Kyra Sedgwick

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Actress

Birth Date: August 19, 1965

Age: 58 years old

Birth Place: New York City, New York

Children: Sosie Bacon

Having enjoyed a steady career in film and on television for nearly two decades, actress Kyra Sedgwick rose to household name status as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama series "The Closer" (TNT, 2005-2012). Prior to that Emmy-winning role, Sedgwick made her mark primarily in features like "Born on the Fourth of July" (1989), "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" (1990), and "Pyrates" (1991), which co-starred husband Kevin Bacon, whom she had married in 1988 and remained one of the rare lasting unions in Hollywood. Meanwhile, she had a consistent presence on the big screen with films like "Singles" (1992), "Something to Talk About" (1995), "Phenomenon" (1996) and "What's Cooking?" (2000). Sedgwick enjoyed praise from critics for her thoughtful, focused presence in much-coveted roles of smart, complex women. In 2005, she continued along that same tract with her portrayal of Brenda Johnson on "The Closer," an intelligent workaholic detective transferred from Georgia to Los Angeles, where her folksy and idiosyncratic demeanor fail to mesh with her fellow big city cops. The acclaimed role elevated Sedgwick's profile while allowing her to remain dedicated to projects rooted in substance and depth, rather than studio glitz and box office receipts.

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The Summer I Turned PrettyStream

Actor
Aunt Julia
Series
2022
74%

Space OddityStream

Director
Movie
2022
56%

Space OddityStream

Producer
Movie
2022
56%

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Producer
Movie
2022
89%

CBS Mornings

Guest
News
2021

Call Your MotherStream

Actor
Jean Raines
Series
2021
17%

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2020

GMA3: What You Need to Know

Guest
Show
2020

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2019

Access Daily

Guest
Show
2019

Tamron HallStream

Guest
Talk
2019

The Investigation- A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts

Actor
Show
2019

The MoviesStream

Self
Miniseries
2019

Today With Hoda & Jenna

Guest
Show
2019

In the DarkStream

Director
Series
2019

Villains

Actor
Gloria
Movie
2019

God Friended MeStream

Director
Series
2018
59%

After Darkness

Actor
Georgina Beaty
Movie
2018

After Darkness

Executive Producer
Movie
2018

Ten Days in the ValleyStream

Actor
Jane Sadler
Series
2017
55%

Ten Days in the ValleyStream

Executive Producer
Series
2017
55%

Story of a Girl: More to the Story

Actor
Show
2017

Live with Kelly and Ryan

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Talk
2017

Story of a GirlStream

Director
Movie
2017

Story of a GirlStream

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Movie
2017

Submission

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Sherrie Swenson
Movie
2017

ChelseaStream

Guest
Talk
2016
41%

Grace and FrankieStream

Director
Series
2016
90%

Celebrity PageStream

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2016

The Edge of Seventeen

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Mona
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2016

ProofStream

Executive Producer
Series
2015
53%

The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

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2015

Cop Car

Actor
Dispatch
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2015

Big Sky

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Dee
Movie
2015

El cine de La 2

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2014

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

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Talk
2014

Misconception

Narrator
Movie
2014

The Humbling

Actor
Louise Trenner
Movie
2014

Reach Me

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Colette
Movie
2014

The Road Within

Actor
Dr. Mia Rose
Movie
2014

Brooklyn Nine-NineStream

Director
Series
2013
95%

Brooklyn Nine-NineStream

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Madeline Wuntch
Series
2013
95%

