Kim Cattrall

Kim Cattrall was born on August 21, 1956, in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England, to mother Shane and father Dennis. At the age of three months her family emigrated to Canada, where a large number of her films have been made. At 11 she returned to her native country and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She returned to Vancouver and at age 16 graduated high school and won a scholarship to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. During her final year at the academy, she won a part in Otto Preminger's Rosebud (1975). Following her film debut, Kim returned to the theatre, First in Vancouver and then in repertory in Toronto prior to winning a contract at Universal in Los Angeles.