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 emotional attachment. However, she realizes she cannot after getting brushed off by a man she has sex with one time later. Carrie has many chance encounters with a handsome businessman whom Samantha refers to as "Mr. Big". They begin to date, but Carrie is dismayed to find out he is still seeing other people. Although he eventually agrees to exclusivity, he doesn't introduce Carrie to his mother and won't refer to her as "the one", so rather than going on a planned vacation with him, Carrie breaks it off. Carrie sets up Miranda with her friend Skipper. Miranda and he