Before Sex and the City
Cattrall's first film role was the 1975 film Rosebud, where she played alongside Isabelle Huppert . A year later, Kim signed a contract with Universal Studios and became one of the last members of the Universal Contract Player System.
Kim Cattrall in the movie Rosebud
In 1979, she played the role of Dr. Gabrielle White in The Incredible Hulk. In 1980, Cattrall starred in the Oscar-nominated film Award with Jack Lemmon, and a year later in the critically acclaimed film Ticket to Heaven.
Kim Cattrall in Star Trek, 1991
In 1984, she starred in “Police Academy.” One of her most famous roles was as Lieutenant Valeris in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
First roles
Having successfully graduated from the theater academy, Kim Cattrall signed a five-year contract with director Otto Preminger. The young actress made her film debut in 1975. Kim played in the film “Rose Bud”. And in the action adventure film directed by Kim, she appeared in a small role as Joyce Donovan, and the role of Joyce’s father was played by the famous American politician, New York Mayor John Lindsay. A year later, the cinematic concern Universal Studios bought the rights to the contract with the actress from the director. This is how Kim Cattrall got on television, becoming a television actress.
Kim Cattrall is a successful actress
For four years, Kim appeared exclusively on television in many different television projects. The young actress's next film role dates back to 1979 - she played Dr. Gabrielle White in The Incredible Hulk.
Romance with Prime Minister Trudeau
Kim is an English-Canadian actress: she was born in the UK, but at three months old her parents took her to Canada. After 11 years, the family returned to England, but years later, Canadian childhood unexpectedly backfired: at the age of 25, Kim had an affair with the country’s Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , the father of the current Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau .
Kim Cattrall and Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in 1981
Kim Cattrall - personal life and children
World-famous Kim Cattrall is a luxurious woman who, at 60 years old, can give young girls a head start. Her biography is filled with many interesting events. Until the age of 11, Kim lived with her parents in Canada, although she was born in the UK, and they moved when the girl was 3 months old. However, at the age of 11, the family returned to England, buying a house in London. There, Kim Cattrall began studying at a theater school, because her acting talent was noticed by everyone around her.
The seriousness of her intentions to become an actress was confirmed by Kim Cattrall's move to New York at the age of 16 to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Her film debut took place when young Cattrall was only 19 years old. It was the film "Rosebud". After this, Kim's career took off sharply. She starred in many films, TV series, and television shows, while still managing to act in the theater. The main role in Kim's life was the role of Samantha Jones in the TV series Sex and the City. Then she began to be recognized all over the world.
Kim's personal life
Today, in addition to Kim Cattrall’s biography, fans are interested in her personal life, and even more, whether she has children. Throughout her life, the actress was married three times. The last marriage broke up in 2004. Kim herself says that her character is very similar to her character in the acclaimed series: she quickly falls in love and switches to new relationships, she fails to build a strong family because of this. After her marriage to Mark Levinson, she was surrounded by actor Cuttino Mobley, chef Alan Wise and actor Alexander Siddig.
However, despite numerous novels, Kim Cattrall does not have children. Last year she spoke out in defense of women who do not have children. Here's what she says herself:
Childless - it sounds as if a woman cannot consider herself complete if she has not given birth. I used to think: “I’m doing well now, I’m happy, I’ll leave having a baby until next year.” And so every year. And at 40, when you think it’s time, doctors say that it will be something like a scientific experiment; no one can guarantee that you will be able to bear a child.
World fame after 40
Cattrall is the oldest actress of the magnificent four: Parker and Davis are 9 years younger than her, and Nixon is 10 years younger. According to the plot, all the heroines were “a little over 30,” and the actresses who played them were the same age, but Kim was already over 40.
Cattrall was surprised by the invitation to the filming: “I thought I was being offered to play the role of someone’s mother.” She turned down the role twice: “I didn’t want to be laughed at.
Kim Cattrall as Samantha
Now 40 is practically young, but back then ageism was everywhere, not just in Hollywood, and it wasn’t easy to agree to play an older woman who seduces younger men.”
Nevertheless, on the screen all the actresses look the same age. “Running around New York is a great way to stay in shape,” Kim commented.
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Three marriages and many lovers
Like Samantha, Kim has a busy love life. Cattrall was married three times: to Larry Davis ; Andre J. Leeson , whom she divorced in 1989; and audio engineer Mark Levinson , from whom she finally divorced in 2004.
Kim Cattrall with her second husband Andre Leeson
Kim Cattrall with third husband Mark Levinson in 2000
In 2003, she dated Houston Rockets star Cuttino Mobley , and from the summer of 2004 to 2005, with Canadian chef Alan Wise .
The actress then had an affair with her co-star in Whose Life Is It Anyway? Alexander Siddig , best known as Julian Bashir from the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. But soon she got back together with Wise.
Kim Cattrall and Alan Wise in 2008
In 2007, they even planned a wedding with Alan. But, in July 2009, the star's press attache reported that Cattrall and Wise had broken up because they were at different stages of their lives. Kim initiated the breakup.
Since 2021, Kim has been in a relationship with public speaking coach Russell Thomas .
