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In the series, Brenda's parents are Clay and Willie Rae Johnson. Her father was a Captain in the U.S. Army, but is now retired. She graduated from Georgetown University.

The character spent seven years with the Central Intelligence Agency, four years with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD), and 3½ years with the Atlanta Police Department before moving to the LAPD.

During season two, Johnson was established to be 40 years old — making her one year younger (depending on filming date) than Kyra Sedgwick, the actress who portrays her. The relevant episode ('Aftertaste') aired July 3, 2006 and showed her colleague, Special Agent Fritz Howard sending Johnson a huge bouquet of flowers. Another character, Detective Louie Provenza reads the card, "Happy Birthday, You're 40 years young and I Love You".

While living in Washington, D. C., Brenda's character was trained as an interrogator by the CIA. After joining the MPD, she became involved with her married boss, Will Pope. After refusing to leave his wife, Pope broke up with Brenda. However, he later divorced that wife to marry his next wife, Estelle. During this time, Brenda also met Fritz Howard, an FBI agent then working in D.C. who transferred to Los Angeles 3½ years before the show begins. Thus, Fritz left D.C. for L.A. slightly before Brenda left D.C. for Atlanta. Fritz knew about Brenda and Pope's relationship in D.C.

Brenda Leigh Johnson has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.