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Kyra Sedgwick

  • Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
  • Birthday: August 19, 1965

Kyra Sedgwick enjoyed a steady dramatic career in film and on stage and television for nearly two decades before breaking through to “household name” status as the lead of the TNT crime drama, “The Closer.” Prior to her Emmy, S.A.G. and Golden Globe award nods for the show, Sedgwick had been viewed primarily in independent films and on New York stages, currying favor with critics for her thoughtful, focused presence in much-coveted roles of smart, complex women. Whereas she might have gone far relying only on her sparkling eyes and enor…more

Credits

Actor
Producer

Career Milestones

  • 2009

    Co-starred with Gerard Butler in the action thriller, "Gamer"

  • 2009

    Nominated for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in Drama Series

  • 2009

    Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (June)

  • 2006

    Starred in "Loverboy" as an unsound mother who surrounds her only son with a magical world for two; directed by and co-starring her husband Kevin Bacon; premiered at Sundance (lensed 2003)

  • 2005 to 0000

    Cast as Brenda Johnson, a CIA-trained interrogator in the crime drama "The Closer" (TNT); earned Golden Globe (2006, 2008, 2009), SAG (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) and Emmy (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009) nominations for Best Actress in a Drama Series

Awards

  • 2007

    Golden Globe Award: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

  • 1989

    Theatre World Award:

Upcoming Appearances

In The Closer

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