Although she started out on a daytime soap as a teen, Sedgwick made her name in films playing a variety of smart, sassy and usually supporting characters. By the mid-1980s, she was working consistently both on screen and on the stage. In 1996, she took her first job behind the camera as a producer for hubby Kevin Bacon's directorial debut,
Losing Chase. Sedgwick attempted to transition to television with the failed sitcom
Talk to Me, but at 40 she gave the tube a second try as a prickly but effective deputy police chief on TNT's
The Closer. The gamble paid off, and she landed a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2009 and became a perennial awards-season contender. Off screen she maintains a low-key persona with her husband and their children.
Kyra Sedgwick Fast Facts:
- Made her professional acting debut at the age of 15 in the off-Broadway play Time Was.
- Made her TV debut at the age of 16 in the NBC soap Another World and was succeeded in that role by Faith Ford.
- Met her husband Kevin Bacon when they costarred in the TV-movie Lemon Sky (1988).
- Executive-produced Losing Chase in 1996 for Showtime. The film was her husband's directorial debut.
- Worked on several independent-film projects during the late '90s and early '00s, including the critically-lauded Showtime film Cavedweller and The Woodsman, both released in 2004. Her work in Cavedweller earned her an Independent Spirit Award nod for Best Actress.
- Achieved mainstream success with her award-winning lead role in the TNT crime drama The Closer.
- Kyra Sedgwick Relationships:
- Rob Sedgwick - Brother
- Kevin Bacon - Husband
- Travis Sedg Bacon - Son
- Edie Sedgwick - Cousin
- Nicco Sedgwick - Brother
- Sosie Ruth Bacon - Daughter
- Kyra Sedgwick Awards:
- 1993 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
- 1996 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
- 2006 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
- 2007 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Winner
- 2011 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
- 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
- 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2009 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
- 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2009 People's Choice Awards: Favorite TV Drama Diva - Winner
- 2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
- 2010 Emmy: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series - Winner
- 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2008 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2006 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
- 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series - Nominee
- College:
- Attended Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY; University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA