| Carrie Bradshaw | |
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 Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw |
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| First appearance | Pilot (episode 1. Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American Actress and producer with a portfolio of Television, Film Welcome to the age of uninnocence. No one has breakfast at Tiffany's and no one has affairs to remember. 01) |
| Created by | Candace Bushnell |
| Portrayed by | Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Episode count | 94 |
| Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 41 |
| Date of birth | October 10, 1966 |
| Occupation | Published Author Writer at VOGUE Columnist for New York Star |
| Spouse(s) | John James Preston |
Carrie Bradshaw is the fictional narrator of the HBO sitcom/drama Sex and the City played by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Candace Bushnell (born December 1 1958) is an American Author and Columnist based in New York City. Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American Actress and producer with a portfolio of Television, Film Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series PM was a leftist daily newspaper in New York City published by Ralph Ingersoll from June 1940 to June 1948, and bankrolled Mr Big (born April 7, 1955) is a fictional character in the HBO series Sex and the City, portrayed by Chris Noth. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Sex and the City was an American Cable television program The original run of the show was broadcast on HBO from 1998 until 2004 for a Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an American Actress and producer with a portfolio of Television, Film She is a semi-autobiographical character created by Candace Bushnell, who published the book Sex and the City based on her own columns in the New York Observer. Candace Bushnell (born December 1 1958) is an American Author and Columnist based in New York City. Sex and the City is a collection of essays by Candace Bushnell based on her and her friends' lifestyles The New York Observer is a weekly newspaper first published in New York City on September 22, 1987, by Arthur L
On the HBO series, Bradshaw is a New York newspaper columnist, party girl, fashionista and later, freelance writer for Vogue. The City of New York A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. A columnist is a Journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. Her weekly column, "Sex and the City", provides the title, story lines, and narration for each episode.
In 2005, Carrie Bradshaw was listed as number 11 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters[1]. Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama
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Character history
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Carrie writes a weekly column for the fictional newspaper, The New York Star, called "Sex and the City," which focuses on Carrie's sexual escapades and those of her close friends, as well as musings about the relationships between men and women, dating, and New York. The column provides Carrie with a certain amount of notoriety in New York; she is frequently recognized by people who read the column and is occasionally described as an icon. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. In the third season, her column is optioned for a film starring a fictionalized Matthew McConaughey. Matthew David McConaughey (məˈkɑnəˌheɪ born November 4 1969 is an American Actor. In the fifth season, a collection of her columns are compiled into a book.
She begins to write freelance articles for Vogue at the end of season four. A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. Although she initially has trouble dealing with Enid (Candice Bergen), her abrasive editor at Vogue, she does find her feet and ends up befriending her. Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe - and Emmy Award -winning American Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media
She is an on-off smoker, enjoys cocktails, particularly Cosmopolitans—her character's fondness for them helped to popularize the drink—but she is, at heart, an old-fashioned girl and is deeply romantic. Smoking is a practice where a substance most commonly Tobacco, is burned and the Smoke tasted or inhaled A cosmopolitan is a Cocktail made with Vodka, Cointreau or Triple Sec, cranberry juice, and fresh-squeezed lime juice or She is on an endless search for true love, and refuses to settle for, as she puts it, "anything less than butterflies. " Despite this, she repeatedly expresses doubts that she is the type to get married and raise a family.
Carrie is a resident of Manhattan, New York. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous She lives in a brownstone on the Upper East Side at the fictional house number of 245, on East 73rd Street. Brownstone is a brown Triassic Sandstone which was once a popular Building material. The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. She lives in this apartment throughout the series, and buys it in the fourth season. In the initial episodes of the first season, Carrie's apartment is seen to be above a coffee shop somewhere near the vicinity of Madison Avenue (despite its stated address). By approximately the fourth episode the usual facade of a series of brownstones adjacent to hers is adopted, and remains that way throughout the series.
