Sex and the City TV Show

Date of Birth: August 21, 1956

Born in Liverpool, England, as an infant, Kim Cattrall moved to Canada with her parents, Dennis and Shane. She returned to England to study at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art when she was 11.

Later, upon graduating high school in Vancouver, she was awarded a scholarship to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She was only 16 at the time. Before graduating from the Academy in 1975, she was cast in Otto Preminger’s Rosebud.

She began to play serious stage roles in Vancouver, Toronto and L.A., where she won critical acclaim for her work in Agnes of God and The Three Sisters. After a repertory run in Toronto, she was awarded a film contract with Universal Studios.

In 1982, she married Andreas Lyson, the German-born architect she met in L.A. The marriage ended in divorce only five years later. But while her marriage was falling apart, her screen career was blooming, with popular films that made her famous as a comedienne: Mannequin, Porky’s and Police Academy.

After a ten year dry spell with bomb after bomb in both film and television, Cattrall hit big again playing the sexually driven Samantha Jones in the HBO hit series, Sex and the City. Since the show ended, she has concentrated on her film career, with roles in films such as Ice Princess (2005), but returned to the role as Samantha in the big screen version: Sex and the City: The Movie (2008).

Filmography:

Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
The Tiger’s Tail (2006)
Snow Cake (2005)
Ice Princess (2005)
Crossroads (2002)
The Devil and Daniel Webster (2001)
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Modern Vampires (1998)
Exception To the Rule (1997)
Unforgettable (1996)
Where Truth Lies (1996)
Above Suspicion (1995)
Live Nude Girls (1995)
Breaking Point (1994)
Split Second (1992)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Honeymoon Academy (1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
Good Night, Michelangelo (1989) (1989)
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
Masquerade (1988)
Smoke Screen (1988)
Mannequin (1987)
Midnight Crossing (1987)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
City Limits (1985)
Turk 182! (1985)
Hold-Up (1985) Police Academy (1984)
Porky’s (1981)
Ticket to Heaven (1981)
Tribute (1980)
Deadly Harvest (1976)
Rosebud (1975)

Name :Sarah Jessica Parker

Birthdate :
25 March 1965

Birthplace :
Nelsonville, Ohio

Height :
5′ 4”

Education :
American Ballet Theatre Professional Children’s School, New York

Nationality :
American

Occupation :
Actress

Best Known As :
The star of TV’s Sex and the City

Sarah Jessica was born in Nelsonville, Ohio on March 25th, 1965. Her parents divorced when she was one and her mother later remarried. A born entertainer, she appeared in her first television special, The Little Match Girl, when she was eight years old. Parker studied ballet with the Cincinnati Ballet and American Ballet Theater, and worked on her singing with the Metropolitan Opera. At age 8, she saw an ad in the local newspaper announcing an audition for a production of HC Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl”. Sarah convinced her mother to allow her to try-out, and she got the part. Sarah, who grew up in a family with limited money, welcomed the opportunity to make some money of her own.

When Sarah Jessica was 11, her stepfather decided to move the family to New York and start a trucking business of his own. Sarah and her brother, Timothy Britten Parker, soon began to win parts in various on and off Broadway productions. Sarah found herself playing Broadway’s third Annie, and soon began taking classes in order to save her voice. Growing up, Sarah danced with the National American Ballet Theater and sang with the Metropolitan Opera. In 1979, Sarah got a role in the feature film “Rich Kids”, opposite John Lithgow. Three years later, she gained national recognition, starring in the short lived sitcom “Square Pegs”. A few motion pictures followed throughout the 80’s, as well as a couple of TV films and series. The 1984 Musical Drama “Footloose”, co-starring Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer, brought Sarah a “Young Artist Award” for Best Young Actress.

Sarah’s major breakthrough was in 1991, when she starred in Steve Martin’s major comedy “L.A. Story”. Her hilarious performance as the gum popping valley girl, had critics standing and cheering everywhere. The 1992 hit comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas” brought Sarah a one year relationship with co-star Nicolas Cage. Some time later, Sarah had a brief fling with the late John F. Kennedy Jr. and became an attractive tabloid newsmaker. In November 1991, Sarah met Matthew Broderick, who, at the time, was directing her brother Timothy in a play. Three months later, they had their first date, and the couple moved in together in 1992. Five years later, Sarah announced her desire to marry Broderick, live on the David Letterman show. Directly after the show, Matthew proposed to Sarah, and three months later, on May 19, 1997, they married. Sarah and Mat currently live in Soho, New York, with their border collie, Sally.

With her sexy AND funny image in tow, Sarah Jessica kept herself BUSY on the big screen, working with Nicolas Cage and James Caan in Honeymoon in Vegas, Bette Midler in Hocus Pocus, Bruce Willis in Striking Distance, Ed Wood with Johnny Depp, Miami Rhapsody with Antonio Banderas, The First Wives Club, Extreme Measures (with Hugh Grant and Gene Hackman) and Mars Attacks!. Not content to work solely on the big screen, Sarah Jessica squeezed in several Broadway and Off-Broadway productions as well as starting her sexy HBO series Sex and the City in 1998. She won a Golden Globe for that role in 2000. Sex and the City’s successful run came to an end on February 22nd, 2004, amid much media hoopla. She still managed to get some more film work done, appearing opposite Brendan Fraser in Dudley Do-Right and Alec Baldwin in State and Main.

Sex and the City star Chris Noth, in Sydney to act as LG brand ambassador for the launch of their new range of touch screen phones, says he’s also up for a sequel to the hugely successful film if they asked him.

Gallery: Sex in the Sydney

“They haven’t talked about it yet but it’s all up to Michael Patrick King - if he wants to write another one we’d love to do it,” he said.

“It was a great experience and we had a lot of fun making it.”

In depth: Sex and the City, the movie

Noth also said he wished a few more men would get out and see the Sex and the City film.

“From the reports that I’ve been getting it is all females in the audience and I know it is a movie that attracts women but guys are allowed to go to this movie just so you know in Australia,’’ he said.

“Guys, you won’t be persecuted if you go to this movie.”

Noth says stepping back into Mr Big’s shoes for the Sex and the City film was a pleasure. “It was no sweat - it was fantastic,’’ he said.

“I didn’t really with struggle with it - it felt pretty natural.”

The LA-based actor also said he’s been happy with the response from the fans.

“The fans have been incredible,’’ he said. “They’ve all been very polite and I couldn’t ask for more.”

Has SATC taught him anything about women?

“You don’t take cues from the entertainment business to learn something as complicated as the female species,’’ he said.

“One of the things I liked about it apart from the laughs and the fashion, is the friendship and forgiveness which were underplayed in the movie.

“People come back together because they loved each other enough to forgive and you can laugh along the way which is what makes it work.”

Noth will feature in the LG advertising campaign for their range of mobiles which include a styish model called the Secret but he describes himself as the least tech-savvy person around.

“I’m not exactly tech savvy but we like to know that it’s there and usable for people who didn’t get past fifth grade math.”

Noth also laughed off the suggestion of a Law and Order movie based on the other popular TV show in which he stars.

“The problem with Law and Order is that it’s on three times a day six days a week. There are three different shows. I can barely watch it and I’m on it,” he said.

And what about that drink? Noth explain there are plenty of people who offer to buy him a drink especially the Cosmopolitan made popular by Sex and The City.

“No, get me a beer, I’m thirsty. They are actually very tasty but it’s a sweet drink and it’s for girls not guys.”