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Kim Cattrall was born in Liverpool, England, but grew up in Canada and made her professional stage debut in a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. She has acted in numerous TV movies, but became a household name in her role as Samantha Jones on the hit series, Sex and the City, a role for which she received five Emmy nominations. She won the Golden Globe for the role in 2003 and was part of the SAG Award-winning Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2001 and 2004.

Among the movies Cattrall has made are: Porky's, Masquerade, Tribute, The Return of the Musketeers, 15 Minutes, and Sex and the City, The Movie.

Last updated: February 04, 2009.

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Actor: Kim Cattrall
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  • Born: Aug 21, 1956 in Liverpool, England
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Ticket to Heaven, Police Academy, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  • First Major Screen Credit: Crossbar (1979)

Biography

A popular screen figure of the 1980s and '90s whose casting in HBO's runaway hit series Sex and the City provided her career with a solid second wind, Emmy-winning actress Kim Cattrall has endured to prove that older women can retain their sexuality and femininity while simultaneously maintaining a vital screen presence. Born in Liverpool, England, Cattrall's parents immigrated the family to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, when the future actress was three years old. After returning to England at age 11 to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Cattrall finished high school in Vancouver, and at age 16 struck out on her own after winning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

Though director Otto Preminger would sign Cattrall to a five-year contract and give the actress her film debut in Rosebud (1975), Universal would soon step in to buy out her contract, making Cattrall one of the last actors to participate in the now defunct Universal Contract Player System. Following with television appearances in Starskey and Hutch and Charlie's Angels, and turning up in such features as Deadly Harvest (1977), it appeared as if good things were in store for Cattrall in the future. The dawn of the 1980s found Cattrall's star ascending in such features as Porky's (1981), and with the release of Police Academy in 1984 her face was becoming a familiar one to film and television audiences.

Following up with such typically '80s fare as Turk 182! (1985), Cattrall essayed the role of the green-eyed girl whose fate was questionable in John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986), the year before her most famous (until Sex and the City of course) role in Mannequin (1987). Essentially a typical '80s throwaway comedy, Cattrall's effervescent presence, combined with Starship's catchy title tune "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now," gave the film such a boost that it even spawned a Cattrall-less sequel. It was following Mannequin that Cattrall's career began to stall in the wake of such instantly forgettable films as Honeymoon Academy (1990) and the Gary Busey actioner Breaking Point (1993), though her role in 1995's Live Nude Girls proved a curious precursor to her role on Sex and the City.

A frank and funny HBO series based on the writings of New York Observer columnist Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City gave Cattrall a chance to shine as a lusty an unabashedly sexual PR executive whose confidence in the bedroom rivals only her confidence in the boardroom. A runaway hit that's popularity only grew as the show entered is sixth season, Sex and the City once again made Cattrall a household name as it influenced everything from fashion to the drinks of the New York scene. Cattrall's character proved so popular that in mid-2003 it was announced that once Sex and the City drew to a close, she would star in her own spin-off series. Though she would inexplicably continue to release such vapid feature fare as Baby Geniuses (1999), appearances in such efforts as the Britney Spears road drama Crossroads ensured that Cattrall would remain a familiar face to young audiences. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
 
Wikipedia: Kim Cattrall
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Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall, 2008
Born Kim Victoria Cattrall
21 August 1956 (1956-08-21) (age 52)
Liverpool, England, UK
Occupation Actress
Years active 1975–present

Kim Victoria Cattrall (pronounced /kəˈtræl/, rhyming with shall; born 21 August 1956) is a Golden-Globe award winning English-Canadian actress. She is known for role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City, and for her leading roles in the 1980s films Police Academy and Mannequin.

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Early life

Cattrall is one of seven children and was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England.[1][2] Her mother, Shane, was a secretary, and her father, Malcolm, a construction engineer.[3] When she was 3 months old, her family emigrated to the Canadian city of Courtenay, British Columbia. At 11, she returned to Cheshire when her grandmother became ill, and she studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before returning to Canada at age 16 to finish her final year of secondary school.

Career

Cattrall began her career before graduating from high school in 1972, when she left Canada for America. There, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and upon her graduation signed a five-year movie deal with director Otto Preminger, making her film debut in Preminger's Rosebud in 1975. A year later, Universal Studios bought out that contract and Cattrall became one of the last participants of the Universal Contract Player System. During her time with Universal, she guest-starred in numerous television programmes of varying style and genre. In 1979, she played Dr. Gabrielle White in The Incredible Hulk and would go down in TV Hulk lore as one of the few characters who knew David Banner was alive and was the Hulk. In a successful transition to cinema, Cattrall starred opposite Jack Lemmon in his Oscar-nominated movie Tribute in 1980. The following year, she starred in the critically acclaimed Ticket to Heaven. She also had a guest role in the TV Mini-Series Scruples.

