Kim Cattrall

 

Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is an British and Canadian actress from Canada and Britain. She is most famous for her role in Sex and the City's Samantha Jones (1998-2004), in which she received five Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Award nominations. She also won the 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Artistress. She reprised the role in the movies Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2011). Cattrall was first seen in Rosebud (1975) before she continued to play diverse roles on television. Her fame grew in the 1980s through 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 was a frequent collaborator 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) and 15 Minutes (2001), Crossroads (2002), Ice Princess (2005), My Boy Jack (2007), The Ghost Writer (2010), and Meet Monica Velour (2010).