Kim Cattrall

 

Kim Victoria Cattrall, born 21 August 1956 was a British-Canadian actress. She is best known for her part in the role of Samantha Jones on HBO's Sex and the City (1998-2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, receiving the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. The role was reprised in the movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). Cattrall's film debut was in Rosebud (1975) in which she was later cast in several roles on television. She became famous in the late 1980s in films like Ticket to Heaven (1981), Police Academy (1984), Hold-Up (1985), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988), Midnight Crossing (1988), and The Return of the Musketeers (1989). She worked on several occasions with director Bob Clark, appearing in four of his films: Tribute (1980), Porky's (1981), Turk 182 (1985), and Baby Geniuses (1999). Her other credits include 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), The Ghost Writer (2010), and Meet Monica Velour (2010).