Kyra Sedgwick Profile
| Full Name: | Kyra Sedgwick - Contact Kyra Sedgwick |
| Birth Name: | Kyra Sedgwick |
| Famous As: | Actress |
| Date of Birth: | August 19, 1965 |
| Place of Birth: | New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Brother(s): | Rob Sedgwick (actor, younger) |
| Spouse: | Kevin Bacon (since September 4, 1988) |
| Son(s): | Travis Bacon (b. June 1989) |
| Daughter(s): | Sosie Ruth (b. March 1992) |
| Education: | Graduated from University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, majored in theater |
| Claim to Fame: | As Donna in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) |
Kyra Sedgwick News and Gossip
Hollywood Reporter - Found Nov. 23, 2008 ... for 'Mad Men,' two-time winner Hugh Laurie for 'House,' Michael C. Hall for 'Dexter,' 2007 winner Kyra Sedgwick for 'The Closer,' Katey Sagal...
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Business World - Found Sep. 25, 2008 45 Staying In Just a Minute: Kyra Sedgwick of The Closer LOS ANGELES ? Kyra Sedgwick has enjoyed a long career in Hollywood since her first...
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Palm Beach Interactive - Found Sep. 19, 2008 Ms. Jada joins Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) and Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) in what's becoming a long line of dramas featuring women (and former...
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Yahoo! Shine - Found Aug. 29, 2008 Today, we celebrate Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick and the high-fashion, though completely accessible, look of her character in this season...
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Variety - Found 20 hours ago Globes are rare in honoring at least a few case-driven actors, notably Hugh Laurie of 'House' and Kyra Sedgwick of 'The Closer' two years back.
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Variety - Found 23 hours ago Globes are rare in honoring at least a few case-driven actors, notably Hugh Laurie of 'House' and Kyra Sedgwick of 'The Closer' two years back.
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Louisville Courier-Journal - Found Nov. 28, 2008 Dennis Haysbert, Alfre Woodard, Joan Chen, Mercedes Ruehl, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Kyra Sedgwick and Julianna Margulies co-star.
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Tampa Tribune - Found Nov. 27, 2008 Kyra Sedgwick's tour de force 'The Closer' runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on TNT; and reruns of 'Cold Case File' play from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on A&E.
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Red Carpet Fashion Awards - Found Nov. 23, 2008 2008 Jamie King in Jason Wu Fall 2008 Maria Sharapova in Richard Chai Resort 2009 dress. Kyra Sedgwick in Bottega Veneta Fall 2008...
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick1 (born August 19, 1965)2 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.
Biography
Early life
Sedgwick was born in New York City, the daughter of Patricia (née Rosenwald), a speech teacher and educational/family therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist.134 On her father's side, she is a descendant of Judge Theodore Sedgwick; Endicott Peabody, the founder of the Groton School; William Ellery, signer of the Declaration of Independence; the Reverend John Lathrop; and Governor Thomas Dudley; as well as first cousin once removed of Edie Sedgwick, a star of Andy Warhol's early films, niece of the writer John Sedgwick, sister of actor Robert Sedgwick and half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern.5 Her parents separated when she was three and divorced when she was six; her mother subsequently re-married to Ben Heller, an art dealer.61 Sedgwick's father was Episcopalian of English heritage, and her mother was Jewish. Sedgwick identifies her family and herself as Jewish;78 A 1996 interview referred to her as "an all-American Jewish WASP actress", but Sedgwick said in the article that she and her family do not participate in any specific religious activities for any faith except for attending some Passover seders.9 Sedgwick graduated from the Friends Seminary and attended Sarah Lawrence College.1 She transferred from Sarah Lawrence to the University of Southern California, graduating with a theater degree.
Career
Sedgwick made her debut on the television soap opera Another World at the age of sixteen. During the 1990s, she appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as Something to Talk About (1995) and Phenomenon, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta's character.6 She starred in the Emmy Award-winning 1992 made-for-TV film Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity.10 She played the part of Stella Peck in the 2007 film, The Game Plan.
As of 2005[update], Sedgwick stars in the television series, The Closer, for which she receives roughly US $300,000 per episode.11 On 2007-01-15, she received a Golden Globe award for her performance as lead actress in that series. She also has been nominated for several awards for that role.
