starring Jack Klugman, whom Kilgallen also represented. One of the first jobs Kilgallen got her was in a 1977 episode of Quincy, M.E. The Universal system's representative in New York, Eleanor Kilgallen (sister of Dorothy Kilgallen), cast Cattrall in numerous television guest-star roles. A year later, Universal Studios bought out that contract and Cattrall became one of the last participants in the contract player system of Universal (also referenced as MCA/Universal during this period) before the system ended in 1980. She made her film debut in Preminger's action thriller Rosebud (1975). There, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and upon her graduation signed a five-year film deal with director Otto Preminger. Vanier Secondary School in 1972, when she left Canada for New York City. She took acting examinations at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, but returned to Canada after one year and moved to New York City at the age of 16 for her first acting role.Ĭattrall began her career after graduating from Georges P.

At age 11, she returned to Liverpool when her grandmother became sick.

When she was three months old, her family emigrated to Canada and settled in Courtenay, British Columbia. She had a brother named Christopher (died 2018). Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on 21 August 1956 in the Mossley Hill area of Liverpool, the daughter of secretary Gladys Shane (née Baugh) and construction engineer Dennis Cattrall. As of 2022, she stars as 'future' Sophie on the Hulu sitcom How I Met Your Father. She later starred in the Paramount+ series Tell Me a Story, Fox drama Filthy Rich, and Peacock drama Queer as Folk. She came to prominence in the 1980s with films such as Ticket to Heaven (1981), Police Academy (1984), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987).Ĭattrall has also appeared on many stage performances from 1986 to 2013, including Michael Frayn's Wild Honey and Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth ( The Old Vic, 2013).įrom 2014 to 2016, Cattrall starred and served as executive producer on the HBO Canada series Sensitive Skin, for which she received a nomination for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Ĭattrall made her film debut in Rosebud (1975) and went on to appear in various television roles. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). She is known best for her role as Samantha Jones on HBO's Sex and the City (1998–2004), for which she received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Kimberly Victoria Cattrall ( / k ə ˈ t r æ l/ born 21 August 1956) is a British and Canadian actress.

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