Kim Cattrall is most well recognized for her long-time role as Samantha Jones on the hugely successful HBO series, Sex and the City. She maintained the role for six years until the show’s end and appeared in both spin off feature films. Cattrall has been acting since the ’70s, but it wasn’t until she got this particular role that her career really took off. She’s received five Emmy nominations, four Golden Globe nominations and even won a Golden Globe! It’s safe to say playing this character was the peak of her career, but it wasn’t the end. Cattrall has continued to act and even land lead roles in other series and take on the stage in Broadway productions — she’s had one of the most fruitful careers of all her SATC co-stars since the show ended. Kim currently stars on and produces a critically acclaimed Canadian comedy series called Sensitive Skin. Fans of the show know everything there is to know about Samantha Jones (and lots that they don’t need to know), but not much is known about the actress who played her, so here’s 10 things you probably didn’t know about Kim Cattrall:
10. Childhood
Kim Cattrall was born in Liverpool, England in 1956, but when she was only 3-months old she moved out west to British Columbia with her parents. Her mother Gladys Shane was a secretary and her father, Dennis Cattrall was a construction engineer. Cattrall returned to her roots in London to attend the London Academy for Music and the Dramatic Arts when she was 11-years-old. During this time she was cast in her first play called, “The Importance of Being Earnest” and took numerous acting examinations. She reunited with her family in Canada for high school and later attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on scholarship. On her Twitter bio she describes herself as a “Liverpool-born, Canadian-raised New Yorker.”