Kim Cattrall

Kim Victoria Cattrall

Name : Kim Victoria Cattrall
Born : 21 August 1956 (1956-08-21) (age 52)
Liverpool, England, UK
Occupation : Actress
Years active : 1975–present

Early life

Kim Cattrall is one of seven children and was born in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England.Kim Cattrall's mother, Shane, was a secretary, and her father, Malcolm, a construction engineer. When Kim Cattrall was 3 months old, her family emigrated to the Canadian city of Courtenay, British Columbia. At 11, she returned to Cheshire when her grandmother became ill, and Kim Cattrall studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), before returning to Canada at age 16 to finish her final year of secondary school.

Kim Cattrall began her career before graduating from high school in 1972, when Kim Cattrall left Canada for the United States. There, Kim Cattrall attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and upon her graduation signed a five-year movie deal with director Otto Preminger, making her film debut in Preminger's Rosebud in 1975. A year later, Universal Studios bought out that contract and Cattrall became one of the last participants of the Universal Contract Player System. During her time with Universal, she guest-starred in numerous television programmes of varying style and genre. In 1979, she played Dr. Gabrielle White in The Incredible Hulk and would go down in TV Hulk lore as one of the few characters who knew David Banner was alive and was the Hulk. In a successful transition to cinema, Kim Cattrall starred opposite Jack Lemmon in his Oscar-nominated movie Tribute in 1980. The following year, she starred in the critically acclaimed Ticket to Heaven. Kim Cattrall also had a guest role in the TV Mini-Series Scruples.

In 1982, Kim Cattrall played Miss Honeywell (Lassie) in Porky's, followed two years later by a role in the original Police Academy. In 1985, Kim Cattrall starred in three movies: Turk 182, City Limits and Hold-Up, the latter with French star Jean-Paul Belmondo. In 1986, Kim Cattrall played Kurt Russell's brainy flame in the action film Big Trouble in Little China. In 1987, Kim Cattrall's lead role in Mannequin proved a huge success with audiences. One of her best-known film roles is that of Lieutenant Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Aside from Kim Cattrall film work, Cattrall is also a stage and theater actress, with performances in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge and Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters to her credit. In 1997, she was cast in Sex and the City, Darren Star's series which was broadcast on HBO. As Samantha Jones, Kim Cattrall gained international recognition. Kim Cattrall capitalized on her success by appearing in steamy television commercials promoting Pepsi One. Kim Cattrall also signed a publishing deal to write a book about sex with her third husband, Mark Levinson. In addition, she can be heard reading the poetry of Rupert Brooke on the CD Red Rose Music SACD Sampler Volume One.

Kim Cattrall's film work continued during Sex and the City when she appeared in Britney Spears' first film venture, Crossroads. Sex and the City ended as a weekly series in spring 2004 with 10.6 million viewers. Kim Cattrall reprised the role of Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City film, released on May 30, 2008. Kim Cattrall will also appear in a sequel planned for release in 2010.