Line #3 Creator/KyraSedgwick


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3	->''"I have too much respect for the characters I play to make them anything but as real as they can possibly be. I have a great deal of respect for all of them, otherwise I wouldn't do them. And I don't want to screw them by not portraying them honestly."''
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5	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/TheVelvetUnderground All Tomorrow's Parties]]", and had her life dramatized in the film ''Film/FactoryGirl''.
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7	She is best known 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 received six UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations for the role -- finally winning in 2010 -- and won a UsefulNotes/{{Golden Globe\|Award}} in 2007.
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9	She has been married to ''Film/{{Footloose}}'' star Creator/KevinBacon since 1988 and has two children, Travis and Creator/{{Sosie\|Bacon}}. On ''Series/FindingYourRoots'', she and Bacon were discovered to be (distant) cousins.
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12	!!Partial filmography:
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16	[[folder:Film roles]]
17	* ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'' (1989) as Donna
18	* ''Film/{{Singles}}'' (1992) as Linda Powell
19	* ''Film/HeartAndSouls'' (1993) as Julia
20	* ''Film/MurderInTheFirst'' (1995) as Blanche
21	* ''Film/SomethingToTalkAbout'' (1995) as Emma Rae King
22	* ''Film/{{Phenomenon}}'' (1996) as Lace Pennamin
23	* ''Film/WhatsCooking'' (2000) as Rachel Seelig
24	* ''Film/{{Labor Pains\|2000}}'' (2000) as Sarah Raymond
25	* ''Film/SecondhandLions'' (2003) as Mae
26	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'' (2003) as Batwoman
27	* ''Film/TheWoodsman'' (2004) as Vicki
28	* ''Film/Loverboy2005'' as Emily Stoll
29	* ''Film/TheGamePlan'' (2007) as Stella Peck
30	* ''Film/{{Gamer}}'' (2009) as Gina Parker Smith
31	* ''Film/ManOnALedge'' (2012) as Suzie Morales
32	* ''Film/ThePossession'' (2012) as Stephanie Brenek
33	* ''Film/KillYourDarlings'' (2013) as Marian Carr
34	* ''Film/ReachMe'' (2014) as Colette
35	* ''Film/CopCar'' (2015) as Dispatch
36	* ''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'' (2016) as Mona
37	* ''Film/TheGuardiansOfTheGalaxyHolidaySpecial'' (2022) [[AsHimself as herself]] ([[VoiceOnlyCameo voice only]])
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41	* ''Series/AnotherWorld'' (1982–83) as Julia Shearer
42	* ''Series/TheCloser'' (2005–12) as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson
43	* ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' (2014–20) as Deputy Chief Madeline Wuntch
44	* ''Series/CallYourMother'' (2021) as Jean Raines
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48	!!Tropes:
49	* 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}}''.
50	* RealLifeRelative: She's co-starred with Kevin Bacon four times. Their daughter Sosie played Brenda's niece Charlene during Season 4 of ''Series/TheCloser''.
51	* 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=].
52	* RomanceOnTheSet: Met her husband Creator/KevinBacon on the set of the 1988 film ''Lemon Sky''.

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