Kyra Sedgwick

Kyra Sedgwick is an actress currently known for her award winning lead role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson in the TNT show The Closer. Born in New York, Sedgwick made her acting debut in the long running soap opera, "Another World" at the age of 16.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001718/bio Sedgwick made her big screen debut in "War and Love" in 1985.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001718/bio<ref> Since then, Sedgwick has starred in a number of movies including Born on the Fourth of July, and The Game Plan. She is also the wife of actor Kevin Bacon.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001718/bio

Sedgwick won a Golden Globe in 2007 for her role in "The Closer. On August 29, 2010, she won her first Emmy, best actress in a drama, for the same role.http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2010/08/29/top_chef_dethrones_amazing_race_at_emmys/ This was her fifth nomination.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001718/awards

• 2005-2010 "The Closer"
• 2007: The Game Plan
• 1995: Something to Talk About
• 1996: Phenomenon
• 1992: Singles
• Starred on Another World soap opera at the age of 16 in 1982

In a conference call on June 10, 2009, Sedgwick disclosed that she was one of the investors that lost money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme. The actress did not state how much money she lost with Madoff's fraudulent investments, but did state: "We lost hard-earned money that we worked very hard for that was what we thought in a safe place. It's painful but a lot of people lost a lot more."Huffington Post: Kyra Sedgwick Breaks Madoff... (June 10, 2009)

While their representative confirmed they had money invested with Madoff, they did not say how much the couple lost in the fraudulent financial endeavor.People: Bacon Victim of Madoff Scheme (December 30, 2008)

• Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

• August 19, 1965: Born

• 1985: War and Love

• 1988: Marries Kevin Bacon

• 1989: Born on the Fourth of July

• 1990: Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

• 1992: Singles

• 1995: Murder in the First

• 1996: Phenomenon

• 2002: Personal Velocity: Three Portraits

• 2003: Secondhand Lions

• 2004: The Woodsman

• 2005: The Closer