| Charlotte York Goldenblatt | |
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| First appearance | Pilot (episode 1.01) |
| Created by | Candace Bushnell |
| Portrayed by | Kristin Davis |
| Episode count | 94 |
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| Nickname(s) | Char |
| Aliases | Charlotte York (maiden name) Charlotte York MacDougal (former married name) Charlotte York Goldenblatt (married name) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of birth | July 14, 1966 [citation needed] |
| Occupation | Art Dealer |
| Family | Wesley York (brother) |
| Spouse(s) | Trey MacDougal (1st husband) Harry Goldenblatt (2nd husband) |
| Children | Lily Goldenblatt (adopted daughter, with Harry) Rose Goldenblatt (biological daughter, with Harry) |
| Religion | Episcopalian, later converts to Judaism |
Charlotte Goldenblatt,[1] (née York; previously MacDougal) is a fictional character on the HBO-produced television series Sex and the City. She is portrayed by actress Kristin Davis.
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Character Information
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Charlotte York is the daughter of Sandra Whitehead York and Dr. Stephen Foster York. She is an art dealer and Smith College graduate (where she was a Young Republican and member of Kappa Kappa Gamma) with a Connecticut blue-blooded upbringing. She is the most conservative and traditional of the group, placing more emphasis on emotional love than lust, and is always searching for her "knight in shining armor." Presenting a more straightforward attitude about relationships, usually based upon "The Rules" of love and dating, she often scoffs at the lewder, more libertine antics that the show presents (primarily from Samantha). Despite her conservative outlook, she has been known to make concessions that surprise even her sexually freer girlfriends (such as her level of dirty talk, oral sex in public and "tuchus-lingus"). It has been hinted at throughout the series, particularly in the first and second seasons, that she is the newest close friend of the group (for example being unaware of Miranda's long-term relationship two years prior to the start date of the series). She gives up her career shortly after marrying her first husband, Trey MacDougal, but divorces him upon irreconcilable differences concerning in-vitro fertilization, and receives a Park Avenue apartment as her divorce settlement. She eventually remarries her less-than-perfect, but good-hearted divorce lawyer, Harry Goldenblatt, after converting to Judaism. In the series finale, Charlotte and Harry adopt a baby girl from China.
Background & Personality
Charlotte is viewed by some to be the most naïve of the four characters, often showing signs of belief in the old-fashioned, "love conquers all" notion. This type of outlook has even earned her the nickname "Park Avenue Pollyanna," coined by Carrie Bradshaw in narrations. Yet, her friends are sometimes envious and even in awe of her overall optimisim on love and life, leading Carrie to dedicate her book to Charlotte. Charlotte also possesses a soft personality towards her friends, always "being there" for them. It is revealed throughout the series that Charlotte enjoyed various degrees of status in her younger life, such as being prom queen, a varsity cheerleader, track and field captain, teen model, and equestrienne. She is occasionally described as a WASP, an identity she seems to happily accept. However, Charlotte later converted to Judaism.
Marriages
Trey MacDougal
Trey MacDougal (Kyle MacLachlan) is a doctor from an upper-crust family with an overbearing, frequently present mother who comes to rival Charlotte. Trey and Charlotte meet after Charlotte, having had a horrible date, is nearly hit by his taxi. Trey gets out of the taxi to help her, and it is implied that they fall in "love at first sight." Charlotte feels Trey is the ideal boyfriend and husband-candidate. After months of dating, Charlotte becomes anxious to receive his proposal. Frustrated with waiting, Charlotte suggests (at a restaurant) that they should get married, to which Trey casually responds, "All righty." Charlotte is furious at this response, because it was not what she had imagined. Later, Trey makes up for it by stopping in front of a Tiffany & Co. store during a walk and suggesting that they look for "the most beautiful [engagement] ring they have." They decide not to have sex until they are married, but on the day before their wedding, Charlotte gets drunk and visits Trey's apartment to have sex. This is the first time Trey is shown as unable to perform, implying that he may be impotent. Charlotte addresses her concern to Carrie before she walks down the aisle, but is comforted by Carrie and so the marriage between Trey and Charlotte takes place. After sometime of Trey being unable to perform in the bedroom, the two separate. They later get back together when Trey finds himself able to perform. Charlotte discovers that she is unlikely to get pregnant, as she and Trey both want children, and Trey is uncomfortable with adoption. The two divorce because there is no way for them to get what they want from the marriage.
Harry Goldenblatt
Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler) is Charlotte's divorce lawyer. Although Charlotte is initially repulsed by Harry's constant sweating and somewhat odd appearance and behaviour, she ends up sleeping with him when Harry confesses his attraction to her. She tries to keep their relationship strictly about sex but, soon after, she gets attached. Charlotte converts to Judaism to appease Harry's requirement that he can only marry a Jewish woman, but soon ends up ruining the relationship in a fit of anger by telling him that she's angry about giving up Christ when he won't set a date for their wedding. After several weeks of bad blind dates, Charlotte bumps into Harry at the local synagogue singles' night and admits her wrongs, professing her deep love for him. Harry is touched and proposes to Charlotte on the spot. Harry and Charlotte marry in a traditional Jewish ceremony. They explore their options of having children, with Charlotte at one point becoming pregnant followed (shortly) by a miscarriage, which emotionally devastates her. Finally, in the series finale, they are approved to adopt a girl from China named Lily.
Sex and the City Movie
The movie begins with Charlotte's life with her daughter Lily and husband Harry and they are perfectly happy living in New York. When Carrie's wedding to Big ends in a mess, Charlotte goes with Carrie (along with Samantha and Miranda) to where she was to have her honeymoon with Big. Charlotte is extremely careful when overseas and refuses to eat any of the food there, instead bringing her own. On vacation, whilst in the shower, Charlotte accidentally swallows some water and then not long after, accidentally gets diarrhea. Even though she and Harry had stopped trying for another baby after they had adopted Lily, Charlotte finds out she is pregnant, much to her joy. At this moment, it seems that everything Charlotte has ever wanted is finally coming true, and Charlotte becomes "so happy, she's terrified." In the movie it is also revealed that Charlotte always believed Carrie and Big would end up together, and when she sees Big in the street she tells him, "I curse the day you were born." It is then that Charlotte goes into labour, and Big takes her to the hospital and waits until the baby is born. Charlotte and Harry are overjoyed when she gives birth to a baby girl they name Rose. The final scenes of the movie show Harry and Charlotte with their two daughters.
References
External links
- Charlotte York at the Internet Movie Database
- Archive of the original Sex and the City newspaper columns
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