Little is mentioned about Carrie's life before the series, although she has been living in New York for about eighteen years. In the fourth season, around her 35th birthday, Carrie states that her relationship with the city is "about 18 years", implying she moved to New York when she was about 17 years old. She does not seem to have been from a particularly wealthy family, unlike her friend Charlotte, as we are told when she first arrived in New York she wore Candies and took the Subway. It is mentioned that her father left her and her mother when she was five; no siblings are ever mentioned. It is also revealed that Carrie had one abortion in the 1980s, after a one night stand, when she was twenty-two years old. An The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Though she had been dating for many years before meeting (and nick-naming him) Mr. Big in the first episode of the series, he is her first true love, the man she thinks may be her soulmate. She tells Charlotte York that she lost her virginity in Seth Bateman's smelly rec room on the ping pong table in the 11th grade. In Season 6 ("Boy Interrupted") Carrie meets up with another boyfriend from high school named Jeremy (David Duchovny). They finally go "all the way", something they didn't do in high school. Carrie later finds out that Jeremy is headed back to a psychiatric clinic.
Wardrobe
Carrie has been described as someone who "lives for fashion", and has confessed to buying Vogue instead of dinner. Vogue is a Fashion and lifestyle Magazine published in eighteen countries by Condé Nast Publications. A known shoe lover with an affinity for expensive designer shoes (notably Manolo Blahniks, but also Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo), Carrie claims she has spent over $40,000 on shoes. Conspicuous consumption is a term used to describe the lavish spending on goods and services acquired mainly for the purpose of displaying Income or Wealth. Manolo Blahnik CBE (born 27 November 1942 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands) is a Spanish Fashion designer Christian Louboutin (born 1963 is a French Shoe designer. Biography In 1979 as he was walking alongside the streets of Paris Dato' Jimmy Choo OBE, born Jimmy Choo Yeang Keat (周仰杰 iuis a London -based luxury fashion designer best known for his hand-made women's Her pairs seem to average around $450-500, and it is implied that she has at least, if not more than, 100 unique pairs.
She frequently mixes kitschy vintage finds with haute couture. Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era Haute couture ( French for "high sewing" or "high dressmaking" oːt kuˈtyʁ refers to the creation of exclusive custom-fitted fashions It is mentioned that Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue are among her favorite places to shop. Barneys New York is a chain of department stores headquartered in New York City headed by Judy Collinson EVP and GMM of the Women's Division and Tom Kalendarian EVP and GMM for the Men's Bergdorf Goodman is a major world-renowned luxury goods Department store based in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. Saks Fifth Avenue is an upscale American Department store owned and operated by Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises (SFAE a subsidiary of Saks Incorporated. Carrie equates taking a boyfriend to meet her parents with taking a boyfriend to meet the sales assistants at Prada. Prada SpA is an Italian high-fashion company (also referred to as fashion House or Label) specializing in Luxury goods for men and women Her friend Charlotte claims that Carrie dragged her to eight shows at New York's Fashion Week. Andre Leon Talley by David Shankbonejpg|200px|thumb| Vogue editors Anna Wintour and André Leon Talley during New York Fashion Week]]A fashion week is a Carrie once agreed to model for a charity fashion show (featuring both "real people" and models) on the condition that she could keep the outfit, a Dolce and Gabbana original. Dolce & Gabbana (ˈdolt͡ʃe ænd gaˈbana is an Italian Fashion house. Carrie is also known to have worn Chanel, Jeremy Scott, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Roberto Cavalli, Helmut Lang, Chloé, Marni, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Manolo Blahnik, Heatherette, Sonia Rykiel, Versace, Miu Miu, Fendi, Missoni, Moschino, Betsey Johnson, Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang, and Gucci, Christian Louboutin, amongst others. Chanel SA ʃəˈnɛɫ) is a Parisian fashion house created by Coco Chanel. Jeremy Scott is a Missouri -born fashion designer. He attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY for fashion design Christian Dior ( January 21, 1905 &ndash October 23, 1957) was an influential French