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She has been married to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Series/FindingYourRoots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.

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She has been married to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie.Creator/{{Sosie|Bacon}}. On ''Series/FindingYourRoots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles; her cousin is the late model and actor Edie Sedgwick, who worked with Creator/AndyWarhol in the '60s, inspired the songs "[[Music/BobDylan Like a Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles; her cousin is the late model and actor Edie Sedgwick, who worked with Creator/AndyWarhol in the '60s, inspired the songs "[[Music/BobDylan Like a Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground "[[Music/TheVelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles; her cousin is the late model and actress Edie Sedgwick, who worked with Creator/AndyWarhol in the '60s, inspired the songs "[[Music/BobDylan Like a Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. actor. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles; her cousin is the late model and actress actor Edie Sedgwick, who worked with Creator/AndyWarhol in the '60s, inspired the songs "[[Music/BobDylan Like a Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.
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!!Partial filmography:

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* ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' (1989) as Donna
* ''Film/{{Singles}}'' (1992) as Linda Powell
* ''Film/HeartAndSouls'' (1993) as Julia
* ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'' (1995) as Blanche
* ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'' (1996) as Lace Pennamin
* ''Film/WhatsCooking'' (2000) as Rachel Seelig
* ''Film/SecondhandLions'' (2003) as Mae
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'' (2003) as Batwoman
* ''Film/TheWoodsman'' (2004) as Vicki
* ''Film/{{Loverboy}}'' (2005) as Emily Stoll
* ''Film/TheGamePlan'' (2007) as Stella Peck
* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' (2009) as Gina Parker Smith
* ''Film/ManOnALedge'' (2012) as Suzie Morales
* ''Film/ThePossession'' (2012) as Stephanie Brenek
* ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' (2013) as Marian Carr
* ''Film/ReachMe'' (2014) as Colette
* ''Film/CopCar'' (2015) as Dispatch
* ''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'' (2016) as Mona
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* ''Series/AnotherWorld'' (1982–83) as Julia Shearer
* ''Series/TheCloser'' (2005–12) as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' (2014–20) as Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

She is best known as Georgia-born, CIA-trained Brenda Leigh Johnson, Chief of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division, on TNT's crime drama ''Series/TheCloser''. She has been Emmy-nominated six times for the role - finally winning in 2010 - and won a Golden Globe in 2007.

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - circles; her cousin is the late model and actress Edie Sedgwick, who worked with Creator/AndyWarhol in the '60s, inspired the songs "[[Music/BobDylan Like A a Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.

She is best known as for her portrayal of Georgia-born, CIA-trained Brenda Leigh Johnson, Chief of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division, on TNT's crime drama ''Series/TheCloser''. She has been Emmy-nominated received six times UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations for the role - -- finally winning in 2010 - -- and won a Golden Globe UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe|Award}} in 2007.
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She has been married to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Discovering Your Roots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.

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She has been married to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Discovering Your Roots'', ''Series/FindingYourRoots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) 1965 in New York City, New York) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

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* BlueBlood: About as blue as it gets.
* CreatorCouple: Her husband Creator/KevinBacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.
** They also shared the screen as the alpha couple in the RomanticComedy ''Film/{{Pyrates}}''.
* [[FakeAmerican Fake Southern]]: She hails from Manhattan. Brenda hails from Georgia.

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* BlueBlood: About as blue as it gets.
* CreatorCouple: Her husband Creator/KevinBacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.
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films. They also shared the screen as the alpha couple in the RomanticComedy ''Film/{{Pyrates}}''.
* [[FakeAmerican Fake Southern]]: She hails from Manhattan. Brenda hails from Georgia.
''Film/{{Pyrates}}''.
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* CreatorCouple: Her husband Creator/KevinBacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.
** They also shared the screen as the alpha couple in the RomanticComedy ''Film/{{Pyrates}}''.
* [[FakeAmerican Fake Southern]]: She hails from Manhattan. Brenda hails from Georgia.
* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.


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* RomanceOnTheSet: Met her husband Creator/KevinBacon on the set of the 1988 film ''Lemon Sky''.
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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".
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* CreatorCouple: Her husband Creator/KevinBacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.
** They also shared the screen as the alpha couple in the RomanticComedy ''Film/{{Pyrates}}''.
* [[FakeAmerican Fake Southern]]: She hails from Manhattan. Brenda hails from Georgia.
* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.



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'''Kyra Minturn Sedgwick''' (born 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

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'''Kyra Kyra Minturn Sedgwick''' Sedgwick (born 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Once upon a time, Kyra met a woman named [[Creator/MaryMcDonnell Mary [=McDonnell=]]] and hit it off with her in spectacular fashion. The two decided they absolutely ''had'' to work together, and so a character called Sharon Raydor, InternalAffairs cop and annoyance extraordinaire, joined ''Series/TheCloser''. Three years later, when Kyra took her last bow as Brenda Leigh Johnson, she [[Series/MajorCrimes passed the reins of the Major Crimes Division to]]... Mary [=McDonnell=].
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'''Kyra Sedgwick''' hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

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'''Kyra Minturn Sedgwick''' (born 1965) is an American actress. She hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".
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'''Kyra Sedgwick''' hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[BobDylan "[[Music/BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[VelvetUnderground "[[Music/VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".



She has been married to ''{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Discovering Your Roots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.

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She has been married to ''{{Footloose}}'' ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Discovering Your Roots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.

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* CreatorCouple: Her husband Kevin Bacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.

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* CreatorCouple: Her husband Kevin Bacon Creator/KevinBacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.



* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.

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* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.''Series/TheCloser''.

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'''Kyra Sedgwick''' hails from Upper Manhattan's socialite circles - her cousin is Edie Sedgwick, who inspired "[[BobDylan Like A Rolling Stone]]" and "[[VelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]".

She is best known as Georgia-born, CIA-trained Brenda Leigh Johnson, Chief of the LAPD's Major Crimes Division, on TNT's crime drama ''Series/TheCloser''. She has been Emmy-nominated six times for the role - finally winning in 2010 - and won a Golden Globe in 2007.

She has been married to ''{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Sosie. On ''Discovering Your Roots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.

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* BlueBlood: About as blue as it gets.
* CreatorCouple: Her husband Kevin Bacon has directed several episodes of ''Series/TheCloser'', and she was an executive producer on one of his films.
* [[FakeAmerican Fake Southern]]: She hails from Manhattan. Brenda hails from Georgia.
* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.

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