Birthday: 1965-08-19

Place of Birth: New York City, New York USA

Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Wiki Biography: Kyra Minturn Sedgwick was born on August 19, 1965 in New York City and attended private schools. She made her professional acting debut at age 16 on the soap opera "Another World" (1964). A graduate of USC, Kyra has pursued a career that includes stage, screen and television. Kyra's reason for becoming an actor is that it gives her the ability to be compassionate and to walk around in the shoes of others. Her first brush with stardom came in Born on the Fourth of July (1989) as "Donna", the high school sweetheart of Tom Cruise. Two of her roles led to Golden Globe nominations: Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) and Something to Talk About (1995). She met her husband, Kevin Bacon, when they played leads in the television movie "American Playhouse: Lemon Sky (#7.5)" (1988).