Kyra Minturn

 Kyraminturn Sedgwick was conceived on August 19th 1965. She is an American producer and actress. She is best known for her role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (TVN crime drama The Closer). In her role as Johnson, Sedgwick won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. The show ended on the 13, 2012, following the completion of the seventh season. Sedgwick is also well-known for her role in the show as Madeline Wuntch on the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Sedgwick received nominations for an Golden Globe award for her performance in Something to Talk About (1995). Sedgwick's film roles include Oliver Stone's Born to the Fourth of July (1989), Cameron Crowe's singles (1992) as well as Heart and Souls(93), Phenomenon (1996) and What's Cooking (2000) and Secondhand Lions (2003). The Game Plan (2007) and The Possession (2012). Sedgwick is the daughter of Patricia Rosenwald who is an educator therapy for families, a venture capitalist, as well as Henry Dwight Sedgwick VII, a speech therapist. Her mother was Jewish. Her father was Episcopalian who was of English heritage. Sedgwick has stated that she is Jewish and has said she is a part of Passover seders.