Kyra Sedgwick
Birthday: Born in 1965-08-19 in New York City, New York, USA
Deathday: Alive
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.
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Inside the Actors Studio
Character: Self
James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews....
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character: Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres....
Amazing Stories
Character: Dora Johnson
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors....
The Closer
Character: Brenda Leigh Johnson
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....
Ally McBeal
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Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!...
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC....
Miami Vice
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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....
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind segments that are unrivaled on daytime television, plus spontaneous, hilarious and unpredictable talk....
The View
Character: Self
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View....
The View
Character: Self - Guest
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View....
The Early Show
Character: Self
The Early Show is an American morning television show which was broadcast by CBS from New York City from 1999 to 2012. The program aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday in the Eastern time zone; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones aired the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. The Saturday edition aired live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time as well, but a number of affiliates did not carry it or aired it later on tape-delay. It premie...
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world....
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Character: Self
Samantha Bee breaks up late-night's all-male sausage fest with her nuanced view of political and cultural issues, her sharp interview skills, her repartee with world leaders and, of course, her 10-pound lady balls....
Tamron Hall
Character: Self - Guest
Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she interviews in thorough meaningful and entertaining conversations....
Finding Your Roots
Character: Self
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears....
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Rose White
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, ...
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Stepping into the late-late slot vacated by David Letterman, Conan O'Brien stars in a show that far outdoes its competition in sheer strangeness. Along with the celebrity interviews and musical numbers typical of late-night talk shows, this program make frequent use of odd walk-on characters and frequent "visits" from celebrity guests....
Conan
Character: Self
A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien....
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
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ABC Afterschool Special
Character: Cindy Eller
Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy....
The Emmy Awards
Character: Self
An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences....
E! Live from the Red Carpet
Character: Self
The pre-show to the major award shows that airs on E! Entertainment Television. Live From the Red Carpet covers celebrity arrivals and gets you right up for a first-row seat to see the stars and all the excitement with live coverage of the fashion, flair, glitz and glamour....
The Summer I Turned Pretty
Character: Julia
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 Late Late Show with James Corden
Character: Self - Guest
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden....
Chelsea
Character: Self
It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style....
Ten Days in the Valley
Character: Jane Sadler
Single mother Jane Sadler's life is turned upside down when her young daughter goes missing in the middle of the night. And just like in the controversial police TV show she produces, everything is a mystery, everyone has a secret and no one can be trusted....
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Character: Self
Celebrity contestants compete for a chance to win money for a charity of their choice....
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character: Self
Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well as emerging new talent and everyday people who are beacons of hope in their communities....
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character: Self - Guest
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Te...
RuPaul's Drag Race
Character: Self - Guest Judge
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....
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character: Self - Guest
Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities....
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Madeline Wuntch
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....
RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
Character: Self - Special Guest
The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow....
Sherri
Character: Self - Guest
Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews;...
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show airing weeknights at 12:35 am Eastern/11:35 pm Central on NBC in the United States. The hour-long show premiered on March 2, 2009, and is hosted by actor, comedian and performer Jimmy Fallon, an alumnus of Saturday Night Live. Hip hop/neo soul band The Roots serve as the show's house band, and Steve Higgins is the show's announcer. The third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman, the program origina...
Call Your Mother
Character: Jean Raines
An empty-nester mom wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. She decides her place is with her family and as she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might actually need her more than they thought....
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Born on the Fourth of July
Character: Donna
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for....
Something the Lord Made
Character: Mary Blalock
A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas....
Singles
Character: Linda Powell
A group of young adults in their twenties, who share an apartment in the city of Seattle, ponder on love and face all the challenges of adulthood....
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Character: Batwoman (voice)
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern....
Montana
Character: Claire Kelsky
A seasoned enforcer is given the seemingly routine task of finding the Boss's runaway mistress, Kitty. However Kitty is involved in plans to overthrow the Boss and this routine task gets very complicated....
Murder in the First
Character: Blanche
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars....
Personal Velocity
Character: Delia Shunt
In a series of three vignettes, three women in turn struggle to free themselves from the men who restrict their personal freedom....
Phenomenon
Character: Lace Pennamin
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis....
The Woodsman
Character: Vicki
After twelve years in prison, Walter returns home. His family has abandoned him, save for his brother-in-law. Few know he's a sex offender and pedophile. Walter finds an apartment and is regularly visited by his parole officer. He gets a job at a lumber mill and starts seeing a coworker. Then his new world begins to unravel; as his past becomes known, he strikes up a high-risk friendship with a young girl and realizes that a man loitering near a schoolyard is a child molester prowling for his ne...
Secondhand Lions
Character: Mae
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives....
The Game Plan
Character: Stella Peck
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly, he is tackled by some unexpected news: He has a young daughter, the result of a last fling with his ex-wife. Joe must learn to balance his personal and professional lives with the needs of his child....
Justice League: The New Frontier
Character: Lois Lane (voice)
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to thwart this enemy using the combined strength of their newly formed Justice League?...
Door to Door
Character: Shelly Soomky Brady
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 himsel...
Tai-Pan
Character: Tess Brock
The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market....
Critical Care
Character: Felicia E. Potter
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?...
Just a Kiss
Character: Halley
A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock....
Gamer
Character: Gina Parker Smith
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind....
Man on a Ledge
Character: Suzie Morales
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled....
