Kyra Sedgwick
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American
actress.
Sedgwick 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 will end in Summer 2012, following the completion of its seventh season.
, the daughter of Patricia (née
Rosenwald), a speech
teacher
and educational/family therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her father was Episcopalian and of English
heritage, and her mother was Jewish. 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, Mass and Ellery Sedgwick
, owner / editor of The Atlantic Monthly
. Sedgwick is also the first cousin once removed of actress Edie Sedgwick
, a niece of the writer John Sedgwick, a sister of actor Robert Sedgwick
, and half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern
.
Sedgwick's parents separated when she was four and divorced when she was six; her mother subsequently re-married to Ben Heller, an art dealer. Sedgwick graduated from Friends Seminary
and attended Sarah Lawrence College
. She transferred from Sarah Lawrence to the University of Southern California
, graduating with a theater degree.
. During the 1990s, she appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as Singles (1992), Something to Talk About
(1995) and Phenomenon
, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta
's character. She starred in the Emmy Award
-winning 1992 made-for-TV film
Miss Rose White
as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity. 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
. In the animated movie Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
, she dubbed the voices of Kelly Ripa
, Elisa Gabrielli
, and Kimberly Brooks
as Batwoman
.
Since 2005, Sedgwick has starred in the television series, The Closer
. In 2007, she began earning roughly US$300,000 per episode. 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.
The Closer will end in the summer of 2012, following the completion of its seventh season; the series's broadcaster, TNT, said that the decision to retire the series was made by Sedgwick.
In 2009, Sedgwick was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
for Television
.
on September 4, 1988. They have two children, Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon
(born March 15, 1992). She is also the aunt of R&B/pop singer George Nozuka
and his younger singer/songwriter brother Justin Nozuka
. Sedgwick identifies her family and herself as Jewish
; a 1996 interview referred to her as "an all-American Jewish WASP
actress", but Sedgwick said in the article that she and her family do not participate in any specific religious activities for any faith except for attending some Passover seder
s. Sedgwick learned in 2011 via her appearance on the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
that she and Bacon are 10th cousins, once removed.
United States
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actress.
Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer, portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick. Brenda heads the Major Crimes Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Brenda is an intelligent, determined, and exacting woman...
on the TNT crime drama The Closer
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award
The Golden Globe Award is an accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign...
in 2007 and an Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 2010. The series will end in Summer 2012, following the completion of its seventh season.
Early life
Sedgwick was born in New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, the daughter of Patricia (née
Married and maiden names
A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage. When a person assumes the family name of her spouse, the new name replaces the maiden name....
Rosenwald), a speech
Speech
Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
and educational/family therapist, and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, a venture capitalist. Her father was Episcopalian and of English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
heritage, and her mother was Jewish. On her father's side, she is a descendant of Judge Theodore Sedgwick
Theodore Sedgwick
Theodore Sedgwick was an attorney, politician and jurist, who served in elected state government and as a Delegate to the Continental Congress, a US Representative, and a United States Senator from Massachusetts. He served as the fifth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives...
, Endicott Peabody
Endicott Peabody (educator)
The Reverend Endicott Peabody was the American Episcopal priest who founded the Groton School for Boys , in Groton, Massachusetts in 1884. Peabody served as headmaster at the school from 1884 until 1940, and also served as a trustee at Lawrence Academy at Groton...
(the founder of the Groton School
Groton School
Groton School is a private, Episcopal, college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, U.S. It enrolls approximately 375 boys and girls, from the eighth through twelfth grades...
), William Ellery (a signer of the Declaration of Independence
United States Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...
), John Lathrop (American minister)
John Lathrop (American minister)
John Lathrop was a congregationalist minister in Boston, Massachusetts, during the revolutionary and early republic periods.He served as minister of the Second Church, Boston, 1768-1816, when it was located in the North End -- first on North Square, and after 1779, on Hanover Street...
(1740–1816), of Boston, Mass and Ellery Sedgwick
Ellery Sedgwick
Ellery Sedgwick was an American editor, brother of Henry Dwight Sedgwick.-Early life:He was born in New York City to Henry Dwight Sedgwick II and Henrietta Ellery , grand daughter of William Ellery...
, owner / editor of The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic Monthly
The Atlantic is an American magazine founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1857. It was created as a literary and cultural commentary magazine. It quickly achieved a national reputation, which it held for more than a century. It was important for recognizing and publishing new writers and poets,...
