Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (/ˈkɪərə ˈsɛdʒwɪk/ KEER-ə SEJ-wik; born August 19, 1965) is an American film and television actress.

She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010.

Sedgwick's other film credits include Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Cameron Crowe's Singles (1992).

[16] Sedgwick obtained her first acting job in 1982 on the television soap opera Another World, portraying Julia Shearer,[17] troubled granddaughter of Liz Matthews.

[21] Sedgwick played the title role[22] in the Emmy Award–winning[23] 1992 TV film Miss Rose White as a Jewish immigrant who comes to terms with her ethnicity.

[24][25][26] During the 1990s, she appeared in several Hollywood movies, including Singles (1992), Heart and Souls (1993), Something to Talk About (1995; for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress—Motion Picture[27]), Phenomenon (1996; in which she played the love interest of John Travolta's character[28]), and Critical Care (1997).

[48] In 2023, Sedgwick played the role of Aunt Julia in season 2 of the drama series The Summer I Turned Pretty.

[49] Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon were married on September 4, 1988,[1] about 18 months after meeting on the set of PBS's adaptation of Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky.