Background
Penny Johnson was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Penny Johnson was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Juilliard School.
She played Beverly Barnes on the Home Box Office 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 American Broadcasting Company comedy-drama series Castle. Jerald began her career with small guest roles, and appeared in Do The Right Thing in 1989, The Paper Chase from 1984 to 1986 and General Hospital in 1986, before she played the title character"s unflappable personal assistant, Beverly Barnes, on The Larry Sanders Show. Throughout the 1990s, Jerald guest starred in many television series such as Parker Lewis Can"t Lose, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Grace Under Fire, Cosby and Family Law.
Following Larry Sanders, Jerald appeared in the 1997 film Absolute Power and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine playing freighter captain Kasidy Yates, the love interest for the series" main character Benjamin Sisko, a recurring role which she played from 1995 to the show"s end in 1999.
She also had a recurring guest role on Emergency as Lynette Evans from 1998 to 1999. Jerald also guest starred on Frasier, The Practice, Touched by an Angel and The X-Files.
Jerald"s most-recognized role came in 2001 when she appeared in the pilot episode of the Kiefer Sutherland-led Fox series, 24, playing Sherry Palmer, the wife of Senator David Palmer. She appeared in all but two of the first season episodes and multiple episodes of the second and third seasons.
In 2003, Jerald played Condoleezza Rice in District of Columbia 9/11: Time of Crisis, a television movie about the September 11 attacks in 2001.
She reprised the role in the miniseries The Path to 9/11, which aired September 10–11, 2006. Jerald also guest-starred on the sitcom Eve, playing Shelly"s mother Beverly in four episodes. She guest starred in three episodes of sci-fi series The 4400 in 2007.
Penny had a recurring role on American Broadcasting Company midseason drama October Road for the 2007-2008 season.
She also had guest appearances on episodes of Tyler Perry"s House of Payne. Jerald joined the cast of American Broadcasting Company"s Castle in its fourth season as the new captain of the 12th Precinct, Victoria "Iron" Gates, replacing Ruben Santiago-Hudson"s deceased character Roy Montgomery as captain of the precinct.