It's been almost 27 years since Sex and the City first premiered on June 6, 1998. The show not only catapulted its four leads - Kristin Davis, Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Cynthia Nixon - to superstardom but also changed the television landscape. As the sequel series And Just Like That... returns for its third season on May 29, 2025, let's take a look back at the core cast of Sex and the City, then and now.

Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw

Parker has reprised her iconic character in numerous spin-offs, including the 2008 film Sex in the City and its 2010 sequel, as well as the Max series And Just Like That..., which returns for its third season. Beyond her role as Carrie, Parker has starred in films like The Family Stone (2005) and Failure to Launch (2006), and appeared on three episodes of FOX's Glee in 2012. Parker also returned to HBO when she starred as Frances Dufresne on the series Divorce from 2016 to 2019.

Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones

Since playing Samantha Jones on SATC and reprising her role in its film adaptations, Cattrall has remained on-screen. Some of her notable movie credits include Crossroads (2002) and Ice Princess (2005), in addition to TV work such as Producing Parker, Sensitive Skin, How I Met Your Father, and Tell Me a Story. Outside of acting, she has written two books - Sexual Intelligence in 2005 and Being a Girl in 2006. Cattrall starred in and executive produced Fox's 2020 drama Filthy Rich. She did not reprise her SATC role of Samantha Jones in 2021's And Just Like That... and had previously expressed that she felt her time with the franchise had come to a natural end following the second film.

Kristin Davis as Charlotte York

In addition to reprising her role as Charlotte York in its film adaptations and Max's And Just Like That..., Davis has nabbed numerous parts on the screen and stage since the series wrapped in 2004. During the 2000s, Davis voiced the leading role of Miss Spider in the animated kid's series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends from 2004 to 2008, and in 2013, she guest-appeared on Project Runway. Some of her film titles include The Shaggy Dog (2006) and Couples Retreat (2009), as well as Holiday in the Wild (2019), which helped highlight her work in the field of elephant conservation.

Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes

Since playing Miranda Hobbes on SATC and reprising her Emmy Award-winning role in its film adaptations and Max spin-off, Nixon has racked up a number of accolades for her critically acclaimed work on the screen and stage. In 2006, she won the Tony Award for best actress in a play for her role in Rabbit Hole and another in 2017 for The Little Foxes. In 2008, her part in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for outstanding guest actress in a drama series. She also won a Grammy Award for best spoken word album for her work on Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth in 2009. Nixon ran for governor of New York as a Democrat in 2018 but lost to Andrew Cuomo.

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