Born on August 21, 1956, Kim Cattrall became the "modern Aphrodite" and came face to face with a society that dictates that women over 40 can't have fun.
Then, amid the controversy, she abandoned the character that catapulted her to world fame. Kim continues to prove that age is just a number. Although far from that irreverent character that catapulted her to fame and for which the whole world loves her, the truth is that there will always be something of Sam in her.
Samantha Jones is not just a great friend or a fun woman, committed to her career as a public relations officer and with a unique, and daring style. When she first appeared on screen in S-x and The City, the forty-something slapped the film industry in the face that almost always centers her stories on twenty-somethings.
She never showed shame when saying her age because in the end comes experience, self-knowledge, and determination to say: "I love you, but I love myself more" when the time comes to say goodbye to the supposed "Prince Charming".
But for Kim Cattrall, the British actress who brought him to life on the small screen, it was a very different story. With an extensive career in theater, television, and cinema, Cattrall considered that during their forties she should leave behind the woman and abide, as society dictates, to get roles that portray submissive femininity.
Kim Victoria Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956, into a British family established in the city of Liverpool. Her father, Dennis Cattrall, who was working in construction at the time, and her mother, Gladys Shane, made the decision to move to Vancouver, Canada, when the actress was just a few months old.
Although she spent her early childhood there, the Cattrall family returned to their home country after a while. Kim became interested in acting upon her return and at just 11 years old, she began taking classes at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
However, the actress's family decided to move back to the Canadian city, where she finally finished high school in 1972. At that time, Kim was already clear that she would seek a life dedicated to performing arts and made the decision to move to a of the most important capitals in the world of art: New York. She was 16 years old.
In New York, Ella Kim enrolled in the School of Dramatic Arts, where she won a scholarship. Just barely graduating, the British actress signed a five-year contract with Universal Studios and made her debut in Otto Preminger's Rosebud.
Following that, the actress moved to Los Angeles and her career finally took off. She worked in various programs on the small screen, where she demonstrated unusual talent and determination that opened the doors of different film and television projects for her.
She starred in her first film in 1987: I Fell in Love with a Mannequin, where she played a mannequin that comes to life once her creator falls in love with her. Tape that to date is one of her works most remembered by the public.
The British actress also worked in the film Landscape to Heaven, an interpretation that earned her a Gennie Award nomination, one of the most important awards in Canadian cinema, in the category of 'best actress'.
Throughout these years of her career, Kim practically did not stop working. Although not everything was good, she received various nominations for the Razzie Awards, the award that awards the worst Hollywood film productions, for her work in Turk 182 and in The Bonfire of the Vanities.
She also worked on the French film Assault on the Montreal Bank, which had few viewers, and participated with Kurt Russell in the film Ransom in Chinatown -which would not be understood until years later and which is currently considered a cult film-.
During the 90s, Kim continued her career on the small screen in shows like Invasion or Duckman. However, at the end of the millennium, the actress received the opportunity that changed her life.
