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Kyra Sedgwick stars in "The Closer" on TNT. Her role as Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson has earned her a Golden Globe and Emmy Award as well as seven Golden Globe nominations, four Emmy nominations, and six SAG nominations. She is also a producer on the series.

On the big screen, Sedgwick stars in "Man on a Ledge," opposite Sam Worthington and Elizabeth Banks, as Suzie Morales. Sedgwick will be seen in Ole Bornedal's "Possession," opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

With powerful performances
Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer"
Kyra Sedgwick The Closer
on the stage, screen and on television, Kyra Sedgwick is an established actress that has endeared herself to audiences and received critical acclaim for her various roles.

Sedgwick was most recently seen in Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's "Gamer," opposite Gerard Butler. The film is set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments. She also starred in "The Game Plan," alongside Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The story revolves around a rugged superstar quarterback Joe Kingman (Johnson), whose Boston-based team is chasing a championship. Sedgwick played Stella Peck, Kingman's sports agent. She also starred in ThinkFilms's "Loverboy," directed by Kevin Bacon. Sedgwick helped develop and co-produced the film which co-starred Matt Dillon, Campbell Scott and Marisa Tomei. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.

Sedgwick starred in Nicole Kassell's "The Woodsman," produced by Lee Daniels, opposite Kevin Bacon and Mos Def. It had its world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival (in competition), receiving rave reviews. It was also showcased in Cannes as part of the 2004 Director's Fortnight line-up, and won the Jury prize at the Deauville Film Festival.

Sedgwick received a 2005 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for her work in Lisa Cholodenko's "Cavedweller" for Showtime. Sedgwick, who developed and produced the film, plays Delia, a rock singer who returns to her Georgia hometown hoping to regain custody of the two daughters she left with her abusive ex-husband (Aidan Quinn). "Cavedweller" aired on Showtime.



Sedgwick also appeared in Joseph Sargent's Emmy-nominated "Something the Lord Made" for HBO. She co-stars along side Alan Rickman, Mos Def and Mary Stuart Masterson. Sedgwick plays the role of Mary Blalock, the wife of Alfred Blalock, who performed the first open-heart surgery procedure.

In 2002, Sedgwick co-starred with Parker Posey in Rebecca Miller's independent film, "Personal Velocity," winning the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. Other credits include the Emmy nominated TNT movie, "Door to Door," opposite William H. Macy, Helen Mirren and Kathy Baker, Fisher Stevens' film "Just a Kiss," Showtime's "Behind the Red Door," opposite Keifer Sutherland and Stockard Channing, and "Secondhand Lions," co-starring Michael Caine, Robert Duvall and Haley Joel Osment. Other films include John Turteltaub's "Phenomenon," opposite John Travolta, "What's Cooking," which opened the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, "Born on the Fourth of July," "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge," "Singles," "Lemon Sky," "Heart and Souls," and Showtime's "Losing Chase" which she executive produced and starred opposite Helen Mirren.

Sedgwick's theater credits include The Culture Project's New York production of "The Exonerated," a triumphant run of Nicholas Hytner's "Twelfth Night" at Lincoln Center, "Ah Wilderness!" for which she won the Theater Award, and David Mamet's "Oleanna," which garnered her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Drama League Award.




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KYRA SEDGWICK: FACTS

How tall is Kyra Sedgwick? How old is Kyra Sedgwick? Find out here.

Age: 46 years old
Birthday: August 19, 1965
Height: 5' 5"
Nickname: Kiko
Full Name / Real Name: Kyra Minturn Sedgwick
Birthplace: New York, NY
Husband: Kevin Bacon (9/4/1988, 2 children)





Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer" 'The Closer' Season 7 Celebrates 100th Episode — Beginning Monday, November 28, the record-breaking series continues its final season with Fred Willard guest starring in the centennial episode on December 5. Read more...
Ty Burrell, Julie Bowen, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet in "Modern Family" SAG 2011 Nominations — The guild bestows the most nods to the movies "The King's Speech" and "The Fighter" with 4 each, while "Modern Family" leads all TV series also with 4. Read more...
"Glee" cast at sectionals Golden Globe 2011 Nominations — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association sings the praises of "Glee," awarding it with 5 nods, the most of any TV show, while it places "The King's Speech" on the movie throne with a total of 7. Read more...
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Cast of "Leverage" TNT Announces Fall/Winter Schedule — "Leverage" returns November 27 followed by "The Closer," "Rizzoli & Isles" on November 28, "TNT Mystery Movie Night" on November 29 and "Southland" on January 17. Read more...
"Rizzoli & Isles" cast 'Rizzoli & Isles' Season 3 to Return Next Year — The series, following its September 12 summer finale, will return to wrap up its second season with new episodes in November and December. Read more...
Kyra Sedgwick in "The Closer" 'The Closer' Nabs Over 9 Million Viewers — The season premiere on July 11 ranked as basic cable's top scripted telecast for the year-to-date, followed by over 8 million viewers for "Rizzoli & Isles." Read more...
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