About
| Birth Name: | Kyra Minturn Sedgwick |
| Birth Notes: | 19 August 1965, New York City, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Nicknames: | Kiko |
| Family: | * Kevin Bacon (4 September 1988 - present); 2 children |
| Biography: | Kyra was born in New York and attended private schools. She made her professional acting debut at 16 on the soap opera "Another World" (1964). A graduate of USC, Kyra has pursued a career that includes stage, screen and television. Kyra's reason for becoming an actor is that it gives her the ability to be compassionate and to walk around in the shoes of others. Her first brush with stardom came in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as "Donna", the high school sweetheart of Tom Cruise. Two of her roles led to Golden Globe nominations: Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) and Something to Talk About (1995). She met her husband, Kevin Bacon , when they played leads in the TV movie Lemon Sky (1988) (TV). |
Filmography
| Gamer (2009) as Gina Parker Smith |
| Heart and Souls (1993) as Julia |
| Loverboy (2005) as Emily |
| Phenomenon (1996) as Lace Pennamin |
| Secondhand Lions (2003) as Mae |
| Singles (1992) as Linda Powell |
| Something to Talk About (1995) as Emma Rae King |
| Tai-Pan (1986) as Tess Brock |
| The Game Plan (2007) as Stella Peck |
| The Low Life (1995) as Bevan |
| Behind the Red Door (2003) as Natalie |
| Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as Donna, Ron's Girlfriend |
| Cavedweller (2004) as Delia Byrd |
| Chlorine (2010) as Georgie |
| Critical Care (1997) as Felicia Potter |
| Film Trix 2002 (2002) as Herself |
| Film Trix 2004 (2004) as Herself |
| Just a Kiss (2002) as Halley |
| Kansas (1988) as Prostitute Drifter |
| Labor Pains (2000) as Sarah Raymond |
| Montana (1998) as Claire Kelsky |
| Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990) as Ruth Bridge |
| Murder in the First (1995) as Blanche, Hooker |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) as Delia Shunt |
| Pyrates (1991) as Sam |
| Story of a Girl (2010) as Debbie |
| The Woodsman (2004) as Vicki |
| War and Love (1985) as Halina |
| What's Cooking? (2000) as Rachel Seelig |
Trivia
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* Has two children, Travis Bacon and Sosie Bacon. * Second cousin 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. * Received the 1988 Theatre World award for her stage portrayal of Muriel in Eugene O'Neill's "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 (1985) and her producing debut in Losing Chase (1996) (TV). * 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. |
Quotes
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* "It's an unattainable goal to be good at everything." - as quoted in Woman's World. * 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. It was also a chance for me to get up there and thank the people I wanted to thank. It means a lot to me to say in a public way how much I love doing the show and what a great gift it has been for me and to thank the people who are a part of it. (On her Golden Globe win) * Also everyone's hearts are in the right place when you do a small movie. You're not doing it for the money; you're not doing it for the possibility of an Oscar nomination. You are doing it because you love the material. * 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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