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Kyra Sedgwick
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Kyra Sedgwick

Actor · born August 19, 1965

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Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010.

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  1. ~45Received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series2010

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Marc Rowan

Entrepreneur · Apollo Global Management · finance

1962 · United States

$7.9Bolder estimate, as of 2025 · Forbes

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Bill Clinton

Politician

1946 · United States

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1883–1971 · France

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John Stamos
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John Stamos

Actor

1963 · United States

John Phillip Stamos is an American actor and musician.

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