In 1982, Cattrall played Miss Honeywell (Lassie) in Porky's, followed two years later by a role in the original Police Academy. In 1985, she starred in three movies: Turk 182, City Limits and Hold-Up, the latter with French star Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1986, she played Kurt Russell's brainy flame in the action film Big Trouble in Little China. In 1987, her lead role in Mannequin proved a huge success with audiences. One of her best-known film roles is that of Lieutenant Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Aside from her film work, Cattrall is also a stage and theater actress, with performances in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge and Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters to her credit. In 1997, she was cast in Sex and the City, Darren Star's series which was broadcast on HBO. As Samantha Jones, Cattrall gained international recognition. She capitalized on her success by appearing in steamy television commercials promoting Pepsi One. She also signed a publishing deal to write a book about sex with her third husband, Mark Levinson. In addition, she can be heard reading the poetry of Rupert Brooke on the CD Red Rose Music SACD Sampler Volume One.

Her film work continued during Sex and the City when she appeared in Britney Spears' first film venture, Crossroads. Sex and the City ended as a weekly series in spring 2004 with 10.6 million viewers. Cattrall reprised the role of Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City film, released on May 30, 2008. She will also appear in a sequel planned for release in 2010.

In 2005, she appeared in the Disney picture Ice Princess, in which she played the ice skating coach of the film's lead character. She portrayed Claire, a paralyzed woman who wants to die, in the West End drama revival of Whose Life Is It Anyway?. In October 2006, she appeared in a West End production of David Mamet's The Cryptogram at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Since late 2005, she has appeared in a number of British television commercials for Tetley Tea.[4] In July 2006, a commercial for Nissan cars, which featured Cattrall as Samantha Jones, was withdrawn from New Zealand television, apparently because of complaints about its innuendo.[5] In 2006, she starred alongside Brendan Gleeson in John Boorman's 2006 film The Tiger's Tail, a black comedy that focuses on the impact of the Celtic Tiger economy on Irish people. On ITV, she starred alongside David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, and Carey Mulligan in My Boy Jack, the story of author Rudyard Kipling's search for his son lost in World War I.

On 2 June 2008, Cattrall was reported to be set to star in and executive produce Sensitive Skin for HBO, an adaptation of the eponymous British series revolving around a middle-aged wife and mother who rediscovers her sexuality.[6]

On June 16, 2009, it was announced that Cattrall would receive a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto. The induction ceremony will be held on September 12, 2009.[7]

Personal life

Cattrall has been married three times. Her 1977-1979 marriage to Larry Davis was annulled. Her second marriage was from 1982-89 to Andre J. Lyson; with him, she lived in Frankfurt and learned to speak German fluently, but admits she has forgotten a lot over the years.[8][9][10]

From 1998 to 2004, she was married to audio designer Mark Levinson. The two co-wrote the 2002 book Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm.[11]

Cattrall has also been linked with former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Houston Rockets stars Cuttino Mobley and Steve Francis, actor Daniel Benzali, musician Gerald Casale of the New Wave group Devo, French public intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy, and her Whose Life is it Anyway? co-star Alexander Siddig.[12] She currently resides in New York City and in East Hampton, New York.

Filmography

Television

  • Double Vision (1992)
  • Miracle in the Wilderness (1992)
  • Wild Palms (Miniseries, 1993)
  • Angel Falls (Unknown episodes, 1993)
  • Dream On (1 episode, 1994)
  • Running Delilah (1994)
  • Two Golden Balls (1994)
  • OP Center (1994)
  • The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
  • Every Woman's Dream (1996)
  • The Outer Limits (1 episode, 1997)
  • Invasion (1997)
  • Rugrats (Voice, 1 episode, 1997)
  • Duckman (Voice, 1 episode, 1997)
  • Creature (1998)
  • Modern Vampires (1998)
  • 36 Hours to Die (1999)
  • Sex and the Matrix (2000)
  • Sex and the City (94 episodes, 1998-2004)
  • The Simpsons (1 episode, 2004)
  • Him and Us (2006)
  • My Boy Jack (2007)
  • The Sunday Night Project (2007)
  • Navtones.com (Voice Download) (2008)
  • Producing Parker (2009)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Result Category Film or series
1982 Genie Awards Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Ticket to Heaven
1991 Golden Raspberry Awards Nominated Worst Supporting Actress The Bonfire of the Vanities
1993 The Saturn Award Nominated Best Supporting Actress Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1999 Women in Film Lucy Awards Won Lucy Award
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2000 Golden Globe Award Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV Sex and the City
2001
2003 Won
2004 Nominated
2000 Emmy Award Nominated Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sex and the City
2001
2002
2003
2004
2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominated Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Sex and the City (Shared with Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker)
2002 Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Sex and the City
Won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Sex and the City (Shared with Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker)
2003 Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Sex and the City
2004 Won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Sex and the City (Shared with Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Sarah Jessica Parker)
2005 Nominated
2004 Satellite Awards Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Comedy or Musical Sex and the City
2006 Gemini Award Nominated Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series Kim Cattrall: Sexual Intelligence
2008 Banff World Television Festival Won NBC Universal Award of Distinction
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Rachel Griffiths
for Six Feet Under
Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
2003
for Sex and the City
Succeeded by
Mary-Louise Parker
for Angels in America



 
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