Penny Johnson Jerald (born March 14, 1961, height 5' 5" (1,65 m) ) is an American actress. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox action/drama series 24 and Captain Victoria "Iron" Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle.

Filmography

• 2025BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions — Shirley Graham Du Bois
• 2025Good Fortune — Elena’s Mom
• ted — Principal Bernard
• 2020Celeste's Dreams — Penelope
• 2019The Lion King — Sarafina (voice)
• 2017Media — Jackie Johnson
• 2017Parker's Anchor — Laurie
• The Orville — Dr. Claire Finn
• 2015Justice League: Gods and Monsters — President Waller (voice)
• Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles — Amanda Waller (voice)
• Castle — Victoria Gates
• October Road
• The Path to 9/11
• Bones — Rachel Adams
• The 4400 — Rebecca Parrish
• 2003DC 9/11: Time of Crisis — Condoleezza Rice
• Eve — Beverly Williams
• NCIS — Joanne Torrence
• 24 — Sherry Palmer
• Citizen Baines — Denise Willis
• 2000Deliberate Intent — Laura Harmon
• 2000The Color of Friendship — Roscoe Dellums
• Family Law — Christine Webber
• 1999The Test of Love — Hope
• 1998Krippendorf's Tribe — Teacher
• 1997Absolute Power — Laura Simon
• The Gregory Hines Show
• The Practice — Atty. Laura Garrett
• Cosby
• 1996Death Benefit — Sylvia Guzman
• 1996The Road to Galveston — Laney Roosevelt
• 1995Automatic — Julia Rodriguez
• 1995Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - The Way of the Warrior — Cassidy Yates
• ER — Lynette Evans
• 1994Fear of a Black Hat — Re-Re
• 1994Molly and Gina — Maria
• Touched by an Angel — Eleanor Hunter
• 1993Class of '61 — Lavinia
• 1993Empty Cradle — Gail Huddle
• Frasier — Carol
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Kasidy Yates, Kasidy Yates / Cassie
• The X-Files — Dr. Hellura Lyle
• 1993What's Love Got to Do with It — Lorraine Taylor
• The Larry Sanders Show — Beverly Barnes
• 1990Goin' to Chicago
• 1990Kaleidoscope — Paula
• Law & Order — Ms. Booker
• 1990Night Visions — Luanne
• Coach — Susan Birch
• 1989Savannah — Savannah/Whitney
• Freddy's Nightmares — Elaine Alamo
• She's the Sheriff — Dorothy Wiggins
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Dobara
• Tour of Duty — Jan Hudson
• GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• 1985The Hills Have Eyes Part 2 — Sue
• 1984Swing Shift — Genevieve
• 1984The Impostor — Michelle
• 1983The Grand Baby — Betty
• American Playhouse — Jill Hatch
• T. J. Hooker — Lisa Cody
• Hill Street Blues
• The Paper Chase — Vivian Conway
• The Jeffersons
• Columbo — Maxine Jarrett
• Jacob Beats Up Nate — Pauletta Mann

Appearances as themselves (4)

• The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling — Self
• 2018What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Self
• Celebrity Ghost Stories — Self
• The View — Self