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Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall
Kim Cattrall
Born: Aug 21, 1956 in Liverpool, England
Occupation: Actor,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Ticket to Heaven, Police Academy, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
First Major Screen Credit: Crossbar (1979)
Filmography
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA 1986
MANNEQUIN 1987
POLICE ACADEMY 1984
MASQUERADE 1988
MIDNIGHT CROSSING 1988
TURK 182! 1985
WILD PALMS 1993
DOUBLE VISION 1992
SMOKE SCREEN 1990
GOODNIGHT, MICHAELANGELO 1989
BASTARD, THE 1978
SPLIT SECOND 1992
HONEYMOON ACADEMY 1990
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES, THE 1990
MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS 1991
STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY 1991
HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE 1995
LIVE NUDE GIRLS 1995
36 HOURS TO DIE 1999
MODERN VAMPIRES 1999
BREAKING POINT 1994
SEX AND THE CITY: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON 1998
TICKET TO HEAVEN 1981
SEX AND THE CITY: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON 2001
CROSSROADS 2002
SEX AND THE CITY: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON 2002
SEX AND THE CITY: THE COMPLETE 5TH SEASON 2003
SEX AND THE CITY: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON VOL. 1 2003
SEX AND THE CITY: THE SIXTH SEASON PART 2 2004
KIM CATTRALL: SEXUAL INTELLIGENCE 2005
SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE 2008
MY BOY JACK 2008
34 Videos for Kim Cattrall
Sex and the City (2008) Live Nude Girls (1995) The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
My Boy Jack (2007) The Heidi Chronicles (1995) Masquerade (1988)
Snow Cake (2006) Breaking Point (1993) Palais Royale (1988)
Kim Cattrall: Sexual Intelligence (2005) Wild Palms (1993) Mannequin (1987)
Sex and the City: Season 06 (2003) Double Vision (1992) Midnight Crossing (1987)
Crossroads (2002) Split Second (1992) Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Sex and the City: Season 05 (2002) Miracle in the Wilderness (1991) Turk 182! (1985)
15 Minutes (2001) Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) Police Academy (1984)
Sex and the City: Season 04 (2001) Honeymoon Academy (1990) Ticket to Heaven (1981)
36 Hours to Die (1999) The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) The Rebels (1979)
Baby Geniuses (1999) Good Night, Michelangelo (1989) The Bastard (1978)
Unforgettable (1996)
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Biography:

A popular screen figure of the 1980s and '90s whose casting in HBO's runaway hit series Sex and the City provided her career with a solid second wind, Emmy-winning actress Kim Cattrall has endured to prove that older women can retain their sexuality and femininity while simultaneously maintaining a vital screen presence.

Born in Liverpool, England, Cattrall's parents immigrated the family to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, when the future actress was three years old. After returning to England at age 11 to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Cattrall finished high school in Vancouver, and at age 16 struck out on her own after winning a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

Though director Otto Preminger would sign Cattrall to a five-year contract and give the actress her film debut in Rosebud (1975), Universal would soon step in to buy out her contract, making Cattrall one of the last actors to participate in the now defunct Universal Contract Player System.

Following with television appearances in Starskey and Hutch and Charlie's Angels, and turning up in such features as Deadly Harvest (1977), it appeared as if good things were in store for Cattrall in the future. The dawn of the 1980s found Cattrall's star ascending in such features as Porky's (1981), and with the release of Police Academy in 1984 her face was becoming a familiar one to film and television audiences. Following up with such typically '80s fare as Turk 182! (1985), Cattrall essayed the role of the green-eyed girl whose fate was questionable in John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China (1986), the year before her most famous (until Sex and the City of course) role in Mannequin (1987).

Essentially a typical '80s throwaway comedy, Cattrall's effervescent presence, combined with Starship's catchy title tune Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, gave the film such a boost that it even spawned a Cattrall-less sequel. It was following Mannequin that Cattrall's career began to stall in the wake of such instantly forgettable films as Honeymoon Academy (1990) and the Gary Busey actioner Breaking Point (1993), though her role in 1995's Live Nude Girls proved a curious precursor to her role on Sex and the City.

A frank and funny HBO series based on the writings of {~New York Observer} columnist Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City gave Cattrall a chance to shine as a lusty an unabashedly sexual PR executive whose confidence in the bedroom rivals only her confidence in the boardroom. A runaway hit that's popularity only grew as the show entered is sixth season, Sex and the City once again made Cattrall a household name as it influenced everything from fashion to the drinks of the New York scene.

Cattrall's character proved so popular that in mid-2003 it was announced that once Sex and the City drew to a close, she would star in her own spin-off series. Though she would inexplicably continue to release such vapid feature fare as Baby Geniuses (1999), appearances in such efforts as the Britney Spears road drama Crossroads ensured that Cattrall would remain a familiar face to young audiences.

~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide.