All About Sosie Bacon's Relationship with Famous Parents Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

Kevin Bacon, Sosie Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 12, 2014.Photo:Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty

Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCUniversal/Getty

Sosie Baconwasn’t always sure she’d follow in the footsteps of her celebrity parents,Kevin BaconandKyra Sedgwick. With roles inMare of EasttownandSmile(2022), she’s made a name for herself as an actress — and her parents couldn’t be prouder of her achievements.

The actress was born Sosie Ruth Bacon in Los Angeles on March 15, 1992 — nearly four years after her parents wed and three years following the birth of her brother,Travis Bacon.

Kevin and Kyra raised their kids outside of the public eye, and while they didn’t encourage Sosie to pursue a career in Hollywood, they didn’t keep her away from it. She was just ashappy to try actingas she was to return to school and her friends.

When she decided to pursue an acting career, it was on her terms. Asked if her parents had any acting advice for her, Sosie toldHarper’s Bazaar, “I think it’s more a general encouragement to trust my own instincts, more than anything.”

Sosie’s acting career meant moving to L.A. while her parents remained on the East Coast, but they’ve stayed close despite the distance. When they’re not together, she’sposting tributesto her parents andsharing childhood memorieson Instagram.

From on-screen collaborations to Instagram singalongs, here’s everything to know about Sosie Bacon’s relationship with her parents, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick.

Her parents met and fell in love at work

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick during 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards.Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty

Kevin and Kyra formally met andfell in lovein 1987 while working together on the PBS filmLemon Sky(1988). Kevin told PEOPLE it was love at first sight when he saw Kyra on set. “I was knocked out,” he recalled. “I thought she was amazing.”

She eventually agreed to a dinner date where they talked and laughed for hours, and the next day, Kyraknew he was the one.  “I remember waking up and going, ‘I feel like home,’ ” she said. “I realized, ‘Oh, that was him.’ "

BeforeLemon Sky, Kyrafirst met Kevinyears prior at a deli in 1978 while he was in the off-Broadway playGetting Out— a story they shared with PEOPLE while celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary in September 2023.

Kevin and Kyra got engaged in December 1987 and married on Sept. 4, 1988. They welcomed their son, Travis, in June 1989 and their daughter, Sosie, in March 1992.

Kevin and Kyra didn’t push Sosie toward Hollywood

Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, and their daughter Sosie Bacon at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on January 25, 2009.Dan MacMedan/WireImage

Dan MacMedan/WireImage

Sosie’s parents raised her and Travis away from Hollywood life and took parenthood very seriously.

During a 2021 appearance onThe Drew Barrymore Show, Kyra said: “My motherhood really defines me. I’ve been an actor forever and I have my own career, my own life and I always have, but Mom is my title. It’s the thing I think about in the morning, it’s the thing I think about when I go to sleep.”

In a 2013 interview withVulture, Kevin described his parenting style. “When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other,” he said.

Sosie worked with her parents twice while growing up

Kevin Bacon, daughter Sosie, and Kyra Sedgwick at the “Beauty Shop” World Premiere on March 24, 2005.Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Sosie grew up mostly away from show business, but there were some exceptions. At 12, she appeared onscreen with both of her parents in the 2005 filmLoverboy, which Kevin also directed. Sosie played a 10-year-old version of her mother’s character. “I just couldn’t resist it,” Kevin toldNew Yorkmagazine, noting that he cast his daughter in the role because he believed she was perfect for it. “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.’ "

At 17, Sosie had a guest role on Kyra’s seriesThe Closer, appearing alongside her Emmy-winning mom during season 5 as Charlie, the niece of Kyra’s character Brenda Leigh Johnson.

Her parents support her acting career

Kevin Bacon and Sosie Bacon at the Showtime Emmy eve nominees celebration on September 16, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.JB Lacroix/WireImage

JB Lacroix/WireImage

It wasn’t until Sosie was an adult that she chose an acting career. Although her parents knew it wouldn’t be easy, they supported her.

