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Kim Cattrall (born Clare Woodgate on August 21, 1956 in Liverpool, UK) is an Anglo-Canadian actress.
At the age of 3 months, Cattrall and her family emigrated to Canada, settling for a time in Nanaimo, British Columbia. She later returned to the UK to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for several years. When she was 16, she moved to New York where she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Cattrall starred in a handful of films during the 1970s, but her first taste of international fame came in 1981 when she participated in the first Porky's film. She starred in the first Police Academy film in 1984, in the Indiana Jones-inspired Kurt Russell-film "Big Trouble In Little China" and in the first Mannequin'.
Cattrall is now best known for her work as Samantha Jones on Sex and the City. This character and several others she has portrayed are known for being sexually-open women.
In addition to her career as an actress she is also a writer, having co-written with her third husband Mark Levinson the book Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm. Cattrall was previously wed to Larry Davis and Andre Lusonin.
In 2005 she performed the role of Claire, a disabled woman, in the hit west-end show Whose life is it anyway to critical acclaim.
Kim Cattrall Filmography
Actor
• Ice Princess (2005)
• Every Woman's Dream (2003)
• Possession - 4 Movie Set (2002)
• Crossroads (2002)
• 15 Minutes (2001)
• Baby Geniuses (1999)
• Modern Vampires (1998)
• Exception to the Rule (1997)
• Invasion (1997)
• Where Truth Lies (1996)
• Unforgettable (1996)
• Above Suspicion (1995)
• Live Nude Girls (1995)
• Breaking Point (1994)
• 36 Hours to Die (1993)
• Wild Palms (1993)
• Double Vision (1992)
• Running Delilah (1992)
• Split Second (1992)
• Miracle in the Wilderness (1991)
• Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Smokescreen (1990)
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
• Honeymoon Academy (1990)
• Good Night, Michelangelo (1989)
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• Masquerade (1988)
• Midnight Crossing (1987)
• Mannequin (1987)
• Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
• City Limits (1985)
• Turk 182 (1985)
• Police Academy (1984)
• Porky's (1981)
• Ticket to Heaven (1981)
• Scruples (1980)
• Tribute (1980)
• Good Against Evil (1977)
• Deadly Harvest (1976)
• Rosebud (1975)
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