. Sedgwick is also the first cousin once removed of actress Edie Sedgwick
Edie Sedgwick
Edith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s...
, a niece of the writer John Sedgwick, a sister of actor Robert Sedgwick
Robert Sedgwick (actor)
Robert Sedgwick is an American actor. He is sometimes credited as Rob Sedgwick. He is the younger brother of award-winning actress Kyra Sedgwick....
, and half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern
Mike Stern
Mike Stern is an American jazz guitarist. After playing for a few years with Blood, Sweat & Tears, he landed a gig with Billy Cobham and then broke through with Miles Davis' comeback band from 1981 to 1983, and again in 1985. Since then, he launched a solo career, releasing more than a dozen albums...
.
Sedgwick's parents separated when she was four and divorced when she was six; her mother subsequently re-married to Ben Heller, an art dealer. Sedgwick graduated from Friends Seminary
Friends Seminary
Friends Seminary is an elite private day school in Manhattan. It is owned and controlled by the New York Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. The school, the oldest continuous coeducational school in New York City, serves 694 college-bound day students in Kindergarten through...
and attended Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States, and a leader in progressive education since its founding in 1926. Located just 30 minutes north of Midtown Manhattan in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, this coeducational college offers...
. She transferred from Sarah Lawrence to the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, graduating with a theater degree.
Career
At the age of 16, Sedgwick made her debut on the television soap opera Another WorldAnother World (TV series)
Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
. During the 1990s, she appeared in several Hollywood movies, such as Singles (1992), Something to Talk About
Something to Talk About (film)
Something to Talk About is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, from a screenplay written by Callie Khouri. It stars Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid as an estranged couple, Kyra Sedgwick as Roberts's sister, and Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands as their parents. The...
(1995) and Phenomenon
Phenomenon (film)
Phenomenon is a 1996 romantic fantasy-drama film written by Gerald Di Pego, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall....
, in which she played the love interest of John Travolta
John Travolta
John Joseph Travolta is an American actor, dancer and singer. Travolta first became known in the 1970s, after appearing on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter and starring in the box office successes Saturday Night Fever and Grease...
's character. She starred in the Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
-winning 1992 made-for-TV film
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
Miss Rose White
Miss Rose White
Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation of the Barbara Lebow play, A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992...
as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity. She played the parts of Mae Coleman in 2003's Secondhand Lions
Secondhand Lions
Secondhand Lions is a 2003 American dramedy film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy who is sent to live with his eccentric uncles on a farm in the U.S...
and Stella Peck in the 2007 film, The Game Plan
The Game Plan (film)
The Game Plan is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and starring The Rock. This is the last film in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock." This is also the last Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista, due to Disney semi-retiring the name in May 2007, making all other...
. She also starred alongside her husband Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
in the 2004 film The Woodsman
The Woodsman
The Woodsman is a 2004 drama film directed and co-written by Nicole Kassell, based on Fechter's play of the same name. The movie stars Kevin Bacon as a convicted child molester who must adjust to life after prison.-Plot:...
. In the animated movie Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman is a 2003 direct-to-video animated film based on the animated series The New Batman Adventures. It was released in the U.S. in October 2003 and was produced by Warner Bros...
, she dubbed the voices of Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa is an American actress and television host. Since February 2001, she has served as the co-host of talk show Live with Regis and Kelly, along with Regis Philbin and now solo host of Live! With Kelly...
, Elisa Gabrielli
Elisa Gabrielli
Elisa Gabrielli is an American actress, voice artist, and comedienne, who voiced the character of Sarena Sanchez in W.I.T.C.H., as well as "Pepper" Potts in the animated movie The Invincible Iron Man, among other roles. Gabrielli also played the part of Miss Linley in The Brady Bunch Movie...
, and Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks
Kimberly Brooks is an American voice actress in the anime, feature films, video games, and theatre industry. She started her acting career when she was nine....
as Batwoman
Batwoman
Batwoman is the name of several fictional characters, female counterparts to the superhero Batman. The original version was created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. Her alter ego is Kathy Kane. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media beginning in Detective...
.
Since 2005, Sedgwick has starred in the television series, The Closer
The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
. In 2007, she began earning roughly US$300,000 per episode. Over the life of the series, she was nominated for and won several awards for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer, portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick. Brenda heads the Major Crimes Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Brenda is an intelligent, determined, and exacting woman...
. She received a Golden Globe award in 2007 for her performance as lead actress, and won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2010.
The Closer will end in the summer of 2012, following the completion of its seventh season; the series's broadcaster, TNT, said that the decision to retire the series was made by Sedgwick.
In 2009, Sedgwick was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
for Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
.
Personal life
Sedgwick married Kevin BaconKevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
on September 4, 1988. They have two children, Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon
Sosie Bacon
Sosie Ruth Bacon is an American actress and the daughter of actors Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. She is the younger sister of actor/musician Travis Bacon and the niece of musician Michael Bacon and actor Robert Sedgwick....
(born March 15, 1992). She is also the aunt of R&B/pop singer George Nozuka
George Nozuka
George Koichi Nozuka better known by his stage name George is a Canadian singer. He is signed to HC Entertainment Group record label as their main act.-Career:...
and his younger singer/songwriter brother Justin Nozuka
Justin Nozuka
Justin Tokimitsu Nozuka is a American-Canadian singer-songwriter. His debut album Holly has been released in Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States...
. Sedgwick identifies her family and herself as Jewish
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
; a 1996 interview referred to her as "an all-American Jewish WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant or WASP is an informal term, often derogatory or disparaging, for a closed group of high-status Americans mostly of British Protestant ancestry. The group supposedly wields disproportionate financial and social power. When it appears in writing, it is usually used to...
actress", but Sedgwick said in the article that she and her family do not participate in any specific religious activities for any faith except for attending some Passover seder
Passover Seder
The Passover Seder is a Jewish ritual feast that marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. It is conducted on the evenings of the 14th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, and on the 15th by traditionally observant Jews living outside Israel. This corresponds to late March or April in...
s. Sedgwick learned in 2011 via her appearance on the TV show Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)
Who Do You Think You Are? is an American genealogy documentary series that premiered on NBC on March 5, 2010. The show is an adaptation of the British series of the same name, aired by the BBC. Each week a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree. Lisa Kudrow is executive...
that she and Bacon are 10th cousins, once removed.
Awards and nominations
Until 2011, Sedgwick had made television history, being the only female actor in history 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 was snubbed of a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series at the 2011 Emmy Awards.| year | group | award | status | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer | Won | For Episode Maternal Instincts |
| 2006 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Drama The Closer | Won | |
| 2005 | Satellite Awards Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... |
Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Won | |
| 2006 | Satellite Awards Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... |
Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Won | |
| 2009 | People's Choice Awards People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is voted on by the general public. The People's Choice Awards air on CBS and are produced by Procter & Gamble and Survivor magnate Mark Burnett... |
Favorite TV Drama Diva The Closer | Won | |
| 2006 | Gracie Allen Awards | Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Won | |
| 2006 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer | Nominated | For Episode Fantasy Date |
| 2007 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer | Nominated | For Episode Slippin |
| 2008 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer | Nominated | For Episode Manhunt |
| 2009 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series The Closer | Nominated | For Episode Cherry Bomb |
| 2006 | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Drama The Closer | Nominated | |
| 1993 | Golden Globe Awards | 53rd Golden Globe Awards 53rd Golden Globe Awards The 53rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1995, were held on 21 January 1996.-Best Actor – Drama: Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas* Richard Dreyfuss – Mr... Best Actress in a Miniseries Or Motion Picture Made for TV |
Nominated | Miss Rose White Miss Rose White Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation of the Barbara Lebow play, A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992... |
| 1995 | Golden Globe Awards | 53rd Golden Globe Awards 53rd Golden Globe Awards The 53rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 1995, were held on 21 January 1996.-Best Actor – Drama: Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas* Richard Dreyfuss – Mr... Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture |
Nominated | Something to Talk About Something to Talk About (film) Something to Talk About is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, from a screenplay written by Callie Khouri. It stars Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid as an estranged couple, Kyra Sedgwick as Roberts's sister, and Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands as their parents. The... |
