Biography
Penny Johnson Jerald (born March 14, 1961, height 5' 5" (1,65 m) ) is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24 and Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle.
Known For
Complete Filmography
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
2025
Preeminent West African curator and scholar Funmilayo Akechukwu’s magnum opus, The Resonance Field, leads her to the heart of the Atlantic Ocean, draw...
Celeste's Dreams
2020
as Penelope
Celeste's Dreams is about the untapped emotions we have around the death of a parent. Unresolved issues surface despite the passage of time and questi...
The Lion King
2019
as Sarafina (voice)
Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Sc...
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018
as Self
A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the f...
Parker's Anchor
2017
as Laurie
Krystal Parker's life fell apart when she discovered she couldn't have children. Everything she knew was gone, - but Letting Go Is Just The Beginning.
Media
2017
as Jackie Johnson
A brewing battle for control of a multi-media empire between two African-American families. Contains all the intrigue, betrayal, love and multiple sto...
Justice League: Gods and Monsters
2015
as President Waller (voice)
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003
as Condoleezza Rice
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the Sept...
Deliberate Intent
2000
as Laura Harmon
A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how...
The Color of Friendship
2000
as Roscoe Dellums
Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African ...
The Test of Love
1999
as Hope
Cassie's husband was just involved in a plane crash and is in a coma. The airline says his wife was killed in the accident. The two have a young daugh...
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
as Teacher
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a h...
Absolute Power
1997
as Laura Simon
A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder—in which the President of the United States is involved—occurs in front of his eyes. H...
Death Benefit
1996
as Sylvia Guzman
Steven Keeney is a big corporate lawyer who decides to take on a small-time murder case to discover the true circumstances behind the death of a young...
The Road to Galveston
1996
as Laney Roosevelt
Jordan Roosevelt, at 65, found herself alone, destitute, and depressed. Up against the wall, she took heart from the suggestion of a friend, a blind w...
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior
1995
as Cassidy Yates
When a Klingon fleet under General Martok arrives at the station ostensibly to protect the Alpha Quadrant from the Dominion, Sisko recruits Lieutenant...
Automatic
1995
as Julia Rodriguez
Robgen industries newest security system is "The J Series Automatic", an android model designed and programmed to protect humans from violent attacks....
Fear of a Black Hat
1994
as Re-Re
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...
Molly and Gina
1994
as Maria
Molly is the former secretary of a murdered private detective. Gina, a budding actress, witnessed the shooting which also killed her boyfriend. Togeth...
Empty Cradle
1993
as Gail Huddle
Jane Morgan gives birth to her baby at the hospital. When she wakes up the next morning, the hospital tells her, that her son died at birth. However f...
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
as Lorraine Taylor
Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
Class of '61
1993
as Lavinia
Three West Point 1861 generation cadets and friends go on opposite sides after the breakout of The Civil War, with tragic consequences. A subplot invo...
Night Visions
1990
as Luanne
A Los Angeles detective teams up with a psychic to hunt down a serial killer.
Kaleidoscope
1990
as Paula
A family friend hires gumshoe John Chapman to find and reunite three sisters estranged by fate for 30 years. The circuitous trail leads Chapman from t...
Goin' to Chicago
1990
About left wing students in 1964.
Savannah
1989
as Savannah/Whitney
Through the employment of magical realist storytelling devices, an African-American actress is shown to be a hyper-competent career woman who denies h...
The Hills Have Eyes Part 2
1985
as Sue
A motocross team on their way to trial a new super-fuel head out across the desert lead by Rachel, who, unbeknownst to the rest of the group, is a sur...
The Impostor
1984
as Michelle
After being released from prison, small-time con artist Cade tracks down his old girlfriend. When she rebuffs him, he fakes his past in order to get h...
Swing Shift
1984
as Genevieve
In 1941 America, Kay and her husband are happy enough until he enlists after Pearl Harbor. Against his wishes, she takes a job at the local aircraft p...