Kim Cattrall

She has married thrice in her lifetime. The first was to Larry Davis in 1977. The unison did not work out and the two separated in 1979.

Following this, she next went into the wedlock with Andre J Lyson in 1982. This marriage too did not work out for long and was annulled in 1989.

In 1998, she tied the nuptials with audio designer and jazz bassist, Mark Levinson. The two co-wrote the book, ‘Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm’ as per a publishing deal. In 2004, they separated.

Kim Cattrall was born to Gladys Shane and Dennis Cattrall in Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Her father was employed as a construction engineer, while her mother worked as a secretary.

The Cattrall family emigrated to the Canadian city of Courtenay in British Columbia when she was barely 3 months old.

She temporarily returned to England at the age of 11. During that time, she took a number of acting examinations with the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Five years later, she returned to Canada to complete her high school degree. She graduated from the high school in 1972.

Completing her academic degree, she left for New York to pursue a career in acting. Therein, she enrolled and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Immediately, after graduating from the same, she signed a five-year film deal with director Otto Preminger.

She made her debut in the big screen with the film, ‘Rosebud’ in 1975. The following year, Universal Studios bought her contract.

Subsequently, she made guest appearances in a number of television shows as ‘Good Against Evil’, ‘Quincy, M.E.’, ‘Logan's Run’, ‘The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries’. Additionally, she played female lead in an episode each of the television shows, ‘Columbo’ and ‘Starsky and Hutch’

In 1979, she made cameo appearance in single episode of various television shows such as Dr Gabrielle White in ‘The Incredible Hulk’, Dolores in ‘How the West Was Won’, Princess Zara in ‘Vega$’ and Sharon in ‘Charlie's Angels’

Her outstanding performance in the television shows and her perseverance as an actor paid off when she was cast in the lead role of Sally Haines in the film, ‘Tribute’ opposite Jack Lemmon. The film was a raving success, both commercially and critically.

In 2003, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for the show, ‘Sex and the City’. She even won two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Female Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘Sex and the City’

In 2005, she won the Teen Film/TV Series International Awards for Best Comedy Actress or Drama Support Role for ‘Ice Princess’.

At the 2008 Banff World Television Festival, she was bestowed with the NBC Universal Award of Distinction.

In 2009, she received a star on Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2010, she won a Gemini Award for Best Performance in an Animated Programme or Series for ‘Producing Parker’. The same year, she was named an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University in recognition of her contributions to the dramatic arts.