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List of Kyra Sedgwick performances

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Kyra Sedgwick is an American actress, producer and director. Her career begin when she played Julia Shearer in the soap opera Another World from 1982 to 1983. Her first film was the 1985 drama film War and Love in which she starred. Her other roles in the late 1980s included Tai-Pan (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). During the 1990s, she co-starred in the films Singles opposite Campbell Scott (1992), Heart and Souls with Robert Downey Jr. (1993), Something to Talk About with Julia Roberts and Robert Duvall (1995), Phenomenon with John Travolta and again with Robert Duvall (1996), and Montana with Stanley Tucci (1998).

In the 2000s, Sedgwick appeared in the films What's Cooking? (2000), Secondhand Lions, her third collaboration with Robert Duvall (2003) and Loverboy which she also produced and was directed by her husband Kevin Bacon (2005). In 2005, she was cast in the role of Brenda Leigh Johnson in the TNT police procedural series The Closer. She would play that role until the series ended in 2012. The role earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Series Drama (2007) and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (2010).[1][2] During that time she also appeared in the films The Game Plan (2007), Gamer (2009), and Man on a Ledge (2012).

Sedgwick's other television credits include Talk to Me (2000), Queens Supreme (2003), as Madeline Wuntch in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2014–2020), Ten Days in the Valley (2017–2018), and Call Your Mother (2021).

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1985 War and Love Halina
1986 Tai-Pan Tess Brock
1988 Kansas Prostitute drifter
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Donna
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge Ruth Bridge
1991 Pyrates Sam
1992 Singles Linda Powell
Oliver Stone: Inside Out Herself
1993 Heart and Souls Julia
1995 Murder in the First Blanche
Something to Talk About Emma Rae King
The Low Life Bevan
1996 Phenomenon Lace Pennamin
1997 Critical Care Felicia Potter
1998 Montana Claire Kelsky Also associate producer
2000 Labor Pains Sarah Raymond
What's Cooking? Rachel Seelig
Conversations with Jon Turteltaub Herself
2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Delia Shunt
Just a Kiss Halley
2003 Secondhand Lions Mae
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Batwoman Voice role
Behind the Red Door Natalie Haddad
Imelda N/A Producer only
2004 The Woodsman Vicki
Something the Lord Made Mary Blalock
Cavedweller Delia Byrd Also executive producer
2005 Loverboy Emily Stoll Also producer
2007 The Game Plan Stella Peck
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier Lois Lane Voice role
2009 Gamer Gina Parker Smith
2012 Man on a Ledge Suzie Morales
The Possession Stephanie Brenek
2013 Kill Your Darlings Marian Carr Uncredited
Chlorine Georgie
2014 The Humbling Louise Trenner
Reach Me Colette
Big Sky Dee
The Road Within Dr. Mia Rose
2015 1 Chisper Stephanie
Cop Car Dispatcher Mary Allen
2016 The Edge of Seventeen Mona
2017 Submission Sherrie Swenson
2018 After Darkness Georgina Beaty Also executive producer
2019 Villains Gloria
Endings, Beginnings Ingrid
2022 Space Oddity N/A Director and Producer only
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe N/A Producer only
2024 Bad Shabbos Ellen [3]
TBA Carolina Caroline TBA Filming
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Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1982–1983 Another World Julia Shearer Series regular (16 episodes)
1985 ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Eller Episode: "Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale"
Miami Vice Sarah MacPhail Episode: "Phil the Shill"
1986 Amazing Stories Dora Johnson Episode: "Thanksgiving"
1988 Lemon Sky Carol Television film
1990 Women & Men: Stories of Seduction Arlene
1991 Women & Men 2 Arlene Megeffin
1992 Miss Rose White Rose White
1993 Family Pictures Nina Eberlin
1996 Losing Chase Elizabeth Cole TV film; also executive producer
2000 Talk to Me Janey Munroe 3 episodes; also co-executive producer for episode: "About Taking It Like a Man"
2001 American Experience Herself Episode: "War Letters"
2002 Ally McBeal Helena Greene Episode: "All of Me"
Stanley Park Ranger Episode: "P.U. Pup"
The Greatest Herself Episode: "100 Sexiest Artists"
Door to Door Shelly Soentpiet Brady Television film
2003 Queens Supreme ADA Quinn Coleman 6 episodes
2004 Something the Lord Made Mary Blalock Television film
2005–2012 The Closer Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson Main role (109 episodes)
2010 Sesame Street Camouflage Carla Episode: "The Camouflage Challenge"
2014–2020 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch Recurring role (12 episodes)
2015 Proof N/A Executive producer only (10 episodes)
2017–2018 Ten Days in the Valley Jane Sadler Series regular (10 episodes); also executive producer
2017 Story of a Girl N/A TV film; director and producer only
2019 Ray Donovan Director only; episode: "The Transfer Agent
God Friended Me Director only; episode: "The Road to Damascus"
Corporate Mrs. Cowboy Episode: "The Expense Report"
Grace and Frankie N/A Director only; episode: "The Aide"
Girls Weekend Director only; TV film
In the Dark Director only; episode: "Jessica Rabbit"
City on a Hill Director only; episode: "There Are No Fucking Sides"
2020 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Director only; episode #139: "Dillman"
2021 Call Your Mother Jean Raines Main role (13 episodes); also co-executive producer
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special Herself Voice cameo; television special [4]
2023 The Summer I Turned Pretty Julia Series regular (season 2) [5]
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References

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  1. ^ "Kyra Sedgwick". GoldenGlobes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Appelo, Tim (June 21, 2011). "Emmys Rematch: Kyra Sedgwick vs. Julianna Margulies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bad Shabbos". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  4. ^ DeGrushe, Allison (November 23, 2022). "Where Does 'The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special' Fit in the MCU Timeline?". Distractify. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  5. ^ Woerner, Meredith (June 29, 2023). "'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Trailer Previews Taylor Swift's 'Back to December (Taylor's Version)'". Variety. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
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