The Possession: Extras

Actor
Show
2013

Chlorine

Actor
Georgie
Movie
2013

Entertainment Studios.TV

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Show
2012

Finding Your RootsStream

Guest
Reality
2012

CBS This Morning

Guest
Show
2012

The Possession

Actor
Stephanie
Movie
2012

Man on a Ledge

Actor
Suzie Morales
Movie
2012

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
Show
2011

LIVE with Kelly

Guest
Talk
2011

The Chew

Guest
Talk
2011

Dish Nation

Guest
Talk
2011

ConanStream

Guest
Talk
2010

The Talk

Guest
Talk
2010

Watch What Happens Live With Andy CohenStream

Guest
Talk
2009

The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien

Guest
Show
2009

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

Guest
Show
2009

Gamer

Actor
Gina Parker Smith
Movie
2009

The Bonnie Hunt Show

Guest
Show
2008

The Better Show

Guest
Show
2007

The Game Plan

Actor
Stella Peck
Movie
2007

Rachael Ray ShowStream

Guest
Talk
2006

Made in Hollywood

Guest
Show
2005

The CloserStream

Actor
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Series
2005
83%

The CloserStream

Producer
Series
2005
83%

The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

Guest
Show
2005

Loverboy

Actor
Emily Stoll
Movie
2005

Loverboy

Producer
Movie
2005

Tavis Smiley

Guest
Talk
2004

Something the Lord MadeStream

Actor
Mary Blalock
Movie
2004

Cavedweller

Actor
Delia Byrd
Movie
2004

Cavedweller

Executive Producer
Movie
2004

The Woodsman

Actor
Vickie
Movie
2004

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Guest
Talk
2003

Jimmy Kimmel Live!Stream

Guest
Talk
2003

Behind the Red Door

Actor
Natalie
Movie
2003

Secondhand Lions

Actor
Mae
Movie
2003

Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman

Voice
Batwoman
Movie
2003

Just a Kiss

Actor
Halley
Movie
2002

Door to Door

Actor
Shelly Soomky Brady
Movie
2002

Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

Actor
Delia
Movie
2002

Live With Regis and Kelly

Guest
Show
2001

Talk to Me

Actor
Janey Munro
Show
2000

Talk to Me

Executive Producer
Show
2000

What's Cooking?

Actor
Rachel Seeling
Movie
2000

Labor Pains

Actor
Sarah Raymond
Movie
2000

The Early Show

Guest
Show
1999

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

Actor
Countess Olivia
Movie
1998

Montana

Actor
Claire Kelsky
Movie
1998

Ally McBealStream

Guest Star
Series
1997
61%

The ViewStream

Guest
Talk
1997

Critical Care

Actor
Felicia Potter
Movie
1997

Losing Chase

Actor
Elizabeth Cole
Movie
1996

PhenomenonStream

Actor
Lace Pennamin
Movie
1996
49%

Csodabogár

Actor
Movie
1996

Murder in the First

Actor
Blanche
Movie
1995

The Low Life

Actor
Bevan
Movie
1995

Something to Talk AboutStream

Actor
Emma Rae King
Movie
1995
39%

Late Night With Conan O'Brien

Guest
Show
1993

Late Show With David Letterman

Guest
Talk
1993

Family Pictures

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Nina Eberlin
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1993

Entre Cielo y la Tierra

Actor
Movie
1993

Heart and Souls

Actor
Julia
Movie
1993

Family Pictures

Actor
Movie
1993

The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

Guest
Talk
1992

Dateline NBCStream

Guest
Series
1992

Miss Rose White

Actor
Movie
1992

SinglesStream

Actor
Linda Powell
Movie
1992
79%

Las Tentadoras 2

Actor
Movie
1991

Women & Men 2

Actor
Arlene Megeffin
Movie
1991

Pyrates

Actor
Sam
Movie
1991

Mr. & Mrs. BridgeStream

Actor
Ruth Bridge
Movie
1990
81%

Born on the Fourth of JulyStream

Actor
Donna (Ron's girlfriend)
Movie
1989
85%

Kansas

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Prostitute Drifter
Movie
1988

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Actor
Lillian Salo
Movie
1987

Lemon Sky

Actor
Carol
Movie
1987

L'homme qui brisa ses chaînes

Actor
Movie
1987

Tai-Pan

Actor
Tess Brock
Movie
1986

Amazing StoriesStream

Actor
Series
1985

War and Love

Actor
Halina
Movie
1985

Miami ViceStream

Guest Star
Sarah MacPhail
Series
1984
71%

CBS News Sunday Morning

Guest
News
1979

Good Morning America

Guest
News
1975

Sesame StreetStream

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Franchise
1969

Sesame StreetStream

Guest Star
Franchise
1969

Another World

Actor
Julia Shearer
Soap
1964

TodayStream

Guest
News
1952

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Kyra Sedgwick

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