Keira Sedgwick is an American theater, film and television actress, director and producer. Winner of Emmy, Golden Globe, Sputnik, Gracie awards for the lead role in the Snoop. Award nominee: Guild of Actors, Saturn, Independent Spirit.
Sedgwick began her television career by filming Underworld when she was sixteen years old. To date, in the creative biography of the actress, there are more than a hundred roles in television and film projects.
Kira also acted as one of the directors of the series: "Grace and Frankie", "God Freed Me", "In the Dark", "City on a Hill". She was also a performer and producer of ten projects.
In 2009, Sedgwick was honored with a Personal Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Biography facts
The future actress was born in the summer of 1965 in the United States. Her mother, Patricia Rosenwald, was a speech therapist, and her father, Henry Dwight Sedgwick V, was an investor (venture capitalist). He was born into a very famous family of English descent. Among the relatives were famous people: Theodore Sedgwick, Endicott Peabody, William Ellery.
Kira's parents divorced when she was six years old. Mom married a second time to artistic director Ben Heller.
Already in her school years, Kira became interested in art and decided to become an actress. After completing her primary education at a private school, she continued her studies at the University of Southern California. And then she studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, which trains specialists in the performing arts. She also studied acting at Michael Howard Studios.
Film career
Sedgwick played her first role in the television project Underworld in 1982. This was followed by work in a number of TV series: "Sesame Street", "ABC. Especially After School”,“American Theater”,“Miami Police: Department of Morals”,“Amazing Stories”.
Kira came to the cinema in 1988, starring in the adventure tape "Taipan" and in the drama "Lemon Sky".
A year later, Sedgwick got one of the main roles in the war drama "Born on the Fourth of July" by the famous director Oliver Stone. Tom Cruise starred.
The film is based on real events. It tells the life story of war veteran Ron Kovik. Back in his school years, he volunteered for the army. After going through the Vietnam War, Ron returned home paralyzed and disabled. Throughout his later life, Kovik participated in the anti-war movement.
The film was highly acclaimed by film critics and audiences. He became the owner and nominee of many film awards, including: "Oscar", "Golden Globe", British Academy, Berlin Film Festival.
The next role Sedgwick got in the drama "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge", which tells about the life of the family of a successful lawyer Walter Bridge.
In subsequent years, Kira starred mainly in television and independent projects. For her roles in the television drama Miss Rose White and the melodrama Talking Topic, Sedgwick was nominated for a Golden Globe.
In the 1990s, while continuing to act in films, Kira took part in several theatrical productions on Broadway.
The most famous Sedgwick brought the main role in the detective series "Snoop". The film tells the story of the life of detective Brenda Lee Johnson, trained by the CIA and appointed to the position of head of the department for combating particularly serious crimes.
For this role, the actress won the Golden Globe and Emmy awards, as well as multiple nominees for these and other film awards.
Personal life
Kira got married in 1988. Actor Kevin Bacon became her husband. The couple had two children. The son's name is Travis, the daughter's is Sousi Ruth.
