Kyra Sedgwick

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Kyra Sedgwick

Sedgwick receiving a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, June 2009
Born Kyra Minturn Sedgwick[1]
August 19, 1965 (1965-08-19) (age 46)
New York City, New York,
United States
Other names Kiko
Occupation Actress
Years active 1982–present
Spouse Kevin Bacon (1988–present; 2 children)

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[2] is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. The series will end in Summer 2012, following the completion of its seventh season.[3]

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[edit] 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.[1][4][5] Her father was Episcopalian and of English heritage, and her mother was Jewish.[6] On her father's side, she is a descendant of Judge Theodore Sedgwick, Endicott Peabody (the founder of the Groton School), William Ellery (a signer of the Declaration of Independence), John Lathrop (American minister) (1740–1816), of Boston, Mass and Ellery Sedgwick, owner / editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Sedgwick is also the first cousin once removed of actress Edie Sedgwick, a niece of the writer John Sedgwick, a sister of actor Robert Sedgwick, and half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern.[7]

Sedgwick's parents separated when she was four and divorced when she was six; her mother subsequently re-married to Ben Heller, an art dealer.[1][8] Sedgwick graduated from Friends Seminary and attended Sarah Lawrence College.[1] She transferred from Sarah Lawrence to the University of Southern California, graduating with a theater degree.

[edit] Career

At the age of 16, Sedgwick made her debut on the television soap opera Another World. During the 1990s, she appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as Singles (1992), Something to Talk About (1995) and Phenomenon, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta's character.[8] She starred in the Emmy Award[9]-winning 1992 made-for-TV film Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity.[10] She played the parts of Mae Coleman in 2003's Secondhand Lions and Stella Peck in the 2007 film, The Game Plan. She also starred alongside her husband Kevin Bacon in the 2004 film The Woodsman. In the animated movie Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, she dubbed the voices of Kelly Ripa, Elisa Gabrielli, and Kimberly Brooks as Batwoman.

Since 2005, Sedgwick has starred in the television series, The Closer. In 2007, she began earning roughly US$300,000 per episode.[11] Over the life of the series, she was nominated for and won several awards for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. She received a Golden Globe award in 2007 for her performance as lead actress, and won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010.

The Closer will end in the summer of 2012,[12] following the completion of its seventh season; the series's broadcaster, TNT, said that the decision to retire the series was made by Sedgwick.[3]

In 2009, Sedgwick was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television.[13]

[edit] Personal life

Sedgwick married actor Kevin Bacon on September 4, 1988.[1] They have two children, Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992).[14] She is also the aunt of R&B/pop singer George Nozuka and his younger singer/songwriter brother Justin Nozuka (their mother is Sedgwick's half-sister). Sedgwick has identified herself as Jewish,[15][16] and also stated that she does not participate in any specific religious activities for any faith except for attending some Passover seders.[17] Sedgwick learned in 2011 via her appearance on the TV show Who Do You Think You Are? that she and Bacon are 10th cousins, once removed.[18][19]

[edit] Awards and nominations

Until 2011, Sedgwick had made television history, being the only female actor in history to be nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award every year that her show aired in the eligibility period. However, that came to an end in 2011 when Sedgwick failed to receive a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2011 Emmy Awards.

year group award status notes
2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer Won For Episode Maternal Instincts
2006 Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Drama The Closer Won
2005 Satellite Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Won
2006 Satellite Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Won
2009 People's Choice Awards Favorite TV Drama Diva The Closer Won
2006 Gracie Allen Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Won
2006 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated For Episode Fantasy Date
2007 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated For Episode Slippin
2008 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated For Episode Manhunt
2009 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated For Episode Cherry Bomb
2006 Television Critics Association Awards Individual Achievement in Drama The Closer Nominated
1993 Golden Globe Awards 53rd Golden Globe Awards

Best Actress in a Miniseries Or Motion Picture Made for TV

 Nominated Miss Rose White
1995 Golden Globe Awards 53rd Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Nominated Something to Talk About
2005 Golden Globe Awards 63rd Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer Nominated
2006 Golden Globe Awards 64th Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer Nominated
2007 Golden Globe Awards 65th Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer Nominated
2008 Golden Globe Awards 66th Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer Nominated
2009 Golden Globe Awards 67th Golden Globe Awards Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer Nominated
2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated
2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards 12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer Nominated Shared with the regular cast
2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer Nominated
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer Nominated
2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer Nominated Shared with the regular cast
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer Nominated
2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer Nominated Shared with the regular cast
2005 Satellite Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Nominated
2007 Satellite Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Nominated
2008 Satellite Awards Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer Nominated
1994 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated Heart and Souls
2007 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Television The Closer Nominated
2008 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Television The Closer Nominated
2009 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Television The Closer Nominated
2010 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Television The Closer Nominated
2011 Saturn Awards Best Actress in Television The Closer Nominated

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film and video

[edit] Television roles

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Kyra M. Sedgwick And Kevin Bacon, Actors, Engaged". The New York Times. April 3, 1988. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1DB133FF930A35757C0A96E948260. Retrieved May 7, 2010. 
  2. ^ SEDGWICK.ORG - Sedgwick Genealogy Worldwide
  3. ^ a b "Kyra Sedgwick calls time on The Closer". The Spy Report (Media Spy). December 11, 2010. http://www.mediaspy.org/report/2010/12/12/us-kyra-sedgwick-calls-time-on-the-closer/. Retrieved December 12, 2010. 
  4. ^ Kyra Sedgwick Biography (1965-)
  5. ^ Sedgwick Genealogy Worldwide
  6. ^ Scott, Walter (1993-05-30). "Personality Parade". Deseret News. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Vx0PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4IQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5046,6604793&dq=kyra-and-edith-minturn. Retrieved 2009-09-11. 
  7. ^ Famous Sedgwicks
  8. ^ a b Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio, 2007
  9. ^ Kyra Sedgwick Emmy Award Winner
  10. ^ Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) - Awards
  11. ^ Serpe, Gina (2007-01-26). "Hargitay & Meloni's $VU". E!Online.com. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=dad34051-20ae-46e0-b75b-f5fca69c432d. Retrieved 2007-01-26. 
  12. ^ http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/30/the-closer-final-season/
  13. ^ http://hollywoodchamber.net/icons/walk_of_fame.asp
  14. ^ http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=1014399
  15. ^ Interfaith Celebrities Kyra Sedgwick Baseballs Braun-y Interfait - InterfaithFamily.com
  16. ^ j. "Book shines light on the private life of Jewish stars"
  17. ^ Find Articles - Kyra Sedgwick - Interview
  18. ^ Powers, Lindsay (2011-07-15). "Kyra Sedgwick Finds Out She's Related to Husband Kevin Bacon on TV Show (Video) - Hollywood Reporter". hollywoodreporter.com. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kyra-sedgwick-related-kevin-bacon-211771. Retrieved July 15, 2011. 
  19. ^ Smolenyak, Megan (2011-07-18). "6 Degrees of Separation: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Are Cousins". Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/6-degrees-of-separation-k_b_900707.html. Retrieved July 29, 2011. 

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