Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson

Brenda Leigh Johnson
First appearance	"Pilot"
Last appearance	"The Last Word"
Created by	James Duff
Portrayed by	Kyra Sedgwick
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Gender	Female
Occupation	LAPD Deputy Chief
Family	Willie Rae Johnson (mother; deceased) Clay Johnson (father)
Spouse(s)	Unnamed husband (divorced) Fritz Howard (m. 2009)
Relatives	Charlene "Charlie" Johnson (niece)

Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick) is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer. She heads the Major Crimes Division (formerly the Priority Homicide Division) of the Los Angeles Police Department. She is portrayed as an intelligent, determined, exacting woman. The character has a tendency to offend coworkers and other people involved in her cases but is skilled at determining the facts of a crime, compelling confessions, and closing cases. Thus, she is "a closer".

For portraying Brenda, Sedgwick earned seven consecutive nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (winning once), five consecutive nominations for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (winning once), and seven consecutive nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series.

Brenda's parents are Clay and Willie Rae Johnson. Her father was a career officer in the U.S. Air Force, now retired.

Brenda graduated from Georgetown University. She spent seven years with the Central Intelligence Agency, four years with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), and three and a half years with the Atlanta Police Department before moving to the LAPD. She grew up traveling from base to base with her father. Her parents were both Southerners who retired to Atlanta.

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