Kim Cattrall was born in Liverpool in 1956, but her parents Shane and Dennis emigrated to Canada when she was a toddler.
Shane's father George, Kim Cattrall's grandfather, who left the family penniless and turned out to be a bigamist, was the focus of a Who Do You Think You Are programme on Kim Cattrall.
Kim Cattrall returned to England when she was just 11 and she went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
Kim Cattrall then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Kim Cattrall is best known for playing Samantha Jones in the hugely popular Sex and the City.
Kim Cattrall's stage appearances in England include Whose Life Is it Anyway and The Cryptogram.
Her first marriage was to Canadian writer Larry Davis. Her second marriage was to architect Andreas Lyson.
Kim Cattrall wrote a book, Satisfaction: The Art of the Female Orgasm, with her third husband, Mark Levinson, but it did not save their marriage.
Since then, Kim Cattrall has been going out with Canadian chef, Alan Wyse, however by July 2009 they had split up.
