunt or Uncle)
Mike Stern (Half Sibling)
Edie Sedgwick (Cousin)
Michael Bacon (Sibling)
Betsy Bacon (Sibling)

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.

Career

acting

2023

The Summer I Turned Pretty

The Summer I Turned Pretty as Julia

2021

Call Your Mother

Call Your Mother as Jean Raines

2020

Endings, Beginnings

Endings, Beginnings as Ingrid

2019

Villains as Gloria

After Darkness as Georgina Beaty

2018

Submission as Sherrie Swenson

2017

Ten Days in the Valley

Ten Days in the Valley as Jane Sadler

2016

The Edge of Seventeen

The Edge of Seventeen as Mona Franklin

2015

Cop Car as Dispatch

Big Sky as Dee

2014

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind as Karen and Fake Sheila

The Humbling as Louise Trenner

The Road Within

The Road Within as Dr. Mia Rose

Reach Me as Colette

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch

2013

Kill Your Darlings

Kill Your Darlings as Marian Carr

Chlorine as Georgie Lent

2012

Man on a Ledge as Suzie Morales

The Possession as Stephanie Brenek

2009

Gamer as Gina Parker Smith

2008

Justice League: The New Frontier

Justice League: The New Frontier as Lois Lane

2007

The Game Plan as Stella Peck

2005

Loverboy as Emily

The Closer as Brenda Leigh Johnson

2004

Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made as Mary Blalock

The Woodsman as Vicki

Cavedweller as Delia Byrd

2003

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman as Batwoman (voice)

Behind the Red Door

Behind the Red Door as Natalie

Secondhand Lions

Secondhand Lions as Mae

Queens Supreme as Quinn Coleman

2002

Door to Door as Shelly Soomky Brady

Personal Velocity

Personal Velocity as Delia Shunt

Just a Kiss as Halley

2000

What's Cooking?

What's Cooking? as Rachel Seelig

1998

Montana as Claire Kelsky

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Twelfth Night, or What You Will as Olivia

1997

Critical Care as Felicia E. Potter

1996

Phenomenon as Lace Pennamin

Losing Chase as Elizabeth Cole

1995

Murder in the First

Murder in the First as Blanche

The Low Life as Bevan

Something to Talk About

Something to Talk About as Emma Rae King

1993

Heart and Souls

Heart and Souls as Julia

Family Pictures

Family Pictures as Nina Eberlin

1992

Miss Rose White

Miss Rose White as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White

Singles as Linda Powell

1991

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules as Arlene

Pyrates as Sam

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Rose White

1990

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Ruth Bridge

1989

Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July as Donna

1988

Lemon Sky as Carol

Kansas as Prostituierte Drifter

1987

The Man Who Broke 1, 000 Chains

The Man Who Broke 1, 000 Chains as Lillian Salo

1986

Tai-Pan as Tess Brock

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories as Dora Johnson

1985

ABC Afterschool Specials

ABC Afterschool Specials as Cindy Eller

appearances

2021

2016

2012

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

2011

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures

Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures

directing

2023

Space Oddity as Director

2019

Girls Weekend as Director

2017

Story of a Girl

Story of a Girl as Director