Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. The series ended on August 13, 2012, following the completion of its seventh season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth19 August 1965
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Our family adopted Paulie from a shelter as an 8-week-old puppy. We've had him for 11 years, and I think it was valuable for the kids to learn to be responsible for a pet. It's a wonderful thing for families - the unconditional love you get from a pet is something you carry with you for the rest of your life.
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.
Hollywood is sexist and age-ist, and that covers all the bases, I guess.
I can't get hired in a studio movie. Everything is so uphill.
I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.
Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.
It's that I'm 39. I feel hot and sexy, actually... I feel it inside myself. I don't feel dried up and tired and no longer interested in sex is what I'm trying to say.
Some of the best roles are for women in these independent, smaller movies.
I feel my job as an actor is to explore all sides of humanity.
Whether it be in a small movie or a big movie, I would always be attracted to this role.
While it is challenging working with a kid, because they're so of the moment all the time. My acting style is to try to take something from my life that the character can relate to and that I can relate the character to.
It's not always thankless. Let's face it - it's not always thankless. I've gotten a lot of really great recognition and I've worked with amazing people.
We do spend time talking about it and we puzzle through it together. We ride the roller coasters together - the high highs and the low lows.
You know, I grew up with brothers so I'm used to being the only girl.