Cattrall achieved fame as the over-the-top vamp Samantha on Sex and the City.

Born to a housewife and construction worker in Cheshire, England, Cattrall moved with her family to British Columbia as a baby before moving to New York at 16 to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She appeared in the '80s teen sex comedy Porky's, and in similarly undistinguished films from the era, and by the early 1990s, her barely visible star had largely faded. Cattrall's fortunes changed in 1998 when Darren Star tapped her for Sex and the City, giving the actress the once-in-a-lifetime role of Samantha Jones. Cattrall spent six seasons talking ad nauseam about her vagina and screwing every hunk in sight until the show wrapped in 2004, an end that was partly blamed on Cattrall's oversized pay demands and her rivalry with Sarah Jessica Parker.

Post-Sex Cattrall gave herself a G-rated makeover and starred in Disney's Ice Princess. But she returned to Samantha Jones soon enough. After reportedly holding up the Sex and the City movie for years, Cattrall finally agreed to the original film and its sequel. She's also taken a break from the screen with the Broadway show, Private Lives on Broadway.

Cattrall has been married and divorced three times. After a short relationship in her mid 20s with Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Cattrall tied the knot with Canadian author Larry Davis. They split and she later married architect Andreas Lyson. They split and she married Mark Levinson. She eventually divorced Levinson as well, and has since been linked to British actor, Alexander Siddig, and a Canadian chef named Alan Wyse. [Image via Getty]