--- name: "Kyra Sedgwick" canonical: "https://film.one/person/kyra-sedgwick" roles: ["Director"] born: "19 August 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T18:59:25.132819+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Kyra Sedgwick Director. Born 19 August 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 19 August 1965, New York City, New York, USA - **Also known as:** Kyra Minturn Sedgwick, 카이라 세드윅 - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyra_Sedgwick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001718/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26467 ## Coming up - *Family Movie* (2027-04-23), Ellen ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Kyra Sedgwick is an American actress, director and producer. Born in New York City on 19 August 1965, she trained at the University of Southern California and began acting in the early 1980s. She is best known for her leading role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the TNT series *The Closer* (2005–2012), for which she received a Golden Globe and an Emmy. Sedgwick has also directed episodes of *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (including the 2020 episode 'Dillman'), *Ray Donovan* and other series, and made her feature directorial debut with *Space Oddity* (2022). She is married to actor Kevin Bacon. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Family Movie* (2027), Ellen, Director, Producer - *Carolina Caroline* (2026), as Deborah - *The Ark* (2025), as Narrator (voice), Executive Producer - *Sweetwater* (2025), as Sharon - *The Best You Can* (2025), as Cynthia Rand, Producer - *Bad Shabbos* (2025), as Ellen - *The Girls on the Bus* (2024), series, Director - *Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe* (2023), Producer - *Space Oddity* (2023), Director, Producer - *The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special* (2022), as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) - *The Summer I Turned Pretty* (2022), series, as Julia - *Call Your Mother* (2021), series, as Jean Raines - *Endings, Beginnings* (2020), as Ingrid - *Villains* (2019), as Gloria - *City on a Hill* (2019), series, Director - *In the Dark* (2019), series, Director - *Girls Weekend* (2019), Director - *After Darkness* (2019), as Georgina Beaty, Executive Producer - *God Friended Me* (2018), series, Director - *Submission* (2018), as Sherrie Swenson - *Ten Days in the Valley* (2017), series, as Jane Sadler - *Story of a Girl* (2017), Producer, Director - *The Edge of Seventeen* (2016), as Mona Franklin - *Time Out of Mind* (2015), as Karen / Fake Sheila - *Big Sky* (2015), as Dee - *Cop Car* (2015), as Dispatch - *Proof* (2015), series, Executive Producer - *Grace and Frankie* (2015), series, Director - *The Humbling* (2014), as Louise Trenner - *The Road Within* (2014), as Dr. Mia Rose - *Reach Me* (2014), as Colette - *Kill Your Darlings* (2013), as Marian Carr (uncredited) - *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, Madeline Wuntch, Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) - *Ray Donovan* (2013), series, Director - *Chlorine* (2013), as Georgie Lent - *The Possession* (2012), as Stephanie Brenek - *Python Legs!* (2012), Acting - *Man on a Ledge* (2012), as Suzie Morales - *Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures* (2011), Acting - *Work of Art: The Next Great Artist* (2010), series, Acting - *Gamer* (2009), as Gina Parker Smith - *Justice League: The New Frontier* (2008), as Lois Lane (voice) - *The Game Plan* (2007), as Stella Peck - *The Closer* (2005), series, as Brenda Leigh Johnson, Executive Producer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer - *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) - *Loverboy* (2005), as Emily, Producer - *The Woodsman* (2004), as Vicki - *Something the Lord Made* (2004), as Mary Blalock - *Cavedweller* (2004), as Delia Byrd, Executive Producer - *Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman* (2003), as Batwoman (voice) - *Secondhand Lions* (2003), as Mae - *Beauty in a Jar* (2003), as Narrator - *Behind the Red Door* (2003), as Natalie - *Queens Supreme* (2003), series, as Quinn Coleman - *Door to Door* (2002), as Shelly Soomky Brady - *Just a Kiss* (2002), as Halley - *Personal Velocity* (2002), as Delia Shunt - *Labor Pains* (2000), as Sarah Raymond - *Talk to Me* (2000), series, as Janey Munroe - *What's Cooking?* (2000), as Rachel Seelig - *Confronting the Crisis: Childcare in America* (1999), as Host - *Twelfth Night* (1998), as Olivia - *Montana* (1998), as Claire Kelsky, Associate Producer - *Critical Care* (1997), as Felicia E. Potter - *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Helena Greene - *Losing Chase* (1996), as Elizabeth Cole, Executive Producer - *Phenomenon* (1996), as Lace Pennamin - *The Low Life* (1995), as Bevan - *Something to Talk About* (1995), as Emma Rae King - *Murder in the First* (1995), as Blanche - *Heart and Souls* (1993), as Julia - *Family Pictures* (1993), series, as Nina Eberlin - *Singles* (1992), as Linda Powell - *Miss Rose White* (1992), as Reyzel Weiss/Rose White - *Pyrates* (1991), as Sam - *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), as Arlene Megeffin (segment 'Return to Kansas City') - *Mr. & Mrs. Bridge* (1990), as Ruth Bridge - *Born on the Fourth of July* (1989), as Donna - *Kansas* (1988), as Prostituierte Drifter - *Lemon Sky* (1988), as Carol - *The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains* (1987), as Lillian Salo - *Tai-Pan* (1986), as Tess Brock - *Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale* (1985), as Cindy Eller - *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Dora Johnson - *War and Love* (1985), as Halina - *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Sarah MacPhail — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md) - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Hazel Wallace, Carol - *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Cindy Eller - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Rose White - *The Challenger*, series, Executive Producer - *Happy*, Acting - *Zapata, Texas*, series, Creator ## Gallery - ![Kyra Sedgwick](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-896b57b0b938.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Kyra_Sedgwick_The_Best_You_Can-38_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Kyra_Sedgwick_The_Best_You_Can-38_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - !["On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-0372c7208980.jpg) "On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019) — Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60035_%2849179333823%29.jpg/1280px-2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60035_%2849179333823%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - !["On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-82e447810611.jpg) "On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019) — Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60036_%2849179826581%29.jpg/1280px-2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60036_%2849179826581%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - !["On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-4154891fa6dd.jpg) "On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019) — Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60037_%2849179336898%29.jpg/1280px-2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60037_%2849179336898%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kyra Sedgwick](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-c14fdab0efec.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick — Image via TMDB - ![Kyra Sedgwick](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-d106aba49b82.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick — Image via TMDB - ![Kyra Sedgwick](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-500e4f3ab88c.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick — Image via TMDB - !["On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-189ea4fb9d0e.jpg) "On December 6th, we’re going to shut down business-as-usual for the financial institutions that profit off of the climate crisis and immigrant detention. Meet (2019) — Ted Eytan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60038_%2849179338148%29.jpg/1280px-2019.12.06_Fire_Drill_Fridays%2C_Washington%2C_DC_USA_340_60038_%2849179338148%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Cast and Crew of The Best You Can at the 2025 Tribeca Festival](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-f508c53c7714.jpg) Cast and Crew of The Best You Can at the 2025 Tribeca Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Cast_and_Crew_of_The_Best_You_Can-46.jpg/1280px-Cast_and_Crew_of_The_Best_You_Can-46.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Kyra Sedgwick](https://film.one/media/person/971610/gallery-5be3031e5063.jpg) Kyra Sedgwick — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won - 2010: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *The Closer* ### Other awards — 2 won - star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 2009: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won) - Theatre World Award 1989: Theatre World Award (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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