Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick

Sedgwick receiving a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, June 2009
Born Kyra Minturn Sedgwick[1]
(1965-08-19) August 19, 1965
New York City, New York,
United States
Other names Kiko
Alma mater University of Southern California
Occupation Actress, Producer
Years active 1982–present
Spouse(s) Kevin Bacon (m. 1988)
Children 2

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[2] is an American actress and producer. 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 ended on August 13, 2012, following the completion of its seventh season.

She has appeared in a number of films, including; Born on the Fourth of July, Phenomenon, and Secondhand Lions.

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][3][4] Her father was Episcopalian and of English heritage, and her mother was Jewish.[5] Sedgwick has identified herself as Jewish[6][7] and has stated that she participates in Passover seders.[8]

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, Massachusetts and is the great-granddaughter of Henry Dwight Sedgwick III, and thus the corresponding niece to his brother Ellery Sedgwick, owner/editor (1908-1938) of The Atlantic Monthly. Sedgwick is also a sister of actor Robert Sedgwick, half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern, the first cousin once removed of actress Edie Sedgwick, and a niece of the writer John Sedgwick.[9] She is also the aunt of R&B/pop singer George Nozuka and his younger singer/songwriter brother Justin Nozuka (their mother, Holly, is Sedgwick's half-sister).

Sedgwick's parents separated when she was 4 and divorced when she was 6; her mother subsequently married Ben Heller, an art dealer.[1][10]

Sedgwick graduated from Friends Seminary and attended Sarah Lawrence College[1] before transferring to the University of Southern California, where she graduated with a theater degree.[11]

Career

Sedgwick made her debut at the age of 16 on the television soap opera Another World. In 1988 she made a strong impression in a TV version of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. During the 1990s she appeared in several Hollywood movies, including Singles (1992), Heart and Souls (1993), Something to Talk About (1995) and Phenomenon, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta's character.[10] She starred in the Emmy Award–winning[12] 1992 made-for-TV film Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity.[13] 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. She dubbed the voice of Batwoman in the animated movie Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.

Sedgwick starred in the television series The Closer from 2005 to 2012. In 2007 she began earning roughly US$300,000 per episode.[14] 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. In 2009, Sedgwick was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television.[15]

The Closer ended on August 13, 2012,[16] following the completion of its seventh season; the series's broadcaster, TNT, said that the decision to retire the series was made by Sedgwick.[17] A sequel series starring most of the same cast called Major Crimes continues in its place.[18]

Sedgwick produced the television series Proof for TNT which debuted in 2015 for one season.[19]

Personal life

Sedgwick married actor Kevin Bacon on September 4, 1988.[1] Sedgwick learned in 2011, via her appearance on the U.S. TV show Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, that she and Kevin Bacon are 9th cousins, once removed.[20][21]

The couple has two children, Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992).[22] The family resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.[23]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 War and Love Halina
1986 Tai-Pan Tess Brock
1988 Kansas Prostitute drifter
1989 Born on the Fourth of July Donna
1990 Mr. and Mrs. Bridge Ruth Bridge
1991 Pyrates Sam
1992 Singles Linda Powell
1992 Oliver Stone: Inside Out Herself
1993 Heart and Souls Julia
1995 Murder in the First Blanche
1995 Something to Talk About Emma Rae King
1995 The Low Life Bevan
1996 Losing Chase Elizabeth Cole
1996 Phenomenon Lace Pennamin
1997 Critical Care Felicia Potter
1998 Montana Claire Kelsky
2000 Labor Pains Sarah Raymond
2000 What's Cooking? Rachel Seelig
2000 Conversations with Jon Turteltaub Herself
2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits Delia Shunt
2002 Just a Kiss Halley
2003 Secondhand Lions Mae
2003 Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman Batwoman Voice role
2003 Behind the Red Door Natalie Haddad
2004 The Woodsman Vicki
2004 Something the Lord Made Mary Blalock
2004 Cavedweller Delia Byrd
2005 Loverboy Emily
2007 The Game Plan Stella Peck
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier Lois Lane Voice role
2009 Gamer Gina Parker Smith
2010 Chlorine Georgie
2012 Man on a Ledge Suzie Morales
2012 The Possession Stephanie Brenek
2013 Kill Your Darlings Marian Carr (uncredited)
2013 Chlorine Georgie
2014 The Humbling Louise Trenner
2014 Reach Me Colette
2014 Big Sky Dee
2014 The Road Within Dr. Mia Rose
2015 1 Chisper Stephanie
2015 Cop Car Dispatch
2016 The Edge of Seventeen

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Another World Julia Shearer Episode: "July 30, 1982"
1985 ABC Afterschool Special Cindy Eller Episode: "Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale"
1985 Miami Vice Sarah MacPhail Episode: "Phil the Shill"
1986 Amazing Stories Dora Johnson Episode: "Thanksgiving"
1988 Lemon Sky Carol Television movie
1991 Women & Men 2 Arlene Megeffin Television movie
1992 Miss Rose White Rose White Television movie
1993 Family Pictures Nina Eberlin Television movie
2000 Talk to Me Janey Munroe 3 episodes
2001 American Experience Herself Episode: "War Letters"
2002 Ally McBeal Helena Greene Episode: "All of Me"
2002 Door to Door Shelly Soenpiet Brady Television movie
2002 Stanley Park Ranger Episode: "Woodpecker Woes"
2002 The Greatest Herself Episode: "100 Sexiest Artists"
2003 Queens Supreme ADA Quinn Coleman 6 episodes
2004 Something the Lord Made Mary Blalock Television movie
2005–12 The Closer Brenda Leigh Johnson 109 episodes
2014–15 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Deputy Police Chief Madeleine Wuntch 9 episodes

Awards and nominations

Until 2011, Sedgwick had made television history, being the only female actor 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 Association Category Nominated work Result
1993 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film Miss Rose White Nominated
1994 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Heart and Souls Nominated
1996 American Comedy Awards Funniest Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture Something to Talk About Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Something to Talk About Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Something to Talk About Nominated
1997 MTV Movie Awards Best Kiss (shared with John Travolta) Phenomenon Nominated
2005 Independent Spirit Awards Best Female Lead Cavedweller Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Woodsman Nominated
Best Actress – Television Series Drama The Closer Won
2006 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Gracie Allen Awards Outstanding Female Lead in a Drama Series Won
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
Television Critics Awards Individual Achievement in Drama Nominated
2007 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2008 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2009 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
People's Choice Awards Favorite TV Drama Diva Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2010 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Award Best Actress in a Drama Series Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series Won
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2011 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Drama Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated
2012 Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series Nominated

References

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