Kim Cattrall

Kim Victoria Cattrall (/kəˈtræl/; born 21 August 1956) is a British-Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Samantha Jones on the HBO comedy series Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).\n', ' Cattrall made her film debut in Otto Preminger\'s 1975 feature Rosebud, and subsequently appeared in various television roles. She came to prominence in the 1980s, with notable appearances in films such as Ticket to Heaven (1981), Police Academy (1984), John Carpenter\'s Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988), Midnight Crossing (1988), and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). She collaborated on several occasions with director Bob Clark, appearing in four of his films: Tribute (1980), Porky\'s (1982), Turk 182! (1984), and Baby Geniuses (1999). Her other films include: Brian De Palma\'s The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Split Second (1992), Above Suspicion (1995), 15 Minutes (2001), Crossroads (2002), Ice Princess (2005), My Boy Jack (2007), Roman Polanski\'s The Ghost Writer (2010), and Meet Monica Velour (2010).\n', ' On stage, she starred in the original Broadway production of Michael Frayn\'s Wild Honey (1986). Subsequent theatre credits include: August Strindberg\'s Miss Julie (McCarter Theatre Center; 1993), Shakespeare\'s Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Playhouse; 2010), Noël Coward\'s Private Lives (Broadway; 2011), and Tennessee Williams\' Sweet Bird of Youth (The Old Vic; 2013).\n', '