Kim Cattrall

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Biography

Screen and stage actress Kim Cattrall was best known for her role as New York PR agent and femme fatale Samantha Jones on the hit HBO series "Sex and the City" (1998-2004). But prior to her lusty adventures in Manolo Blahnik shoes, Cattrall built up a long list of credits in forgotten low-budget features and TV movies during the 1980s, earning some notoriety for playing sexpots in "Porkys" (1982), "Police Academy" (1984) and "Mannequin" …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Music

Born

Kim Victoria Cattrall on August 21, 1956 in Widnes, England, GB

Career Milestones

2010

Reprised her role of Samantha Jones for "Sex and the City 2"

2010

Played Pierce Brosnan's personal assistant and mistress in Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer"

2008

Reprised the character of Samantha Jones for "Sex and the City: The Movie"

2007

Co-starred with Alec Baldwin in "Shortcut to Happiness"

2005

Starred in the romantic dramedy "Ice Princess" playing a coach to an aspiring figure skater (Michelle Trachtenberg)

2005

Will headline an update of Brian Clark's play "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" at London's Duke of York's Theatre

2002

Appeared in Alec Baldwin's troubled directorial debut "The Devil and Daniel Webster"

2001

Made cameo appearance as a hardnosed TV producer in "15 Minutes"

1999

Had a co-starring role in "Baby Geniuses"

1998

Co-starred as sexually liberated PR agent Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy series "Sex and the City"; earned Golden Globe (2000, 2001, 2004), SAG (2002, 2003) and Emmy (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) nominations

1998

Played a woman under attack by genetically engineered killer sharks in the ABC miniseries "Peter Benchley's 'Creature'"

1997

Featured in the NBC miniseries thriller "Robin Cook's 'Invasion'"

1996

Starred opposite Jeff Fahey in the CBS thriller "Every Woman's Dream"

1995

Had a supporting role in the TNT presentation of Wendy Wasserstein's popular play "The Heidi Chronicles"

1996

Featured in the supernatural thriller "Unforgettable"

1995

Played a woman reliving her youth with a slumber party on the eve of her third marriage in "Live Nude Girls"

1993

Co-starred in the short-lived CBS primetime soap "Angel Falls"

1993

Played featured role of Paige in the four-part ABC miniseries "Wild Palms"

1991

Played Mr Spock's protegee, Valeris, in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"

1990

Co-starred as Tom Hanks' sophisticated wife in Brian De Palma's disappointing "Bonfire of the Vanities"

1989

Had a supporting role as a villainess in the uninspired reunion film "The Return of the Musketeers"

1988

Featured opposite Rob Lowe in the thriller "Masquerade"

1987

Played the title character's animated alter ego in the silly romantic comedy "Mannequin"

1986

Was featured in John Carpenter's adventure "Big Trouble in Little China"

1986

Made Broadway debut opposite Ian McKellan in "Wild Honey" a translation of Chekhov's "Ivanov"

1985

Acted in the drama feature "Turk 182"

1984

Played a former call girl turned vigilante in the NBC TV-movie "Sins of the Past"

1984

Was one of the recruits attending "Police Academy"

1981

Had a memorable featured role in the teen sex comedy "Porky's"

1980

First major film acting role (as an adult) in "Tribute"

1980

Played title role in the syndicated TV-movie "The Gossip Columnist"

1980

Acted in the CBS miniseries "Scruples"; based on Judith Krantz's bestselling novel

1979

Reprised role in the syndicated miniseries sequel "The Rebels"

1978

Featured in the syndicated miniseries "The Bastard"

1977

Made TV-movie acting debut in "Good Against Evil" (ABC)

Signed to long-term contract with Universal Studios

Performed in repertory theater in Toronto

Stage debut in production of "The Rocky Horror Show"

1975

Feature film acting debut in Otto Preminger's "Rosebud" while in final year at Academy of Dramatic Arts

Made professional debut with little theater company in Liverpool

Awards

2005

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2004

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2004

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2003

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Sex and the City

2003

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2003

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2003

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2002

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Sex and the City

2002

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2002

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2002

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2001

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2001

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

2000

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Sex and the City

2000

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in Sex and the City

1999

Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in Sex and the City