Kyra Sedgwick
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| Kyra Sedgwick | |
| Birth name | Kyra Sedgwick |
| Born | August 19, 1965 (age 41) New York City, New York,  United States |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin Bacon (September 4, 1988 - present) 2 children |
| Notable roles | Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in The Closer |
| Golden Globe Awards | |
|---|---|
| Best Actress in a Television Drama Series 2007 The Closer - Brenda Johnson | |
Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. In 2007, Sedgwick won Best Actress for lead role in a dramatic TV series at the Golden Globes for her role in The Closer.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Sedgwick was born in New York, New York, to Henry Dwight Sedgwick V and Patricia Rosenwald.[1] She is a great-granddaughter of Endicott Peabody, the founder of the Groton School, a niece of the writer John Sedgwick, and also a cousin of Edie Sedgwick, a star of Andy Warhol's early films. Sedgwick's father was an Episcopalian and her mother was Jewish. Kyra considers herself Jewish,[2] and she starred in the Emmy Award-winning [3] 1992 made-for-TV film Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity. A 1996 interview referred to her as "an all-American Jewish WASP actress".[4] Sedgwick graduated from the University of Southern California.
[edit] Career
Sedgwick made her debut on the television soap opera Another World at the age of sixteen. During the 1990s, she appeared in several minor Hollywood movies, such as Something to Talk About (1995) and Phenomenon, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta's character. Sedgwick is currently living in California, filming her TV series, The Closer, for which she receives roughly US$300,000 per episode[5] (January, 2007). On 2007-01-15, she received a Golden Globe award for her performance as lead actress in that series.
[edit] Personal life
Sedgwick and her husband, Kevin Bacon, live on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They were married on September 3, 1988, and they have two children, Travis Bacon (born 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992).
[edit] Quotes
- (quoted in Woman's World) "It's an unattainable goal to be good at everything."
- "Confession is good for the soul." (as Brenda Leigh Johnson in The Closer)
- (about her diversity of roles) "I think I'm lucky in the sense that I don't have the kind of stardom that makes it difficult for people to swallow me in different settings."
- "I don't own a lot of mirrors, I'm more concerned with what's inside. As the mother of a girl, it is an important message."
- "Everyone makes a difference, you don't deserve a place on this earth unless you take responsibility for it and its future."
[edit] Selected filmography
- Another World (1964-1999) (TV Series), Julia Shearer #1 (1982-1983)
- Amazing Stories (1986), Dora Johnson
- Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Donna (Ron's girlfriend)
- Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990)
- Singles (1992), Linda Powell
- Heart and Souls (1993), Julia
- Murder in the First (1995), Blanche, Hooker
- Phenomenon (1996), Lace Pennamin
- What's Cooking? (2000), Rachel Seelig
- Secondhand Lions (2003), Mae
- Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003), (voice of Batwoman)
- Cavedweller (2004), Delia Byrd (nominated for Independent Spirit Award: Best Female Lead)
- The Woodsman (2004), Vickie
- The Closer (TV series) (2005-)
