Kyra Sedgwick
Acting
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.
Born: August 19, 1965
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.
The Emmy Awards
An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
The Closer
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
Something the Lord Made
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
Door to Door
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 up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and the dignity in which they go about their lives. Bill Porter is one of those heroes. Born with cerebral palsy, he was told for many years that he was unemployable. But with the unwavering support of a dedicated mother and an indomitable spirit that has become his trademark, Porter did support himself as a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Oregon.
Inside the Actors Studio
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
RuPaul's Drag Race
Join RuPaul, the world's most famous drag queen, as the host, mentor and judge for the ultimate in drag queen competitions. The top drag queens in the U.S. will vie for drag stardom as RuPaul, in full glamazon drag, will reign supreme in all judging and eliminations while helping guide the contestants as they prepare for each challenge.
Miami Vice
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
Filmography
as Cynthia Rand
as Ellen
as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Julia
as Self
as Jean Raines
as Ingrid
as Gloria
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Georgina Beaty
as Sherrie Swenson
as Jane Sadler
as Mona Franklin
as Self
as Karen / Fake Sheila
as Dee
as Dispatch
as Self - Guest
as Louise Trenner
as Dr. Mia Rose
as Colette
as Marian Carr (uncredited)
as Madeline Wuntch
as Georgie Lent
as Stephanie Brenek
as Self
as Suzie Morales
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Gina Parker Smith
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self - Guest Judge
as Lois Lane (voice)
as Stella Peck
as Brenda Leigh Johnson
as Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
as Emily
as Vicki
as Mary Blalock
as Delia Byrd
as Batwoman (voice)
as Mae
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Natalie
as Quinn Coleman
as Shelly Soomky Brady
as Halley
as Self
as Delia Shunt
as Rachel Seelig
as Self
as Olivia
as Claire Kelsky
as Felicia E. Potter
as Helena Greene
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Elizabeth Cole
as Lace Pennamin
as Self - Guest
as Bevan
as Emma Rae King
as Blanche
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Julia
as Nina Eberlin
as Linda Powell
as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
as Sam
as Ruth Bridge
as Donna
as Prostituierte Drifter
as Self
as Carol
as Lillian Salo
as Tess Brock
as Cindy Eller
as Dora Johnson
as Halina
as Sarah MacPhail
as Cindy Eller
as Rose White
as Self
as Self - Presenter