Kira 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 project. Award nominee: Actors Guilds, Saturn, Independent Spirit.
Sedgwick began her television career from filming the Other World project when she was sixteen years old. To date, in the creative biography of the actress, 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 freaked me out, " "In the Dark, " "City on the Hill." She was also an executive producer of ten projects.
In 2009, Sedgwick was awarded a personal star on the "Walk of Fame" in Hollywood.
Facts from the biography
The future actress was born in the summer of 1965 in the United States. Her mother Patricia Rosenwald worked as a speech therapist, and her father Henry Dwight Sedgwick V was an investor (venture capitalist). He was born in 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 the artistic director Ben Heller.
Already in school, Kira became interested in art and decided to become an actress. After primary education in 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, training specialists in the field of performing arts. She also studied acting at Michael Howard Studios.
Film career
Sedgwick played her first role in the television project "Another World" in 1982. This was followed by work in a number of 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 film "Taipan" and in the drama "Lemon Sky".
A year later, Sedgwick received one of the main roles in the military drama of the famous director Oliver Stone, “Born on the Fourth of July”. Starring Tom Cruise.
The film is based on real events. It tells the story of the life of war veteran Ron Kovik. Back in school, he enlisted as a volunteer in the army. After the Vietnam War, Ron returned home with a paralyzed disabled person. Throughout his life, Kovik participated in the anti-war movement.
The film was praised by film critics and viewers. He became the owner and nominee of many film awards, including: Oscar, Golden Globe, British Academy, Berlin Film Festival.
The next role Sedgwick received 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 role in the television drama Miss Rose White and in the melodrama Theme for Talk, Sedgwick was nominated for a Golden Globe.
In the 1990s, while continuing to act in films, Kira took part in several theater productions on Broadway.
The most famous Sedgwick brought the main role in the detective series "The Bloodhound." The film tells about the life of Detective Brenda Lee Johnson, who was trained at the CIA and was appointed to the position of head of the department for combating especially serious crimes.
For this role, the actress became the winner of the Golden Globe and Emmy awards, as well as a repeated nominee for these and other film awards.
