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Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[1] 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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Birth name Kyra Sedgwick
Born August 19, 1965 (1965-08-19) (age 41)
New York City, New York
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
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Biography
Early
life
Sedgwick was born in New York, New York, to Henry
Dwight Sedgwick V and Patricia Rosenwald.[2] 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,[3] and she starred in the Emmy Award-winning [4] 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".[5] Sedgwick graduated from the University of Southern California.
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[6] (January, 2007). On
2007-01-15, she received a Golden Globe award for her performance as lead
actress in that series.
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).
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-)
References
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http://www.sedgwick.org/na/families/robert1613/B/4/7/4/2/2/2/6/B4742226-sedgwick-kyra.html
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^ Sedgwick Genealogy Worldwide
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^ j. - Book shines light on the
private life of Jewish stars
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^ [1]
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^ Find Articles - Kyra Sedgwick -
Interview
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^ Serpe, Gina. "Hargitay &
Meloni's $VU", E!Online.com, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-01-26.
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