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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Best You Can
2025
as Cynthia Rand
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advanci...

The Best You Can
2025
Producer
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advanci...

Bad Shabbos
2025
as Ellen
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the...

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
2023
Producer
Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.

Space Oddity
2023
Director, Producer
A space-obsessed man gets the opportunity of a lifetime thanks to a Mars colonization program but finds his plans compromised by his feelings for a wo...

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2022
as Self
We rejoice in the best moments, hear from the cast, creatives and celebrity fans, and explore what made it a TV staple.

Endings, Beginnings
2020
as Ingrid
An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.

Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
2020
as Self
A tribute to the life and music of John Prine featuring family and friends sharing memories and songs while raising money for several charitable organ...

Villains
2019
as Gloria
When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new ...

Girls Weekend
2019
Director
When a queer daughter returns home to Las Vegas for a "girls weekend" with her estranged homophobic sister and people-pleasing mother, her gun-toting ...

After Darkness
2019
as Georgina Beaty
As the Sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting d...

After Darkness
2019
Executive Producer
As the Sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting d...

Submission
2018
as Sherrie Swenson
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented stude...

Story of a Girl
2017
Producer, Director
When a compromising video of sixteen-year-old Deanna Lambert hits social media, her teenage life is changed forever. Overcoming bullies, hurtful schoo...

The Edge of Seventeen
2016
as Mona Franklin
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

Big Sky
2015
as Dee
Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia - so much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. They agree that Hazel will go t...

Cop Car
2015
as Dispatch
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

The Humbling
2014
as Louise Trenner
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace w...

The Road Within
2014
as Dr. Mia Rose
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes.

Time Out of Mind
2014
as Karen / Fake Sheila
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect...

Reach Me
2014
as Colette
Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.

Kill Your Darlings
2013
as Marian Carr (uncredited)
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.

Chlorine
2013
as Georgie Lent
In the town of Copper Canyon, people are cashing in on an economic housing boom, and the local country club is buzzing about the investment opportunit...

The Possession
2012
as Stephanie Brenek
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with hi...

Man on a Ledge
2012
as Suzie Morales
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. H...

Gamer
2009
as Gina Parker Smith
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-sc...

Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as Lois Lane (voice)
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter a...

The Game Plan
2007
as Stella Peck
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly,...

Loverboy
2005
as Emily
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

Loverboy
2005
Producer
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.

The Woodsman
2004
as Vicki
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophi...

Something the Lord Made
2004
as Mary Blalock
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.

Cavedweller
2004
as Delia Byrd
A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abus...

Cavedweller
2004
Executive Producer
A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abus...

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
2003
as Batwoman (voice)
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern...

Secondhand Lions
2003
as Mae
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the b...
Beauty in a Jar
2003
as Narrator
BEAUTY IN A JAR explores the social, racial, sexual and political history of the American beauty culture. How was the American ideal of beauty transfo...

Behind the Red Door
2003
as Natalie
Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arrang...

Door to Door
2002
as Shelly Soomky Brady
Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give u...

Just a Kiss
2002
as Halley
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.

Personal Velocity
2002
as Delia Shunt
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom.
Labor Pains
2000
as Sarah Raymond
A New York City columnist falls in love with -- and quickly gets pregnant by -- a free-spirited artist who promptly vanishes for eight months.

What's Cooking?
2000
as Rachel Seelig
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America
1999
as Host
Documentary that examines whether America is failing children by not making child care an issue of national priority.

Twelfth Night
1998
as Olivia
Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it's the perfect time for a sexy comedy...

Montana
1998
as Claire Kelsky
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow...

Montana
1998
Associate Producer
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow...

Critical Care
1997
as Felicia E. Potter
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their com...

Losing Chase
1996
as Elizabeth Cole
An intimate and turbulent relationship develops between Chase, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown, and Elizabeth, the caretaker employed to l...

Phenomenon
1996
as Lace Pennamin
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

The Low Life
1995
as Bevan
Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet.

Something to Talk About
1995
as Emma Rae King
Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting...

Murder in the First
1995
as Blanche
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

Heart and Souls
1993
as Julia
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the l...

Family Pictures
1993
as Nina Eberlin
Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she refl...

Singles
1992
as Linda Powell
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood.

Miss Rose White
1992
as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
Two sisters, one a Polish concentration camp survivor, the other safely relocated to America with her father, are reunited in New York in 1947.

Pyrates
1991
as Sam
As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem remi...

Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
1991
as Arlene
Three short stories about women & men relationship.

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
1990
as Ruth Bridge
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his ...

Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Donna
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought fo...

Kansas
1988
as Prostituierte Drifter
A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds hi...

Lemon Sky
1988
as Carol
An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his...

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Lillian Salo
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

Tai-Pan
1986
as Tess Brock
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the ...

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985
as Cindy Eller
A contemporary remake of "Cinderella"

War and Love
1985
as Halina
Jacek, who is Jewish, miraculously manages to survive World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a subplot to Jacek's story, which also involves a love ...

Carolina Caroline
N/A
A young woman who skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a ...
Family Movie
N/A
An eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers who suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their late...
Family Movie
N/A
Director, Producer
An eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers who suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their late...