Personal life
Sedgwick married Kevin Bacon on September 4, 1988. They have two children, Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992).12 She is also the aunt of singer/songwriter Justin Nozuka.
Awards and nominations
Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Satellite Awards
- 2005 Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer
- 2006 Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer
Gracie Allen Awards
- 2006 Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
- 2008 nomination for outstanding lead actress in a drama series The Closer
- 2006 nomination for outstanding lead actress in a drama series The Closer
- 2007 nomination for outstanding lead actress in a drama series The Closer
Filmography
Film and video
Television roles
- The Closer (58 episodes, 2005-2008) .... Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson and also Co-Executive Producer (20 episodes)
- Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV) .... Mary Blalock
- Cavedweller (2004) (TV) .... Delia Byrd and also Executive Producer
- The Woodsman (2004) .... Vicki
- Film Trix 2004 (2004) .... Herself
- The Another World Reunion (2003) (TV) .... Julia Shearer archive footage
- Beauty in a Jar (2003) (TV) .... Narrator (voice)
- Queens Supreme (6 episodes, The House Next Door, The Eyes Have It, Permanent Markers, Things Change, Case by Case and Words That Wound, 2003-2007) .... ADA Quinn Coleman
- 100 Sexiest Artists (2002) (TV) .... Herself and Host
- Stanley (1 episode, Woodpecker Woes/P.U. Pup, 2002) .... Park Ranger (voice)
- Film Trix 2002 (2002) .... Herself
- Door to Door (2002) (TV) .... Shelly Soomky Brady
- Ally McBeal (1 episode, All of Me, 2002) .... Helena Greene
- Hudson's Law (2001) (TV) ....
- American Experience (1 episode, War Letters, 2001) .... Herself and Reader
- Talk to Me (unknown episodes, 2000) .... Janey Munroe
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1998) (TV) .... Countess Olivia
- Losing Chase (1996) (TV) .... Elizabeth Cole and also Executive Producer
- Family Pictures (1993) (TV) .... Nina Eberlin
- Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) .... Rose White
- Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991) (TV) .... Arlene Megeffin
- Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) (TV) .... Arlene
- Pearl River Studios: China's Filmmakers (1989) (TV) .... Herself
- Lemon Sky (1988) (TV) .... Carol
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) (TV) .... Lillian Salo
- The Wide Net (1987) (TV) ....
- Amazing Stories (1 episode, Thanksgiving, 1986) .... Dora Johnson
- Miami Vice (1 episode, Phil the Shill, 1985) .... Sarah MacPhail
- ABC Afterschool Specials (1 episode, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale, 1985) .... Cindy Eller
- Another World (1 episode, 1983) .... Julia Shearer
Award show appearances
Talk show appearances
- Entertainment Tonight (4 episodes, 19 July 2007, 24 September 2007, 8 January 2008 and 28 January 2008, 2007-2008)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 episode, 26 September 2007, 2007)
- Race to the Emmys (2007) (V)
- Late Show with David Letterman (2 episodes, 7 June 2006 and 12 June 2007, 2006-2007)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2 episodes, ... and 6 August 2007, 2006-2007)
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2 episodes, 20 July 2005 and 24 July 2006, 2005-2006)
- Sunday Morning Shootout (1 episode, 2005)
- The View (4 episodes, 13 January 2005, 9 June 2005, 4 December 2006 and 18 June 2007, 2005-2007)
- Live with Regis and Kathie Lee (5 episodes, 6 December 2004, 18 August 2005, 13 June 2007, 5 October 2007 and 8 July 2008, 2004-2008)
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (1 episode, 13 October 2004, 2004)
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 episode, 12 October 2004, 2004)
- The Howard Stern Radio Show (2 episodes, 6 May 2000 and 9 December 2000, 2000)
- Howard Stern (3 episodes, 7 October 1997, 16 May 2000 and 11 December 2000, 1997-2000)
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (4 episodes, 12 August 1996, 26 May 1998, 4 April 2000 and 13 February 2002, 1996-2002)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (3 episodes, 7 April 2000, 14 June 2007 and 9 July 2008, 2000-2008)
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