Kyra Sedgwick

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Biography

Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City, to Patricia . They have two children.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·producer·director
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 19 August 1965
  • Place of birth
  • New York City
  • Children
  • Sosie Bacon
  • Spouses
  • Kevin Bacon
  • Education
  • USC School of Dramatic Arts·Sarah Lawrence College
  • Parents
  • Henry Dwight Sedgwick

Movies

TV

Books

Awards

Trivia

Has two children: Travis Bacon and Sosie Bacon.

First cousin, once removed of actress Edie Sedgwick.

Was a guest at Sarah Jessica Parker s 40th birthday party.

Older sister of actor Robert Sedgwick.

Sister-in-law of Michael Bacon and Betsy Bacon.

Aunt of up-and-coming Canadian singer/songwriter Justin Nozuka , George Nozuka and Philip Nozuka.

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6356 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on June 8, 2009.

Received the 1988 Theatre World award for her stage portrayal of Muriel in Eugene ONeills "Ah Wilderness".

Graduate of the University of Southern California (Theatre).

Kyra and her husband, Kevin Bacon , lost an undisclosed amount of money in the Bernard Madoff scandal.

Aunt of Neal Bacon.

Her favorite actresses are Diane Keaton , Anjelica Huston , Jessica Lange , and Meryl Streep.

Made her big screen acting debut in War and Love and her producing debut in Losing Chase .

Often confused with actresses Cameron Diaz and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Studied acting with Michael Howard at Michael Howard Studios in New York City.

She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.

She is the half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern.

When she and Kevin Bacon appeared on the PBS show "Finding Your Roots", they discovered that they are very distant cousins (ninth cousins once removed).

(November 2005) Now lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.

Her mothers family was German Jewish. Her father was born to a prominent family of English descent, with roots going back to Colonial America of the 1600s.

Both Kyra and her husband, Kevin Bacon , have starred in historical movies which were set in, and primarily filmed in and around, Baltimore, Maryland. First, Kevin starred in Diner and 22 years later, Kyra starred in Something the Lord Made .

Auditioned unsuccessfully for a part in Flashdance .

Born on the same date as Kevin Dillon.

Quotes

It was such a lovely, lovely, lovely night, and I was so happy to have,my daughter and my husband there. And it does mean something. It means,something in the industry, and it means something on a personal level.

He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.

Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies. .

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