| 2005 | Golden Globe Awards | 63rd Golden Globe Awards 63rd Golden Globe Awards ----Picture - Drama: Brokeback Mountain ----Picture - Musical or Comedy: Walk the Line ----TV Series - Drama: Lost ----TV Series - Musical or Comedy: Desperate Housewives ----Miniseries or TV Movie: Empire Falls ... Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2006 | Golden Globe Awards | 64th Golden Globe Awards 64th Golden Globe Awards The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards were aired on January 15, 2007. Some key dates announced by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association are:The ceremony was broadcast live on NBC... Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2007 | Golden Globe Awards | 65th Golden Globe Awards 65th Golden Globe Awards The 65th Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2007, were scheduled to be presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on January 13, 2008... Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2008 | Golden Globe Awards | 66th Golden Globe Awards 66th Golden Globe Awards The 66th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony was broadcast on January 11, 2009, from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States on the NBC TV network... Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2009 | Golden Globe Awards | 67th Golden Globe Awards 67th Golden Globe Awards The 67th Golden Globe Awards was telecasted live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by NBC, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and 8:00PM – 11:00 PM . The ceremonies were hosted by Ricky Gervais, and were broadcast live for the first time.Nominations were... Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2006 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2006 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
12th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer | Nominated | Shared with the regular cast |
| 2007 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
13th Screen Actors Guild Awards 13th Screen Actors Guild Awards The 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, honouring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2006, took place on 28 January 2007 and, for the 11th consecutive ceremony, was held at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center, in Los Angeles, California. The nominees... Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
14th Screen Actors Guild Awards 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ----Best Cast - Motion Picture: No Country For Old Men ----Best Cast - Drama Series: The Sopranos Best Cast - Comedy Series: The Office ... Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
14th Screen Actors Guild Awards 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards ----Best Cast - Motion Picture: No Country For Old Men ----Best Cast - Drama Series: The Sopranos Best Cast - Comedy Series: The Office ... Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer |
Nominated | Shared with the regular cast |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
15th Screen Actors Guild Awards 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ----Best Cast - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire----Best Cast - Drama Series: Mad Men Best Cast - Comedy Series: 30 Rock ... Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards A Screen Actors Guild Award is an accolade given by the Screen Actors Guild to recognize outstanding performances by its members. The statuette given, a nude male figure holding both a mask of comedy and a mask of tragedy, is called "The Actor"... |
15th Screen Actors Guild Awards 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ----Best Cast - Motion Picture: Slumdog Millionaire----Best Cast - Drama Series: Mad Men Best Cast - Comedy Series: 30 Rock ... Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series The Closer |
Nominated | Shared with the regular cast |
| 2005 | Satellite Awards Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... |
Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Satellite Awards Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... |
Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2008 | Satellite Awards Satellite Awards The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.- Film :*Best Actor – Drama*Best Actor – Musical or Comedy*Best Actress – Drama... |
Best Actress - TV Series Drama The Closer | Nominated | |
| 1994 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | Heart and Souls Heart and Souls Heart and Souls is a 1993 fantasy/comedy film about the souls of four deceased people who are trapped on earth and can only be seen by a single living human being who is recruited to help them take care of their unfinished business... |
| 2007 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Television Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television The following are a list of Saturn Award nominees & winners for Best Actress on Television:-1990s:*1996: Gillian Anderson - The X-Files**Claudia Christian - Babylon 5**Melissa Joan Hart - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch... The Closer |
Nominated | |
| 2008 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Television The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Television The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Television The Closer | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Saturn Awards | Best Actress in Television The Closer | Nominated |
Film and video
- ChlorineChlorine (film)Chlorine is an upcoming American film. Filming mainly took place in Madison, New Jersey and Wayne, New Jersey.-Casting:* Kyra Sedgwick as Georgie* Vincent D'Onofrio as Roger* Tom Sizemore as Ernie* Elisabeth Röhm as Katherine* Rhys Coiro as Pat...
(2010) .... Georgie - Gamer (2009) .... Gina Parker Smith
- Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Lois LaneLois LaneLois Lane is a fictional character, the primary love interest of Superman in the comic books of DC Comics. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, she first appeared in Action Comics #1 ....
(voice) - The Game PlanThe Game Plan (film)The Game Plan is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and starring The Rock. This is the last film in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock." This is also the last Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista, due to Disney semi-retiring the name in May 2007, making all other...
(2007) .... Stella Peck - Loverboy (2005) .... Emily and also Film ProducerFilm producerA film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
- On the Set with 'Secondhand Lions' (2004) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Herself - Something the Lord MadeSomething the Lord MadeSomething The Lord Made is a film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock, the world famous "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery...
(2004).... Mary Blalock - The WoodsmanThe WoodsmanThe Woodsman is a 2004 drama film directed and co-written by Nicole Kassell, based on Fechter's play of the same name. The movie stars Kevin Bacon as a convicted child molester who must adjust to life after prison.-Plot:...
(2004) .... Vicki - Personal Velocity: In Conversation Rebecca, Parker, Fairuza, and Kyra (2003) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Herself - Personal Velocity: Creating 'Personal Velocity' (2003) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Herself - Batman: Mystery of the BatwomanBatman: Mystery of the BatwomanBatman: Mystery of the Batwoman is a 2003 direct-to-video animated film based on the animated series The New Batman Adventures. It was released in the U.S. in October 2003 and was produced by Warner Bros...
(2003) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... BatwomanBatwomanBatwoman is the name of several fictional characters, female counterparts to the superhero Batman. The original version was created by Bob Kane and Sheldon Moldoff. Her alter ego is Kathy Kane. This character appears in publications produced by DC Comics and related media beginning in Detective...
(voice) - Secondhand LionsSecondhand LionsSecondhand Lions is a 2003 American dramedy film written and directed by Tim McCanlies. It tells the story of an introverted young boy who is sent to live with his eccentric uncles on a farm in the U.S...
(2003) .... Mae - Behind the Red Door (2003) .... Natalie
- Just a KissJust a Kiss (2002 film)Just a Kiss is a dark comedy and was the first feature film directed by actor-turned-filmmaker Fisher Stevens. Fisher also is credited with playing the harmonica . Patrick Breen wrote the screenplay adapted from his own off-Broadway play and starred in the film...
(2002) .... Halley - Personal Velocity: Three PortraitsPersonal Velocity: Three PortraitsPersonal Velocity: Three Portraits is a 2002 American independent film written and directed by Rebecca Miller.- Plot :Personal Velocity is a tale of three women who have reached a turning point in their lives. Delia is a spirited, working-class woman from a small town in New York state who leaves...
(2002) .... Delia Shunt - Conversations with Jon Turteltaub (2000) (VDirect-to-videoDirect-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
) .... Herself - What's Cooking?What's Cooking?What's Cooking? is a 2000 British/American comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and starring Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Joan Chen, Lainie Kazan, Maury Chaykin, Julianna Margulies, Alfre Woodard, and Dennis Haysbert.-Plot:...
(2000) .... Rachel Seelig - Labor Pains (2000) .... Sarah Raymond
- MontanaMontana (film)Montana is an American crime film released in 1998, directed by Jennifer Leitzes, written by Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber, and produced by Sean Cooley, Zane W. Levitt, and Mark Yellen....
(1998) .... Claire Kelsky and also Associate Producer - Critical CareCritical Care (film)Critical Care is a 1997 film directed by Sidney Lumet. The film is a satire about American medicine. It is based on the novel by Richard Dooling and stars James Spader, Kyra Sedgwick, Anne Bancroft, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Wright, and Albert Brooks. Rick Baker provided special makeup effects...
(1997) .... Felicia Potter - PhenomenonPhenomenon (film)Phenomenon is a 1996 romantic fantasy-drama film written by Gerald Di Pego, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall....
(1996) .... Lace Pennamin - Losing Chase (1996...Elizabeth Cole and also Executive ProducerExecutive producerAn executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
- The Low LifeThe Low LifeThe Low Life is a 1995 American film starring Rory Cochrane and directed and co-written by George Hickenlooper.-Plot:A Yale graduate, with dreams of becoming a writer, moves to Hollywood and struggles with low-paying jobs, poverty, romance and slacker friends....
(1995) .... Bevan - Something to Talk AboutSomething to Talk About (film)Something to Talk About is a 1995 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lasse Hallström, from a screenplay written by Callie Khouri. It stars Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid as an estranged couple, Kyra Sedgwick as Roberts's sister, and Robert Duvall and Gena Rowlands as their parents. The...
(1995) .... Emma Rae King - Murder in the FirstMurder in the FirstMurder in the First is a largely fictitious 1995 film, directed by Marc Rocco, about a petty criminal named Henri Young who is put on trial for murder in the first degree.-Plot:...
(1995) .... Blanche, Hooker - Heart and SoulsHeart and SoulsHeart and Souls is a 1993 fantasy/comedy film about the souls of four deceased people who are trapped on earth and can only be seen by a single living human being who is recruited to help them take care of their unfinished business...
(1993) .... Julia - Oliver Stone: Inside Out (1992) .... Herself
- Singles (1992) .... Linda Powell
- PyratesPyratesPyrates is an 1991 comedy film, starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick about a couple who experience pyrokinesis after having sex. Directed and written by Noah Stern, the film was released on VHS on December 18, 1991.-Cast:*Kevin Bacon as Ari...
