Kim Victoria Cattrall, is a British-born, Canadian-raised Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated actress. She is known for her 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.
Is an advocate for senior citizens.
Presented at the GLAAD Media Awards to honor films and television series that accurately portray gay and lesbian people.
Studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art when she was eleven and graduated from high school in Canada.
Was engaged to Daniel Benzali.
Dated former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , whom she met at the premiere of Tribute .
Made her screen debut in Rosebud by Otto Preminger and later appeared in "Columbo" {How to Dial a Murder (#7.4)} which also references "Rosebud" (and Citizen Kane ).
Named one of People magazines "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001".
September 25, 2002: Hosted the 12th annual "A Magical Evening" gala at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, in celebration of the 50th birthday of Christopher Reeve. All proceeds of the black-tie gala and live auction benefited the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF).
According to costume designer Ann Roth , the actress diligently took two months to diet herself down to a size four in order to play a bony society wife in The Bonfire of the Vanities .
Speaks German fluently.
One of the last participants in the studio "contract" system.
Capitalized on her role as a femme fatale on "Sex and the City" when she was hired by Pepsi as their television campaign spokesperson, appearing in steamy locker room- and Little Red Riding Hood-themed television spots promoting their short-lived Pepsi One product.
June 7, 2005: Won a Glammy Award at the British Glamour magazines Women of the Year Awards held in Berkeley Square Gardens, London, England. She won for Theatre Actress of the Year for her performance in the West End play "Whose Life Is It Anyway?".
Was a member of the International Order of Jobs Daughters at Bethel No. 8, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada.
Friends with Isabelle Huppert.
Said on "Tracks" she understood that many fans did not like the series finale of "Sex and the City" . She believes that her character Samantha Jones would have left her younger boyfriend some weeks later.
Born in Liverpool, England, she moved with her parents at the age of three months to Canada and was raised in Little River, British Columbia, a small community on the eastern side of Vancouver Island.
Was immortalized in the song "Oh, Kim Cattrall" on the television series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" . The song was performed by the character Crow T. Robot in an episode satirizing Cattralls film City Limits . Cattrall was so impressed by the song that not only did she send flowers to Trace Beaulieu (the voice of Crow), she also appeared at MST3K conventions to sign autographs.
Has an older sister who is a schoolteacher in Courtenay, British Columbia.
Is a life-long huge fan of Rudyard Kipling.
Her Aunt Jean was a babysitter of Ringo Starr. (She mentioned this in an interview with Piers Morgan broadcast on the British ITV station on 23rd Oct 2017).
(December 2009) Sang "Nobody Does It Better" over a television satellite link for fellow-Liverpudlian Paul OGrady on the occasion of his very last television show broadcast "The Paul OGrady Show" .
Is a British and Canadian citizen.
Received a star on Canadas Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario on September 12, 2009.
After graduating from high school in 1972, she moved to New York City and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and, upon her graduation, signed a five-year movie deal with Otto Preminger.
In a 2007 interview, admitted she had a ticket on Pan Am Flight 103 but canceled at the last minute to finish some last minute Christmas shopping in London. Turns out, Flight 103 became the victim of a bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland that left no survivors and killed many on the ground.
On the television show "Who Do You Think You Are?" , Kim searched for information on her mothers father who abandoned his three young daughters in 1938. She discovered that her grandfather met another woman and married her in 1939, had two daughters and a son (who was younger than Kim), and immigrated to Australia.
Has appeared with William Shatner in three films: "Testimony of Two Men" , The Bastard and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country .
Has appeared with Christopher Lee in three films: The Return of the Musketeers , Honeymoon Academy and Double Vision .
After appearing as Lt. Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country , Kim had a secret photo shoot on the bridge of the Enterprise, wearing only her Vulcan ears. When Leonard Nimoy found out about the photo shoot, he had the film destroyed.
Auditioned for the role of Klingon warrior Vixis in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , which went to Spice Williams-Crosby.
Received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University in recognition of her contributions to the dramatic arts.
Kim originally turned down playing Samantha Jones on "Sex and the City" three times before finally accepting the role. She mentioned that at the time she was concerned if she could portray a woman who was "fortysomething" and still be viewed sexy.
Kim is the godmother of the Norwegian Cruise Line ship the Norwegian Dawn. Duties are limited to the christening, traditionally done with champagne.
Kim has one older sister and one younger sister: Lisa Cattrall. She also has one younger brother: Chris Cattrall.
Parents are Dennis Cattrall and Gladys Shane.
She has English, as well as part Welsh, ancestry.
While living in Germany she hosted a German television talk show.
Her 1st husband, Larry Davis,was a Canadian writer, her 2nd, Andre, was an architect and her 3rd, Mark, was a jazz bassist.
When she was young her father took her to the theatre which nurtured her interest in it and she got the idea of being an actress after seeing As You Like It at Stratford on Avon while on holiday in Britain in her early teens.
Her first lead film role was in The Mannequin.
It gives men and women permission to talk in a way that is healthy.
I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman,being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better,than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something,different like that.
I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men,who like women to look like women.
On our gray sand shores, those shaved logs became home to insects, birds,and small rodents and made great hiding places or impromptu tents. A,favorite childhood game was to see who could traverse the most beached,logs without ever touching the sand.
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the,saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.
I never stopped doing theatre because that was a place where I could,really learn and stretch and grow. I was doing Chekhov and Molire and,Shakespeare and Mamet and Miller - great characters with great words.
And you are not always fortunate enough to have that with a film role,especially as a woman.
Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move.
A pilot is like the most extensive dress rehearsal you can ever imagine, because the writers are learning about the actors, the actors are learning about the characters.
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion. .
