Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick enjoyed a steady dramatic career in film and on stage and television for nearly two decades before breaking through to “household name” status as the lead of the TNT crime drama, “The Closer.” Prior to her Emmy, S.A.G. and Golden Globe award nods for the show, Sedgwick had been viewed primarily in independent films and on New York stages, currying favor with critics for her thoughtful, focused presence in much-coveted roles of smart, complex women. Whereas she might have gone far relying only on her sparkling eyes and enormous smile, she – as did her husband, Kevin Bacon –