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
[edit]| 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 |
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Television
[edit]| 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] |
| † | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kyra Sedgwick". GoldenGlobes.com. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ Appelo, Tim (June 21, 2011). "Emmys Rematch: Kyra Sedgwick vs. Julianna Margulies". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ "Bad Shabbos". Tribeca Festival. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ DeGrushe, Allison (November 23, 2022). "Where Does 'The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special' Fit in the MCU Timeline?". Distractify. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ^ 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.