Anyone who has seen TNT’s crime drama The Closer would surely want to know Kyra Sedgwick biography. Kyra Sedgwick is Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in this television series and she heads the Major Crimes Division (formerly the Priority Homicide Division) of the Los Angeles Police Department. She is called “The Closer” because of her determination to gather all facts about the crime elicit the truth among the crime perpetrators and ultimately close the case.

Here are some important details on Kyra Sedgwick biography.

Born on August 19, 1965 , Kyra Sedgwick is from New York City. Her wealthy parents are Patricia Rosenwald and Henry Dwight Sedgwick V. Her mother was a speech teacher and a family therapist while her father was a venture capitalist. Her father’s proud descent included Judge Theodore Sedgwick, Endicott Peabody (the founder of the Groton School), William Ellery (a signer of the Declaration of Independence), and the Reverend John Lathrop.

An artist by blood, Kyra Sedgwick is a descendant of artists as she is the first cousin of actress Edie Sedgwick, a niece of the writer John Sedgwick, a sister of actor Robert Sedgwick, and half-sister of jazz guitarist Mike Stern. She graduated from private schools and finished a degree in theater arts at the University of Southern California.

A personal quote by Kyra Sedgwick is “… 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.” She may not have been an Oscar nominee but Kyra Sedgwick’s role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010.

Kyra Sedgwick started acting at 16 and had her debut on a television opera Another World. In the 1990s, she was seen in several movies like Singles (1992), Something to Talk About (1995) and in a movie where she played John Travolta’s love interest in Phenomenon. In 1992, she played the star role of a Jewish immigrant in the Emmy Award winning television film, Miss Rose White. She was Mae Coleman in 2003’s Second Lions, and Stella Peck in the 2007’s Game Plan. In 2004, she co-starred with husband Kevin Bacon in the film The Woodsman. She was the voice behind Kelly Ripa, Elisa Gabrielle and Kimberly Brooks (Batwoman) in the animated movie entitled Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.

Kyra Sedgwick was in the 1987 Lemon Sky, television drama written by Lanford Wilson, where she worked with future husband Kevin Bacon. They married on September 4, 1988 and have two lovely children namely Travis Sedgwick Bacon (born June 23, 1989) and Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992). The Bacon family currently resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Kyra Sedgwick is not just an award-winning actress but also a producer. She is the executive producer of The Closer, where she portrays the main character Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson. However, the executive producer has already announced that the top-rated crime drama will have its final season in December 2011. This news has surely saddened everyone who has been following the television series since 2005.