Kim Cattrall (full name Kim Victoria Cattrall), a Canadian film actress, was born in the English city of Liverpool on August 21, 1956. Immediately after Kim’s birth, the family moved to Canada, and 11 years later, all of Cattroll returned to England. Since London became the new place of residence for them, the younger Kim entered the London Academy of Dramatic and Musical Arts, where she studied until 1972. As soon as she was 16 years old, the young Cattrall left for New York and entered the Academy of Theater Arts, but already American.
First contract
Immediately after graduating from the academy, Kim Cattrall, whose biography was ready to open creative pages, met with director Otto Preminger, known for his shockingness and open reluctance to obey censorship. The director of the legendary musical “Porgy and Bess” saw in Cattroll an image for his future films and offered the aspiring actress a contract for five years at once. Kim made her debut in Preminger's movie "The Pink Bud", where she played a supporting role - Joyce Donovan. The picture was shot in 1975, on the set, the girl met the Hollywood star Peter O'Toole. Eight years earlier, Kim, holding her breath, watched the movie "How to Steal a Million" with him and Audrey Hepburn, and now she saw the idol of her youth with her own eyes.
A television
A year later, Universal Studios lured Kim Cattrall to her, having bought her contract from Preminger. At that time, the film studio was shooting countless television films, and Kim participated in almost all productions. In addition, she had to speak on behalf of Universal in various television programs. In 1979, Cattroll played Dr. Gabriel White in the fantastic action movie The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier, and after the film was released, she decided to give up work on television for the sake of great cinema.
Big movie roles
In 1980, the actress starred in the film "Honoring" directed by Bob Clark with Jack Lemmon in the title role. Kim played Sally Haines, a supporting role. And the following year, Cattrall played the role of Ruthie in Ralph Thomas's film A Ticket to Heaven. Then the actress starred in the movie "Porky", staged in 1982 by the same director Bob Clark. Two years later, Kim took part in the serial film "Police Academy," filmed at the Warner Brothers film studio directed by Hugh Wilson. The actress played the main female role, Academy cadet Karen Thompson.
Then actress Kim Cattrall starred in three films at once: “Borders of the city” (1984), “Turk 182” and “Robbery” (1985). In the mystical crime action movie "Big Trouble in Little China" directed by John Carpenter, the actress played the main female role, journalist Gracie Lowe.
The highest grossing movie
In 1987, a box office record-breaking movie titled Mannequin was released. The plot focuses on the young loser artist Jonathan Switcher. He is experiencing another streak of bad luck. At some point, he helps an elderly woman who finds herself in an uncomfortable situation on the street. The lady - the owner of a large supermarket - takes Switcher to work. Having taken up his duties, the artist notices a female mannequin in the shop window that he once made with his own hands. Like the legendary sculptor Pygmalion, who loved the creation of his hands - Galatea, Jonathan falls in love with a mannequin, which soon comes to life and turns into a beautiful Egyptian.
Special Services Bride
Next movie where is Kim Cattrall, growth which (170 cm) allowed the actress to be shot in any angle, played a major role - the comedy "Crazy Honeymoon" directed by Gene Quintano. The character of Kim is a young girl Chris Nelson, a secret agent of the international intelligence service. But when a young man named Sean makes an offer of marriage, the girl forgets about her espionage duties and becomes an ordinary bride with a veil on her head. Her husband will never know about the gloomy past of his chosen one.
The main series in the life of the actress
In 1997, a television project was launched on the HBO channel under the loud name “Sex and the City”, in which Cattrall got the role of Samantha Jones, one of the four heroines of the series. The 6-year-long script was written based on the book by writer Kendes Bushnell. The series has gained unprecedented popularity around the world and has been nominated for many prestigious awards. In total, "Sex and the City" withstood 6 seasons from 94 episodes. The plot focuses on four friends: Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobss (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Christine Davis). Everyone is a little over thirty, interests are similar, conversations mainly on the topic of safe sex, feminism, free love and the role of women in society.
In 2008, the feature film "Sex and the City" was shot as a sequel to the series.
Personal life
Kim Cattrall leads a personal life within certain limits, but sometimes she takes it beyond this framework. And then everyone remembers her heroine from the movie "Sex and the City." Perhaps family life makes some sense for the actress, but she, apparently, is not going to completely devote herself to the institution of marriage.
Kim married three times, the first husband - Larry Davis, the second - Andre Leeson, whose marriage ended in 1989, and the third husband - Mark Levinson, with whom the actress lived until 2004. Once Kim was engaged, her chosen one was actor Daniel Benzali. For a while, Cattroll met with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In 2003, she allowed herself a little adventure with Houston Rockets basketball player Cattino Mobley. Then Kim became interested in Alan Wise, the chef of the restaurant, who was twenty-one years younger than her.
In her free time, the actress wrote prose, it was necessary for her to realize the creative principle, laid down by nature, as Kim Cattrall herself said. The books "Find Yourself" and "Dossiers on Sexuality" have no artistic value, but it is interesting to read them.