Fashion designer, best known as the Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton ( pronounced /lwi vɥitɔ̃/ or sometimes shortened to LV, is a French luxury fashion Balenciaga is a fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga, a Spanish designer, born in the Basque Country. Givenchy ( pronounced or zhee-von-shee) is a French brand of clothing accessories Perfumes and Cosmetics with Alexander McQueen CBE (born Lee Alexander McQueen, 17 March 1969) is an English Fashion designer. Dame Vivienne Westwood, DBE, RDI, (born 8 April, 1941) is an English Fashion designer largely responsible for bringing Roberto Cavalli (born November 15 1940) is an Italian Fashion designer. Helmut Lang may refer to Helmut Lang (fashion designer (born 1956 Austrian-born fashion designer Helmut Lang (fashion brand, brand Chloé is a French luxury Fashion design house headquartered in Paris, France. The name Marni originates from several languages including Hebrew, meaning "rejoice" and Latin as a variant of " Marina " meaning "of Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963 in New York City) is an American Fashion designer He is the head designer for Marc Jacobs Jean-Paul Gaultier (born April 24 1952, in Arcueil, Val-de-Marne) is a French Fashion designer and past television Manolo Blahnik CBE (born 27 November 1942 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands) is a Spanish Fashion designer Heatherette is a fashion company and design house run by Traver Rains and Richie Rich. Sonia Rykiel (b 25 May 1930, Paris France) is a French Fashion designer. Gianni Versace SpA (ˈdʒɑnːi verˈsatʃe usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian clothier founded by Gianni Versace in 1978 Miu Miu is positioned as the daily-oriented more affordable clothing line from the Prada fashion house opened in 1992 and Fendi is an Italian fashion house best known for its "baguette" Handbags It was launched in 1925 as a fur and leather shop in Rome but today is a multinational Missoni is an Italian fashion house based in Milan. It is famous for its unique knitwear made from a variety of fabrics in colourful patterns Moschino is a part of the Aeffe fashion group and a design house and manufacturer of women's men's and Children's Fashion. Betsey Johnson (born 10 August 1942 in Wethersfield Connecticut) is a Fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs Oscar de la Renta (born July 22, 1932) is a leading Fashion designer Early years Oscar de la Renta (born Vera Wang ( born June 27, 1949) is an American Fashion designer based in New York. The House of Gucci, better known simply as Gucci, is an Italian iconic fashion and Leather goods label
Carrie's incredible wardrobe appears to be entirely unaffordable for a writer on a modest income. Indeed, many of the people around her comment that she cannot afford her shopping addiction. Oniomania is a medical term (from Greek onios = "for sale" mania = insanity coined by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin for the compulsive Carrie occasionally maxes out credit cards, could not secure a loan on her own due to poor savings as a result of extensive shopping, and has admitted her "shoe needs" have accounted for most of her spending.
Carrie is particularly known for her addiction (calling it her "substance abuse problem" in one episode) to shoes. Notable moments include an incident when she is mugged near West Broadway and the bandit makes off with her Manolo Blahnik pink suede strappy sandals that she purchased "half off at a sample sale!" and that are her favorite shoes. Manolo Blahnik CBE (born 27 November 1942 in Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands) is a Spanish Fashion designer
Relationships
"Mr. Big"
"Mr. Mr Big (born April 7, 1955) is a fictional character in the HBO series Sex and the City, portrayed by Chris Noth. Big" appears in the first episode as a wealthy man who accidentally meets Carrie on the streets of Manhattan. Their relationship is a story arc running the length of the series. A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as Television, Comic books Comic strips It should also be noted that her relationship with Big evolved throughout the length of the show. At the start, she was intimidated and awed by him. However, eventually Carrie and Big share a friendly and often passionate intimacy, yet Mr. Big remains (in producer Michael Patrick King's words) "always slightly out of reach". Michael Patrick King (born on September 14 1954 in Scranton Pennsylvania is an Emmy -award winning American director, Writer and Mr. Big's name is never mentioned until the last episode of the 6th season, where it is revealed his name is John. His full name is given as John James Preston in the movie.
