Carrie Bradshaw Carrie Bradshaw Caroline Marie “Carrie” Bradshaw (born October 10, 1968) is the protagonist of the HBO franchise "Sex and the City", portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. She is a semi-autobiographical character created by Candace Bushnell, whose book "Sex and the City" was adapted into the franchise. Carrie is a New York City columnist and fashionista; her weekly column, "Sex in the City," (reference: S01:E01:24m32s) provides the narration for each episode. In the CW prequel series "The Carrie Diaries", Carrie was portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb. When the series premiered, the character was praised by critics as a positive example of an
Sex and the City against criticism of "Sex and the City" as anti-feminist, arguing for a more complex view of the characters as situated within different waves of feminism: "Miranda and Carrie were second-wave feminists, who believed in egalitarianism; Charlotte and Samantha were third-wave feminists, focused on exploiting the power of femininity, from opposing angles." A 2018 article in The Guardian entitled "'That show was as white as it gets!': Sex and the City's problematic legacy", pointed to the lack of any non-white series regulars and "racial insensitivities" in the show like Carrie's "ghetto gold" reference or Samantha's wearing an afro wig to cover