Kim Cattrall

 

Kim Victoria Cattrall (born 21 August 1956) is a British and Canadian actress. She is most famous for her part as 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. She reprised her role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). Cattrall's debut film was Rosebud (1975) and she continued to appear in several roles on television. She became famous in the 1980s , with 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) as well as The Return of the Musketeers (1989). She worked on several occasions alongside director Bob Clark, appearing in four of his films: Tribute (1980), Porky's (1981), Turk 182 (1985), and Baby Geniuses (1999). Other credits include The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (91), Split Second (1992), Above Suspicion (95), and 15 Minutes (192001).