Sex and the City two feature films, "Sex and the City" (2008) and "Sex and the City 2" (2010), and a prequel television series commissioned by The CW, "The Carrie Diaries" (2013–2014). The show was based in part on writer Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name, compiled from her column at "The New York Observer". Bushnell has said in several interviews that the Carrie Bradshaw in her columns is her alter ego; when she wrote the "Sex and the City" essays, she used her own name initially, but for privacy reasons, later created the character played in the series by Sarah Jessica
Samantha Jones (Sex and the City) Samantha Jones (Sex and the City) Samantha Jones is a fictional character on the HBO-produced television series "Sex and the City" and its CW-produced prequel series "The Carrie Diaries". She is portrayed by actresses Kim Cattrall and Lindsey Gort. Cattrall received a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal. Samantha Jones is one of four single friends portrayed in the series, a public relations worker who is a proud, confident, highly sexual woman. Most of her story lines revolve around the frequent sex and brief affairs she has. She is outspoken and a self-proclaimed "try-sexual"