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My Take
What I admire most about Kim Cattrall is her refusal to be defined on anyone else's terms. Playing Samantha Jones could have trapped a lesser actress forever, but Cattrall turned the role into a cultural statement about women owning their desires at any age, then walked away when the project no longer served her. That takes a spine most performers lack. Her Liverpool-to-Canada upbringing gave her a slight outsider's edge that I think fuels her fearlessness. Five Emmy nominations confirm the craft, but it's her boundary-setting offscreen that makes me respect her as a person, not just a performer.
Overview
Kim Victoria Cattrall (; born 21 August 1956) is a British and Canadian actress. She is known for her portrayal of Samantha Jones on HBO's Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kim Cattrall
- Name (Japanese)
- キム・キャトラル
- Reading
- きむ・きゃとらる
- Born
- August 21, 1956 (age 69)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- Mossley Hill, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / actor / screenwriter / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1999 Lucy Award
- 2009 Canada's Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Television actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.