Kim Cattrall has had an extensive acting career that spans film, stage and television. She has been one of the industry's busiest actors noted for her comedic timing, dramatic depth and onscreen presence.

In 2008 Kim reprised her award-winning role as the infamous Samantha Jones, in Sex and the City: The Movie. The movie was based on the provocative, critically acclaimed HBO series of the same name. Kim was recognized for her portrayal of femme fatale Samantha with a Golden Globe and 2 Screen Actors Guild Awards. She's also received 4 Emmy Award nominations and 3 Screen Actors' Guild nominations.

Also in 2008, Kim was seen in John Boorman's The Tiger's Tail, with Brendan Gleeson, for Sony Classics, and My Boy Jack, opposite Daniel Radcliffe and David Haig, for PBS.

Most recently Kim wrapped filming Meeting Monica Valour, in which she will star as Monica. The film is scheduled for release in 2009. Kim is presently filming the political thriller, The Ghost directed by Oscar award-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, and will begin filming Sex and the City 2 this fall.

On television she starred opposite Jamie Lee Curtis in the TNT television adaptation of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles and in Oliver Stone's mini-series Wild Palms for ABC.

Kim has also starred in a host of Hollywood blockbusters, including Police Academy, Porky's, Mannequin, Masquerade, Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country, John Carpenter's cult classic Big Trouble in Little China (opposite Kurt Russell), Disney's The Ice Princess, and Brian De Palma's infamous Bonfire of the Vanities with Tom Hanks. Her performance as Jamie in the delightful independent feature Live Nude Girls earned her rave reviews at numerous independent film festivals.

In 2007 Kim finished her second run on London's West End at the Donmar Warehouse in David Mamet's The Cryptogram. One year earlier, she made her London stage debut in Sir Peter Hall's acclaimed revival of Brian Clark's, Who's Life is it Anyway?

An acclaimed writer, Kim has also written several books, including Sexual Intelligence which was a National Best Seller, Being a Girl: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Teenage Life; and Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm, a New York Times best seller.

In addition to her stage, screen and writing credits, Kim is the founder of Fertile Ground Productions, a Canadian-based production company. Their first project was Sexual Intelligence, a feature-length HBO documentary based on her book of the same name for which she was nominated for a Gemini as Best Host or Interviewer in a General/Human Interest or Talk Program or Series.

Kim was also nominated for a Genie for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Ticket to Heaven. As well, she received the NBC Universal Award of Distinction this year.

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