Something to Talk About
Character: Emma Rae King
Grace King Bichon, who is managing her father's riding-stable, discovers that her husband Eddie is deceiving her with another woman. After confronting him in the middle of the night on the streets of their small home town, she decides to stay at her sister Emma Rae's house for a while to make up her mind. Breaking out of her everyday life, she starts to question the authority of everyone....
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
Character: Cindy Eller
A contemporary remake of "Cinderella"...
Loverboy
Character: Emily
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much....
The Low Life
Character: Bevan
Yale graduate John has come to Hollywood to catch his big break. It hasn't happened yet....
The Possession
Character: Stephanie Brenek
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child....
Behind the Red Door
Character: Natalie
Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so....
Pyrates
Character: Sam
As soon as they meet Ari and Sam get into a pretty passionate - and combustible - relationship. Indeed, the scenes of their rendezvous often seem reminiscent of the Chicago Fire. But the course of true flaming lust never runs true, and as they try to handle their all-consuming passion their two best friends endlessly meet to compare notes on developments....
Cavedweller
Character: Delia Byrd
A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband, from whom she fled years ago....
Losing Chase
Character: Elizabeth Cole
An intimate and turbulent relationship develops between Chase, a woman recovering from a nervous breakdown, and Elizabeth, the caretaker employed to look after her....
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Character: Ruth Bridge
Set during World War II, an upper-class family begins to fall apart due to the conservative nature of the patriarch and the progressive values of his children....
Kill Your Darlings
Character: Marian Carr (uncredited)
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs....
The Humbling
Character: Louise Trenner
Following a breakdown and suicide attempt, an aging actor becomes involved with a much younger woman but soon finds that it's difficult to keep pace with her....
The Road Within
Character: Dr. Mia Rose
A young man with Tourette's Syndrome embarks on a road trip with his recently-deceased mother's ashes....
Chlorine
Character: Georgie Lent
In the town of Copper Canyon, people are cashing in on an economic housing boom, and the local country club is buzzing about the investment opportunity. Once vivacious couple, Roger (Vincent D'Onofrio) and Georgie (Kyra Sedgwick), have settled into a complacent lifestyle of mediocrity where their marriage is falling apart and their children are turning away from them. Nonetheless, the desperately discontent Georgie pushes Roger into finding a way to invest in the market bubble in the hopes that...
Miss Rose White
Character: Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
Two sisters, one a Polish concentration camp survivor, the other safely relocated to America with her father, are reunited in New York in 1947....
Family Pictures
Character: Nina Eberlin
Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she reflects on how the pictures illustrate the nature of families. She begins to tell the story of how her parents discovered their son Randall was autistic and how each reacted to that. Her mother had three more kids, all daughters, "the perfect children." The controversy over that and Randall's treatment pulls the parents apart. It also forces Nina and ...
Goodbye Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character: Self
We rejoice in the best moments, hear from the cast, creatives and celebrity fans, and explore what made it a TV staple....
Big Sky
Character: Dee
Hazel suffers from a crippling case of agoraphobia - so much so that it causes a rift between her and her mother, Dee. They agree that Hazel will go to a treatment facility to help her deal with her fear, transported by a driver and specialty van from the facility. But when two masked gunmen attack them on the desert road, Hazel has to battle her fears so she and her mother can survive....
What's Cooking?
Character: Rachel Seelig
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner....
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Character: Kyra Sedgwick (voice)
On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present....
Cop Car
Character: Dispatch
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride....
Reach Me
Character: Colette
Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach....
The Edge of Seventeen
Character: Mona Franklin
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis....
Lemon Sky
Character: Carol
An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his past may not be as easy as he had hoped...or is it all a dream?...
Bad Shabbos
Character: Ellen
An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental manslaughter gets in the way....
Submission
Character: Sherrie Swenson
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....
After Darkness
Character: Georgina Beaty
As the Sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other....
Kansas
Character: Prostituierte Drifter
A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds himself involved in the robber's plans....
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Character: Lillian Salo
The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes....
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules
Character: Arlene
Three short stories about women & men relationship....
Villains
Character: Gloria
When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find instead is a dark secret, and a sweet-as-pie pair of homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out....
Twelfth Night
Character: Olivia
Ah, summer! School is out, work slows down and passions heat up in the warm summer air. Theatrically speaking, it's the perfect time for a sexy comedy where no one is what, or who, they seem and life is full of romantic possibilities. In other words, the perfect time for William Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, or 'What You Will—’ which Lincoln Center Theater presented in the summer of 1998 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater....
Heart and Souls
Character: Julia
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more....
Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine
Character: Self
A tribute to the life and music of John Prine featuring family and friends sharing memories and songs while raising money for several charitable organizations....
Endings, Beginnings
Character: Ingrid
An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances....
Time Out of Mind
Character: Karen / Fake Sheila
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe and quiet to gather his thoughts. But the streets are relentless and soon, George finds himself teetering on the edge, alone and abandoned....
War and Love
Character: Halina
Jacek, who is Jewish, miraculously manages to survive World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a subplot to Jacek's story, which also involves a love affair with Haling ( Kyra Sedgwick ) and German soldiers' repeated attempts to kill him, is a tale of how young kids in the Warsaw ghetto devise their own method of fighting oppression....
Carolina Caroline
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A young woman who skips her small town — in search of her estranged mother — alongside a charismatic con man on the run from the law. The duo leave a wave of crime and passion behind them as they hustle their way through the Southeast....