(1991) .... Sam - Mr. and Mrs. BridgeMr. and Mrs. BridgeMr. & Mrs. Bridge is a 1990 Merchant Ivory film based on the novels by Evan S. Connell of the same name. It is directed by James Ivory, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and produced by Ismail Merchant.-Plot:...
(1990) .... Ruth Bridge - Born on the Fourth of JulyBorn on the Fourth of July (film)Born on the Fourth of July is a 1989 American film adaptation of the best selling autobiography of the same name by Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic. Tom Cruise plays Kovic, in a performance that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Oliver Stone co-wrote the screenplay with Kovic, and also...
(1989) .... Donna, Ron KovicRon KovicRonald Lawrence Kovic is an anti-war activist, veteran and writer who was paralyzed in the Vietnam War. He is best known as the author of the memoir Born on the Fourth of July, which was made into an Academy Award–winning movie directed by Oliver Stone, with Tom Cruise playing Kovic...
's Girlfriend - KansasKansas (film)Kansas is a film starring Matt Dillon and Andrew McCarthy.It was released in 1988 and tells the story of a young man returning home to attend a wedding who hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber.- Plot :...
(1988) .... Prostitute Drifter - Tai-PanTai-Pan (film)Tai-Pan is a 1986 film directed by Daryl Duke, loosely based on James Clavell's 1966 novel of the same name. While many of the same characters and plot twists are maintained, a few smaller occurrences are left out. Filmed under communist Chinese censorship, some portions of Clavell's story were...
(1986) .... Tess Brock - War and Love (1985) .... Halina
Television roles
- The CloserThe CloserThe Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who often closes her cases using sometimes-questionable methods...
(2005–present) .... Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson and also Co-Executive Producer (20 episodes) - Something the Lord MadeSomething the Lord MadeSomething The Lord Made is a film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock, the world famous "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery...
(2004) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Mary Blalock - CavedwellerCavedweller (film)Cavedweller is a 2004 film directed by Lisa Cholodenko. It stars Kyra Sedgwick and Aidan Quinn. It was nominated for a numerous amount of awards in 2004 and 2005.-Cast:*Kyra Sedgwick as Delia Byrd*Aidan Quinn as Clint Windsor*Sherilyn Fenn as MT...
(2004) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Delia Byrd and also Executive Producer - Queens SupremeQueens SupremeQueens Supreme is an American courtroom dramedy television series which aired on CBS in January 2003. The series starred Oliver Platt in his first major television role as New York judge Jack Moran who, with his equally eccentric and colorful as colleagues, preside over court cases as the real-life...
(6 episodes, 2003) .... ADA Quinn Coleman - 100 Sexiest Artists (2002) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Herself and Host - Stanley (1 episode, 2002) .... Park Ranger (voice)
- Door to DoorDoor to Door (film)Door to Door was a 2002 TV movie about Bill Porter , a door-to-door salesman with cerebral palsy. The film was produced for the TNT cable network and was nominated for twelve Emmy Awards, winning six...
(2002) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Shelly Soentpiet Brady - Ally McBealAlly McBealAlly McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia...
(1 episode, 2002) .... Helena Greene - American ExperienceAmerican ExperienceAmerican Experience is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service Public television stations in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history...
(1 episode, 2001) .... Herself and Reader - Talk to Me (unknown episodes, 2000) .... Janey Munroe
- Miss Rose WhiteMiss Rose WhiteMiss Rose White is a television film adaptation of the Barbara Lebow play, A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992...
(1992) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Rose White - Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No RulesWomen & Men 2Women and Men 2 is the second installment of HBO's made for television short films based on works by American authors....
(1991) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Arlene Megeffin - Lemon SkyLemon SkyLemon Sky is a 1970 play by Lanford Wilson first produced at Cafe La Mama. The story is about a fresh out of high school teen from the midwest moving to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family...
(1988) (TVTelevision movieA television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
) .... Carol - Amazing StoriesAmazing Stories (TV series)Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes...
(1 episode, 1986) .... Dora Johnson - Miami ViceMiami ViceMiami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...
(1 episode, 1985) .... Sarah MacPhail - ABC Afterschool SpecialABC Afterschool SpecialThe ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were...
(1 episode, 1985) .... Cindy Eller - Another WorldAnother World (TV series)Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...
(1 episode, 1983) .... Julia Shearer