Kyra Sedgwick

Acting · Born 1965-08-19 in New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

• Born on the Fourth of July as Donna
• Something the Lord Made as Mary Blalock
• Murder in the First as Blanche
• Secondhand Lions as Mae
• Kill Your Darlings as Marian Carr (uncredited)
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
• The Edge of Seventeen as Mona Franklin
• Singles as Linda Powell
• Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman as Batwoman (voice)
• Montana as Claire Kelsky

TV

• The Closer as Brenda Leigh Johnson
• The Summer I Turned Pretty as Julia
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Madeline Wuntch
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• Amazing Stories as Dora Johnson
• Ally McBeal as Helena Greene
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• Miami Vice as Sarah MacPhail
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self