Biography of Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress, producer and director. She is best known for her role in the crime drama, The Closer, for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Minturn also gained fame for her Golden Globe Award winning performance in Something to Talk About. Apart from this, he is also popular for starring in movies like Secondhand Lions, The Game Plan, The Possession and The Edge of Seventeen.
Kyra Sedgwick Education
A native of New York, she completed her high school education at Friends Seminary and later attended Sarah Lawrence College. Kyra later transferred to the University of Southern California, graduating with a degree in theater.
Kyra Sedgwick Career
Sedgwick's career began at the age of 16 when she appeared in the television soap opera Another World as Julia Shearer. He then starred in a TV show called Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. Back in the 1990s, she also featured in popular Hollywood films such as Singles, Heart and Souls, Something to Talk About and Phenomenon. Two years later, Kyra starred in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant coming to terms with her ethnicity. Apart from that, it also has appeared with her husband Kevin Bacon in two films which are the sex comedy Pyrates and the drama The Woodsman.
In addition, he voiced the animated film Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. 2012 was when she played Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the TNT crime drama The Closer. Nevertheless, her performance in the drama won her a Golden Globe Award and also received star awards as well as a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010.
Prior to her acting career, Kyra has also worked as a producer on the television series Proof and appeared on the NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine playing the character of Madeline Wuntch. In 2020 and 2021, she starred as Jean Raines in the ABC comedy pilot My Village and the series Call Your Mother. In 2023, the actress also played the role of Aunt Julia in Season 2 of the drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty
Kyra Sedgwick Age
How old is Kyra Sedgwick? Kyra Minturn is 58 years old from 2023. Was born in August 19, 1965, in New York, United States. Moreover, she celebrates her birthday on August 19 every year.
Kyra Sedgwick Height | Weight
How tall is Kyra Sedgwick? Sedgwick Minturn stands tall 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) tall. It weighs from 60 kilos (132 pounds) and a body Measurement of 35-25-35 inches. In addition, she has blonde hair color and dark brown eye color.
Spouse Kyra Sedgwick | Husband
Minturn Sedgwick married the actor Kevin Norwood Bacon, on September 4, 1988, and we've been together ever since. Kevin Bacon is known for his leading roles and has received many accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. Being one of Hollywood's longest-running couples, they have been together for 35 years. The couple first met on the set of the PBS adaptation of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky. In addition, the family currently lives in New York with them two daughters, Travis Sedgwick Bacon and Sosie Ruth Bacon;. Her daughter, Sosie also an actress.
Kyra Sedgwick Family | Parents
Sedgwick she is the daughter of Patricia and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V. The FAthir was an entrepreneurial capitalist while her mother was a speech teacher and family therapist. Her mother it was from an upper German-Jewish family. of Minturn father was ffrom a wealthy Massachusetts stock of English descent. In her family tree, tThe earliest known member of the Sedgwick family was Robert Sedgwick of Yorkshire, England. He arrived in the United States in 1636 during the Great Migration.
Authorities in Hancock County, Maine, in the United States named the town of Sedgwick in his honor. Her family and their descendants were influential in both politics, law, business and the arts. She has a brother named Robert Sedgwickwho is an actor and half-brother of jazz guitarist Mike Stern. She is too her sister Holly Sedgwick Moreover associated with Sherman Everett Burroughs. Moreover, she is the niece of author John Sedgwick. At the age of four, her parents divorced and her mother remarried to Ben Heller, an art dealer.
Kyra Sedgwick Net Worth
Ma'amestimated net worth is between $45 million – $50 million combined with her husband's net worth. Her successful career is her main source of income. Additionally, she is believed to have inherited a fortune from her venture capitalist father, Henry Dwight Sedgwick V. In various publications, Kyra is believed to have he inherited about $16 million. For her fortune, she lives a comfortable and lavish lifestyle.
Kyra Sedgwick prices
In 2005, she received the Copper Wing Tribute Award presented to her during the Phoenix Film Festival. On June 8, 2009, Kyra was inducted on the Hollywood Walk of Fame receiving a star for her contributions to television. The Star is located at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard. In 2013 he was awarded the President's Award by Cameras Operators. Additionally, she also won the John Cassavetes Award presented to her during the 2017 Denver International Film Festival.
Kyra Sedgwick Awards and nominations
Minturn has received various awards such as;
- The Alliance of Women Film Journalists in Best Narrative by a Female Director in 2017- Story of A Girl.
- DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Actress in 2001- Childbirth.
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Drama Series in 2007 – The Closer.
- Gracie Allen Award in the category Outstanding Female Lead – Drama Series in 2006 – The Closer.
- People's Choice Awards for Favorite TV Drama Diva in 2006 – The Closer.
- Primetime Emmy Awards in the category of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2009 – The Closer.
- Satellite Awards for Best Actress – Drama Series in 2005 and 2006 – The Closer.
In addition, he has received various nominations at Tv Guide Awards, Television Critics Association Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Saturn Awards, Satellite Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards and MTV Movie + TV Awards. Kyra has also been nominated for Independent Spirit Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Directors Guild Awards, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards and American Comedy Awards.
Kyra Sedgwick Film and TV Shows
- The Emmy Awards as Himself in 1949.
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode) as Rose White in 1951.
- ABC Afterschool Special (1 episode) as Cindy Eller in 1972.
- Miami Vice (1 episode) in 1984.
- War and Love as Halina in 1985.
- Tai-Pan as Tess Brock in 1986.
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Lillian Salo in 1987.
- Lemon Sky as Carol in 1988.
- She was born on the 4th of July as Donna in 1989.
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Ruth Bridge in 1990.
- Pyrates as Sam in 1991.
- Singles as Linda Powell in 1992.
- Heart and Souls as Julia in 1993.
- Inside the Actors Studio (1 episode) as Self in 1994.
- The Low Life as Bevan in 1995.
- Losing Chase as Elizabeth Cole in 1996.
- Critical Care as Felicia E. Potte in 1997.
- Twelfth Night as Olivia in 1998.
- Facing the Crisis: Child Care in America as a Host in 1999.
- Labor Pains as Sarah Raymond in 2000.
- Door to Door as Shelly Soomky Brady in 2002.
- Behind the Red Door as Natalie in 2003.
- The Woodsman as Vicki in 2004.
- The Closer (109 episodes) as Brenda Leigh Johnson in 2005.
- The Game Plan as Stella Peck in 2007.
- Justice League: The New Frontier as Lois Lane (voice) in 2008.
- Gamer as Gina Parker Smith in 2009.
- Conan (1 episode) as Self in 2010.
- The Possession as Stephanie Brenek in 2012
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1 episode) as Chief Wuntch (6 episodes) as Chief Madeline Wuntch (5 episodes) as Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch in 2013.
- The Humbling as Louise Trenner in 2014.
- Big Sky as Dee in 2015.
- The Edge of Seventeen as Mona Franklin in 2016.
- Ten Days in the Valley (10 episodes) as Jane Sadler in 2017.
- Submitted as Sherrie Swenson in 2018.
- The villains as Gloria in 2019.
- Endings, Beginnings as Ingrid in 2020.
- Call Your Mother (13 episodes) as Jean Raines in 2021.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Kyra Sedgwick (voice) in 2022.