Russell Thomas and Kim Cattrall in 2021
Personal life of Kim Cattrall
No difference in consistency
It’s interesting that Kim Cattrall’s personal life (like that of her heroine) has always been very turbulent. She was credited with many boyfriends - from Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to musician Gerald Casal and actors Alexander Siddig and Daniel Benzali. The star has no children.
Kim got married for the first time at the age of 21 - her husband was Larry Davis. Less than two years later, they annulled the marriage. The actress's second husband was Andre Lyson. She moved with him to Frankfurt, but seven years later (in 1989) this union also fell apart.
In 1998, Cattrall became the wife of Mark Levinson for just over five years.
Childlessness due to career
Kim doesn't have children, and she says it's because of her time on Sex and the City. She was 41 at the start of filming, and she and her husband were discussing IVF.
“I was just over 40, I had just started filming Sex and the City. There were chances of getting pregnant with the help of IVF; at that time everyone was starting to talk about this procedure. But my schedule... The shifts lasted 19 hours, or even more. Sometimes we finished our Friday workday only on Saturday morning. On Monday, filming began at 4.45 in the morning and ended at one or two in the morning.”
Kim Cattrall as Samantha on the set of Sex and the City
“How would I be able to combine pregnancy and work, especially at this age? It was a very big responsibility. I didn't think life would turn out this way. It was the first time I realized that I wouldn’t have children,” the actress recalls.
Feud with Sarah Jessica Parker
Samantha and Carrie are best friends, but the same cannot be said about the performers of their roles, Parker and Cattrall. Hollywood insiders say that the relationship between the four was very cool, and these two actresses were literally at enmity with each other.
Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of Sex and the City
They say different things about the reasons for this dislike: either Cattrall was dissatisfied with the lower fee compared to Parker, or she was competing for the main role - after all, at the time filming began, she was a more experienced and famous actress.
Two years ago, everyone learned about this feud thanks to the girls’ comments on social networks. Kim's brother died, and Parker expressed her condolences on Instagram.
In response, Cattrall literally exploded: “I don’t need your love or support during this tragic time. My mother asked today: “When will this hypocrite leave you alone? Your constant reminders of yourself are a painful reminder of how cruel you have been and continue to be. Let me explain if you are still unclear. You are not my family. You are not my friend. Stop using our tragedy to restore your nice girl image.”
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Rejection of "Sex and the City 3"
Millions of Sex and the City fans could not come to terms with the fact that their favorite series had ended and dreamed of seeing its continuation. The series ran from 1998 to 2004, a full-length film was made in 2004, and a sequel was made in 2010.
Kim Cattrall at the Sex and the City 2 premiere in May 2010
And it was Kim Cattrall who became the reason that Sex and the City 3 was not released: she categorically refused to star in it.
The exact reason for the refusal is unknown; there were several versions of this in Hollywood: some said that for her consent to filming, Cattrall demanded participation in several other projects of the film studio, others believed that she was not satisfied with the fee.
Leading actresses at the Sex and the City 2 premiere in London, 2010
Kim herself did not confirm any of the versions: “The only thing I demanded was to be left alone!” said the actress.
However, the creators of Sex and the City are not giving up hope for the continuation of the series, and perhaps even without Kim (her character will supposedly die).
Kim Cattrall in her youth
Everyone remembers Kim Cattrall as the desperate Samantha from Sex and the City, although the actress has more than one role under her belt, of course. Nevertheless, it was she who had a huge influence on the public’s perception of Kim Cattrall herself, and on the success and love of the audience, which she enjoys to this day. Every day brings the heroine of our article closer to her 60th birthday, which she will celebrate on August 21, but age does not scare her at all. In contrast, by the way, from her heroine Samantha, who throughout the film, along with the search for true love, tirelessly fought for eternal youth in all possible ways. And Kim Cattrall was a real beauty in her youth, and continues to be the same now.
While preparing the material for this article, we managed to find many photos of Kim Cattrall in her youth on the Internet, which we are happy to share with you. For clarity, photos of the young actress are combined with images of celebrities today. Young Kim Cattrall began her journey on the path of cinema at the age of 16. To do this, the young girl had to move from her native Liverpool (UK) to New York. Here the girl graduated from the Theater Academy, after which she began actively acting in TV series. The most famous films with her participation are, of course, “Police Academy” and “Star Trek 6”. As for the personal life of Kim Cattrall in her youth, it is known that she managed to be legally married three times. All three attempts to arrange family life ended in divorce. She herself calls her first marriage too early. At 33, the second divorce happened, and at 48, the third. However, the beautiful Kim Cattrall has always had no shortage of gentlemen.
By the way, although the actress herself denies complete resemblance to Samantha, some commonality is still visible - both in her virtually unsettled personal life, and in the fact that in search of female happiness, the celebrity also tried relationships with much younger partners. As for youth, Kim Cattrall, although she has always been a beauty, unlike many of her colleagues, does not cling with a stranglehold to any chance to extend it. By her own admission, the only thing she did was Botox injections, but the actress does not want to radically change her appearance with the help of plastic surgery. In this sense, the idols for the heroine of our article are Helen Mirren and Judi Dench, who managed to age gracefully. Looking at the beautiful Kim Cattrall now, one can already assume that she will easily achieve this goal. And the photographs of the actress today and Kim Cattrall in her youth once again confirm her words that she did not resort to serious plastic surgery - from them the same face looks at us, only slightly aged.
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