Detective Irene Daniels is a fictional character featured in
TNT
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's television police drama series ''
The Closer
''The Closer'' is an Television in the United States, American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator o ...
'', portrayed by
Gina Ravera
Gina Ravera is an American actress. She has appeared in the films ''Showgirls'' (1995), ''Soul Food'' (1997), '' Kiss the Girls'' (1997), and ''The Great Debaters'' (2007). She co-starred as detective Irene Daniels in the TNT crime drama series ' ...
. For seasons 1 through 4, Daniels is a Detective on the
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...
's Priority Homicide Department.
While her character is usually not in the foreground through an entire episode, Daniels is a very strong woman who can relate to the families of victims. She is extremely intelligent, hard-working, and has a sharp sense of humor. Her good looks get her more on-the-job attention than she sometimes wants. She never hesitates to put the detectives in their place when they attempt to flirt with her – except for Sgt.
David Gabriel
Detective Sergeant David Gabriel is a fictional character featured in TNT's ''The Closer'', portrayed by Corey Reynolds. Gabriel was a Sergeant in the Los Angeles Police Department's ( LAPD) Priority Homicide Division. He was promoted to Detecti ...
, with the two of them dating for a time. Even in that case, they avoid being flirtatious in public so as to avoid attention to their relationship from their superiors.
The friction caused by the breakup between Daniels and Gabriel grows stronger throughout season 4. During the season finale "Double Blind,"
Lt. Provenza orders that either she or Gabriel apply to the Criminal Investigation division, to save the squad from their drama. They both apply, though Chief
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick) is a fictional character and the main protagonist featured in TNT's ''The Closer''. She heads the Major Crimes Division (formerly the Priority Homicide Division) of the Los Angeles ...
is unaware of it. At the start of the 5th season, Daniels transfers to another division.
Fictional Los Angeles Police Department detectives
The Closer characters
Television characters introduced in 2005
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