WhenSmilewas released in 2022,Kevin reflected on that timein his daughter’s career. “When she finally, in her early 20s, decided that this is what she wanted to do, she dropped out of college and moved to L.A. and really started doing all the right stuff. Pounding the pavement, doing self-tape after self-tape and studying,” he told PEOPLE.

Kyra was supportive but concerned. During a September 2017 interview withGood Housekeeping, she said: “As an actor, there is so much rejection. Kevin and I have had some painful experiences, and you don’t want your kid to go through that. But I want [Sosie] to follow her passion, and acting has become her passion.”

Sosie never felt pressure from her parents in either direction, though. “They tried to just stay out of it. I don’t think that they encouraged or discouraged either way. Having parents that are in this, you see a lot of the negative sides of it, not just the flashy, fun side of it,” she toldHarper’s Bazaarin 2022. “But that being said, as soon as I made the choice, it was like, ‘Amazing. That’s exciting. Now we can talk about it.’ ”

She often sings and dances with her parents

Jenna Jimenez, Sosie Bacon, and Kevin Bacon singing on a farm in 2021.Sosie Bacon Instagram

Sosie Bacon Instagram

The Bacon family’s social media feeds are filled with clips of them singing and dancing. Kevin formed the Bacon Brothers in 1994 with his brother,Michael Bacon, and both of Kevin’s children inherited a love of music. While Travis focuses more on his industrial metal band, CONTRACULT Collective, Sosie often joins her parents for singalongs anddance numbers.

On Halloween in 2022, Sosie shared anInstagram videoof herself and her mom singingAlanis Morissette’s “Hand in My Pocket.” Earlier that month, shejoined her dadfor a cover ofBob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love.”

Sosie talked about her family’s passion for music onThe Kelly Clarkson Showand mentioned that her brother is a “musicianmusician” who doesn’t prefer to do singalongs with his family.

Travis eventually made an appearance in aBacon family videoplaying acoustic guitar in a rendition ofMiley Cyrus’ “The Climb” alongside Sosie, his parents, his partner Angelina Sambrotto and Sosie’s boyfriend, actorScoot McNairy.

They share a love for horror movies

Sosie Bacon in ‘Smile’.Walter Thomson/Paramount Pictures/Paramount+

Walter Thomson/Paramount Pictures/Paramount+

In addition to acting, horror is a family tradition. Speaking toKelly Clarksonin 2022, Sosie said, “I love horror. We’re a big horror family ever since I was a kid.”

With her starring role inSmile, she joined her family’s horror movie legacy. Kevin has several horror credits on his résumé, includingFriday the 13th(1980) andFlatliners(1990), while Kyra starred inThe Possession(2012). In 2022, TravislaunchedSlashtag Cinema,a series of horror shorts released on Instagram and TikTok that he produced, wrote and starred in with his friends.

Sosie lived with her parents while filmingSmile

Kevin Bacon, Sosie Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick in Las Vegas in 2022.Sosie Bacon Instagram

Both Sosie and her brother have moved out of their family home, but Kevin and Kyra always welcome them back with open arms.

Becoming an empty nesterwas a challenge for Kyra. “If you do your job well, your children leave you,” she toldGood Morning Americain 2021. “So it’s weird and it’s hard. But I’m grateful to have adult children now, but I think initially it’s like, ‘Wait, what are you talking about? I birthed you and I took care of you your whole life and now you’re leaving me!’ It felt wrong."

Sosie lives in L.A. but when work brings her to the New York area, her parents are there for her.

She moved back in with Kevin and Kyra, who live in Connecticut, while filmingSmile— although her demanding schedule meant they didn’t spend much time together. “I was so busy that I could never see them,” Sosie said on a September 2022 episode ofToday. “They wanted to hang out. They were super sweet. They made me bagels at two in the morning when I came home.”

Kevin was working on a project at the same as Sosie, which meant he was up early making coffee for both of them. Kevin posted one of these morning rituals onInstagram. “Rise and shine or shush and slurp #ASMR with @sosiebacon,” he wrote. “Let’s get to work!”

source: people.com