Biography
Kyra Sedgwick is an award-winning actress, producer and director. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. In 2018, Sedgwick received a DGA nomination for her directorial debut with the feature STORY OF A GIRL, the film premiered last summer at the LA Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival followed by its TV premiere on Lifetime. Her film roles include Something to Talk About (1995), Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cameron Crowe’s Singles (1992), Heart and Souls (1992), Phenomenon (1996), What’s Cooking (2000), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Game Plan (2007), and The Possession (2012). She also has one of the starring roles in the critically acclaimed 2016 comedy-drama movie The Edge of Seventeen. Sedgwick is also known for her recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the successful sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
Biography
Kyra Sedgwick is an award-winning actress, producer and director. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. In 2018, Sedgwick received a DGA nomination for her directorial debut with the feature STORY OF A GIRL, the film premiered last summer at the LA Film Festival and Edinburgh Film Festival followed by its TV premiere on Lifetime. Her film roles include Something to Talk About (1995), Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Cameron Crowe’s Singles (1992), Heart and Souls (1992), Phenomenon (1996), What’s Cooking (2000), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Game Plan (2007), and The Possession (2012). She also has one of the starring roles in the critically acclaimed 2016 comedy-drama movie The Edge of Seventeen. Sedgwick is also known for her recurring role as Madeline Wuntch on the successful sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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