Kim Cattrall Biography

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Kim Cattrall as Tina and Michelle Trachtenberg as Casey in Disney's Ice Princess - 2005

Birth Date: August 21, 1956

Birth Place: Liverpool, England, UK

Kim Cattrall, a Golden Globe Award-, Emmy Award- and Screen Actor's Guild Award-winning actress, has received worldwide acclaim for her role as femme fatale Samantha Jones on HBO's groundbreaking hit series “Sex and the City.”

She has been further recognized with four additional Golden Globe nominations and four Emmy nominations. Cattrall intends to continue her relationship with HBO in the wake of the series end. Her recently founded Fertile Ground Productions, a Canada-based production company, is currently in development on two projects set up at the cable network: “Sexual Intelligence,” a feature-length documentary which Cattrall will host and co-executive produce, and an adaptation of Clifford Odets' “The Country Girl,” which she will co-executive produce and star in for HBO films.

Cattrall's extensive acting career has spanned film, stage and television. Born in Liverpool, England, and raised on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Cattrall moved to New York City at the age of 16 to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. On graduation, film director Otto Preminger signed her to a 5-year film contract. A year later, Universal Studios bought out the contract and Cattrall became one of the last participants of the Universal Contract Player System.

While under contract at Universal, Cattrall guest starred in numerous television series, which led to starring roles opposite Jack Lemmon in his Academy Award-nominated performance in “Tribute” and Lead Actress Genie nomination (Canadian Oscars) for her performance in “Ticket to Heaven.” She starred in a host of Hollywood blockbuster films, including “Police Academy 1,” “Porky's,” “Mannequin,” “Masquerade,” “Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country,” John Carpenter's “Big Trouble in Little China” opposite Kurt Russell and with Tom Hanks in Brian De Palma's “Bonfire of the Vanities.” Her performance as Jamie in the independent feature “Live Nude Girls” earned her rave reviews at numerous film festivals.

She was most recently seen as Brittany Spears' mom in “Crossroads.” The publicity machine behind Spears seems to know no boundaries--or scruples. Along with the movie, there are two "books" available from Scholastic: a novelisation of Crossroads, as well as a diary of the singer's experiences and lessons while making the movie. Decorating numerous cover magazines and billboards, the singing diva is also doing the rounds of all the national TV talk shows.

When not working in film and television, Cattrall has returned to the stage, starring in critically acclaimed productions of Arthur Miller's “A View From the Bridge,” Anton Chekhov's “Three Sisters” (Drama Logue Award), Strindberg's “Miss Julie,” and Molieres' “The Misanthrope.” She made her Broadway debut opposite Ian McKellen in the National Theater of London's production of Michael Frayn's adaptation of Chekhov's “Wild Honey” and makes her London stage debut in 2005 in “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” an updated version of the Brian Clark drama, directed by Sir Peter Hall. On television she starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the TNT television adaptation of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “The Heidi Chronicles,” and in Oliver Stone's mini series “Wild Palms.” Fans got to see the personal side of Kim in the Lee Grant-directed telefilm “Intimate Portrait.”

Kim Cattrall Filmography

Sex and the City 2 (2010) Samantha Jones

The Ghost Writer (2010) Amelia Bly

Meet Monica Velour (2010) Monica Velour

Sex and the City (2008) Samantha Jones

The Shortcut to Happiness (2007) Constance Hurry

The Tiger's Tail (2006) Jane

Ice Princess (2005) Tina Harwood

Crossroads (2002) Caroline

15 Minutes (2001) Cassandra

Baby Geniuses (1999) Robin

Modern Vampires (1998) Ulrike