Sosie Ruth Bacon (born March 15, 1992) is an American actress. Her first role was playing 10-year-old Emily in the film ''
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock band formed in 1979 in Calgary, Alberta. Loverboy's hit singles, particularly " Turn Me Loose" and "Working for the Weekend", have become arena rock staples and are still heard on many classic rock and classic hits r ...
'' (2005), which was directed by her father,
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon (born July 8, 1958) is an American actor. His films include the musical-drama film '' Footloose'' (1984), the controversial historical conspiracy legal thriller '' JFK'' (1991), the legal drama '' A Few Good Men'' (1992), t ...
.
James Duff, producer of ''
The Closer
''The Closer'' is an Television in the United States, American television police procedural starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator o ...
'', was compelled by Bacon's performance in ''Loverboy'' to suggest that she play the role of
Brenda Leigh Johnson
Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson (portrayed by Kyra Sedgwick) is a fictional character and the main protagonist featured in TNT's ''The Closer''. She heads the Major Crimes Division (formerly the Priority Homicide Division) of the Los Angeles ...
's niece Charlie in season five of the series. Although her parents were opposed to her being involved in acting, she accepted the role and appeared in four episodes alongside her mother, who played the role of Chief Johnson. Bacon portrayed the character Skye Miller in the TV series ''
13 Reasons Why
''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...
''. In 2022, she starred in the horror film ''
Smile
A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.
Among humans, a smile expresses ...
''.
Early life
Sosie Bacon was born in 1992 to actors Kevin Bacon and
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (; born August 19, 1965) is an American actress, producer and director. For her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'', she won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Awa ...
. Bacon was provided with a "fairly ordinary" upbringing, according to producer
James Duff, and her parents were determined that she not follow them into acting.
Career
While directing ''Loverboy'', Kevin Bacon decided to cast Sosie in the film. Asked about the choice, he said that he made the decision as a director, not as a father, because he believed his daughter was perfect for the role, and "Sosie was cool. She kind of got it out of her system. She said 'Oh, that was fun—now I'm going back to school'." Sosie portrayed the main character Emily in a flashback, while the adult Emily was portrayed by Sosie's mother
Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Minturn Sedgwick (; born August 19, 1965) is an American actress, producer and director. For her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama ''The Closer'', she won a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Awa ...
. As Emily, Sosie sang an ''a cappella'' version of the
David Bowie
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song "
Life on Mars?
"Life on Mars?" is a song by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, first released on his 1971 album ''Hunky Dory''. In 1968, Bowie was commissioned to write English lyrics for the Claude François French song " Comme d'habitude". After his l ...
", that was described in a review from ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'' as "grotesquely funny". Her brother, Travis Bacon, was cast in a smaller role in the film. Kevin praised Sosie's work on ''Loverboy'', but said that he would not be encouraging her to pursue acting further.
Her performance in ''Loverboy'' is what James Duff, the producer of ''The Closer'', has said first prompted him to suggest that Bacon begin acting.
Duff had wanted to write her into the series since she was 12 years old, according to Sedgwick, who plays the role of Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the show.
However, Sedgwick was opposed to the idea, insistent on Sosie's not getting involved with acting. Duff said that he eventually was able to get her parents to agree to her having a brief role in the series provided it did not interfere with her education. He described the agreement as being "more like a treaty negotiation" than an arrangement.
Sedgwick's version of events was different. She said that she had told Duff she would discuss it with her husband, but that Duff went directly to Sosie, who accepted the role, and at that point, her mother said, "there was no turning back".
The role lasted for four episodes.
Following her role on ''The Closer'', Bacon began studying at
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providenc ...
and has studied at
musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movemen ...
company
CAP21
The Citizenship, Action, Participation for the 21st Century (french: Citoyenneté, action, participation pour le e siècle) was a minor green liberal political party in France, founded by Corinne Lepage in 1996 as a political reflection club.
...
. She joined the cast of ''Fiction in Photographs'' in 2012, an
off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
musical by Dan Mills and Randy Redd.
On November 21, 2013, Bacon was crowned
Miss Golden Globe 2014. Chosen each year by the
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
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, Miss Golden Globe assists with the Globes ceremony and is typically the daughter of Hollywood celebrities.
Sosie was cast in the leading female role of the independent film ''Off Season'' (2014), opposite
Chance Kelly
Chance Kelly is an American film and television actor who portrayed NFL Coach Mike Martz in the film American Underdog (2021). He also played Detective Ed Cutler on the NBC series ''Aquarius''. He is also known for starring as Lt. Col. "Godfathe ...
. Following up her role in ''
13 Reasons Why
''13 Reasons Why'' is an American teen drama television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey and based on the 2007 novel ''Thirteen Reasons Why'' by author Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen (Dylan Mi ...
, ''Bacon was cast in ''
Here and Now
Here and Now may refer to:
Music
* Here & Now (band), an English progressive/space rock band
* Here and Now Tour, a series of concert tours
Albums
* ''Here and Now'' (The Jazztet album) (1962)
* ''Here and Now'' (Hampton Hawes album) (1965)
* ...
'', a 2018-debuting HBO family drama series from award-winning writer-producer
Alan Ball, as Kristen, the youngest daughter of a couple played by
Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film ''The Shawshank Redemption ''(1994), and has won an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards for his role ...
and
Holly Hunter
Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film ''The Piano'', Hunter won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She earned three additional Academy Award nominations for ...
.
She starred in the 2022 horror film ''
Smile
A smile is a facial expression formed primarily by flexing the muscles at the sides of the mouth. Some smiles include a contraction of the muscles at the corner of the eyes, an action known as a Duchenne smile.
Among humans, a smile expresses ...
'' as the protagonist, Dr. Rose Cotter.
Filmography
Film
Television
Notes
References
External links
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21st-century American actresses
1992 births
Actresses from New York City
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
Brown University alumni
Jewish American actresses
Living people
People from Los Angeles
Sedgwick family