Aidan Shaw
Aidan Shaw, a Manhattan furniture designer (John Corbett), is her next serious boyfriend after Mr. Furniture is the Mass noun for the movable objects which may support the human body (seating furniture and beds, provide storage or hold objects on horizontal John Joseph Corbett Jr ( May 9, 1961) is a US actor and country music singer Big. Carrie met him through her friend Stanford Blatch. Their first relationship ends when Carrie confesses, on Charlotte's first wedding day, that she had an affair with Mr. Big. Later in the series, they get back together and become engaged. However, the engagement is broken when Carrie discovers she is not ready to move on and marry him, and he is not willing to wait for her. During the sixth season premiere, Carrie runs into Aidan on the street. She discovers that he has married a fellow furniture designer, Cathy, and has a son named Tate (who is played by Sarah Jessica Parker's real-life son). A designer is a person who designs something Perhaps the broadest definition is that provided by Herbert Simon: ‘Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing The two agree to meet for coffee; Carrie states in voiceover that "there are some dates you cannot wait to keep, and there are some you both know you will never keep". With Aidan looking on, Carrie walks away, not looking back, and it is implied that they have finally come to terms with the pain they caused each other.
Jack Berger
Following the end of her relationship with Aidan, Carrie begins to date Jack Berger (Ron Livingston), a writer with a mixed degree of success. Ronald Joseph Livingston (born June 5, 1967) is an American film and Television Actor. She meets him while discussing her upcoming book at her publisher's (Amy Sedaris) office. Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Amy Sedaris (born March 29 1961 is an American actress, Author, and Comedian. He is a novelist, and feels insecure about Carrie's newfound success as a writer after her book goes international and she begins receiving high-sum royalties. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story After an initially rocky start (in which Berger must end his relationship with his unseen original girlfriend, Lauren) they form a rather playful relationship and one that initially seems to make Carrie very happy. As Carrie's success begins to mount, and particularly after Berger's second novel is not picked up for publication, the relationship deteriorates, culminating in a 'break' between the two. Berger returns, professing his love for Carrie and stating that he wishes to try again, but ends up leaving afterwards, in the middle of the night. Berger breaks up with Carrie on a Post-it note which reads, "I'm sorry, I can't. The Post-it note, invented by 3M 's Art Fry using an adhesive developed by a colleague Spencer Silver, is a piece of Stationery with a re-adherable Don't hate me. " After this hasty departure, Berger is referenced in only one more episode—after Carrie runs into his friends at a bar, she regrets leaving Berger an angry message (through his friends), stating that his break-up method was rude and pathetic.
Aleksandr Petrovsky
Carrie meets and begins a relationship with Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov) in the sixth season. Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (Михаил Николаевич Барышников (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet -born Russian He is a rich, successful and older Russian artist. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Carrie enjoys the relationship but problems arise when she discovers he already has a daughter in her twenties and doesn't want to have any more children. Carrie feels forced to choose between a long-term relationship with Petrovsky, and the possibility of having children. She decides to stay in the relationship, despite mounting evidence that he will never be able to fully commit to her emotionally as he is very self-involved, and even at one point claims that Carrie is "not his friend, she is his lover".
He asks Carrie to leave her job and life in New York and move with him to Paris. After some degree of convincing, she accepts but is disappointed and confused upon her arrival. She doesn't speak French and Petrovsky leaves her alone often to tend to his own career. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people She leaves him for "Mr. Big" and returns with him to New York in the series finale. "An American Girl in Paris Part Deux" is the final episode of the HBO series Sex and the City which began airing in 1998
References
External links
- Carrie Bradshaw at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Sex and the City homepage
- Archive of the original Sex and the City newspaper columns
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