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| Character |
Actor/Actress |
Duration |
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| Mr. Big/John Preston |
Chris Noth |
Seasons 1 - 6 |
| "Mr. Big" (aka Big) is a pseudonym for the charming, attractive, sarcastic, and wealthy love interest for Carrie Bradshaw. He is the reason for many of Carrie's breakdowns as he never seemed ready to fully commit to Carrie. During the course of the series he marries Natasha, who is ten years younger than Carrie. An affair with Carrie destroys Big's marriage and Carrie's relationship with her other major love interest, furniture designer Aidan. In the final episode, Mr. Big realizes that life without Carrie is nothing. He is a big jazz fan and a heavy cigar smoker with plenty of money to burn. His first name, John, was not revealed until the end of the series finale, and his full name John James Preston not until the first movie. |
| Steve Brady |
David Eigenberg |
Seasons 2 - 6 |
| He is Miranda's on and off boyfriend throughout the series since he was introduced in the second season. He eventually marries Miranda at the end of Season 6, after they had a child together at the end of Season 4. He is one of the few men on the show meant to counter-balance all the emotionally unstable men encountered throughout the series, as he is a constant and sensitive male character. His alcoholic mother, Mary Brady, played by Anne Meara, is also a prominent recurring character. |
| Harry Goldenblatt |
Evan Handler |
Seasons 5 - 6 |
| He is Charlotte's Jewish divorce lawyer who is incredibly attracted to her from the beginning. She is not attracted to him initially but tries to pursue a sex-only relationship with him, which leads to an exclusive and loving relationship as opposed to her relationship with Trey, which was reversed in this aspect. After her conversion to Judaism and one big argument that sends them in separate directions for a few weeks, the two marry and begin trying to have/adopt a child. In the end, they are approved for a Chinese adoption and adopt a girl they name Lily. In the first film, Charlotte and Harry are expecting a baby whom they name Rose. |
| Smith Jerrod |
Jason Lewis |
Season 6 |
| He is a young waiter Samantha seduces. She tries to maintain her usual sex-only relationship with him, but he slowly pushes for something more. He is a wannabe actor whose career Samantha jump starts using her PR connections (including changing his name to "Smith Jerrod" from "Jerry Jerrod") and getting him a modeling job that turns into a film role. Just when she thinks Smith's age and experience aren't enough for her, he gives her unconditional support during her fight with breast cancer. In the final episode, Smith flies back from a film set in Canada just to tell her that he loves her, which she counters with, "You have meant more to me than any man I've ever known," which for Samantha, is a far greater statement than it might be for anyone else. In the first movie, Samantha breaks up with him after feeling that she has lost herself in their relationship stating, "I love you, but I love me more." In the second film, it is shown that the two are still close friends and he invites her to accompany him on the red carpet at the premiere of his latest film, which she accepts on the condition that she can bring Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte. |
| Aidan Shaw |
John Corbett |
Seasons 3 - 4, 6 |
| Manhattan furniture designer Aidan is Carrie's next serious boyfriend after a breakup with Mr. Big. Carrie met him when her friend Stanford Blatch noticed his photo in the newspaper, and insisted that they visit his store. 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, Carrie and Aidan get back together and become engaged. However, Carrie breaks off the engagement when she realizes that she is not ready to get married, and he is unwilling to wait for her. He appears for the last time in Season 6, with a baby and a wife much to Carrie's surprise. In the second movie Carrie runs into Aidan in a market place in Abu Dhabi. |
| Trey MacDougal |
Kyle MacLachlan |
Seasons 3 - 4 |
| He is an attractive Park Avenue cardiologist with a pedigree and country house; everything that Charlotte has dreamed of. She meets him after falling in the street in front of his taxi and following a quick romance, they marry. Charlotte is devastated when she discovers - the night before their wedding - that Trey is impotent, dashing her plans to have a family. However, after a brief breakup, she realizes that his issues are merely psychosomatic and their relationship resumes with fervor. Trey's family is headed by his mother "Bunny," a manipulative, overbearing sort, who refuses to let go of her son. After several attempts at having children, Trey arrives to the conclusion that he no longer wants to have children. In spite of this, Charlotte stays with Trey, giving up her plans to have a family. Trey comes home one night with a cardboard baby, sending Charlotte into a rage and Trey out of the apartment. He then returns, only to announce that he is moving in with his mother. In the end, Charlotte and Trey divorce, and Trey leaves Charlotte the apartment she had so lovingly redone. |
| Stanford Blatch |
Willie Garson |
Seasons 1 - 6 |
| He is Carrie's best friend outside of the three women. A gay talent agent from an aristocratic family with a sense of style paralleled only by Carrie's, viewers receive the impression that they have a long-standing relationship built within their younger, wilder days in the New York City club and bar scene in the 1980s. He had said that they have been friends since Carrie was riding the subways and wearing Candie's. The only supporting character to receive his own storylines on occasion, Stanford represents the show's most constant gay point of view to sex on the show, generally based on the physical insecurities and inadequacies of someone who does not "have that gay look." In the last two seasons of the show, he is partnered with Broadway dancer Marcus Adente; however in the movie, he is single. He is sometimes associated with Anthony Marentino, a gay wedding planner and friend to Charlotte, whom he marries in the beginning of the second movie. The two have an agreement that Anthony can cheat in the states where their marriage is not legally recognised and Stanford can have everything he wants for their wedding day, which includes swans; an all-men's choir; and Liza Minnelli marrying them and later performing "Single Ladies" by Beyoncé. |
| Aleksandr Petrovsky |
Mikhail Baryshnikov |
Season 6 |
| Referred to by Carrie occasionally as "The Russian," he is a famous artist who becomes Carrie's lover in the final season. He sweeps her off her feet with huge romantic gestures and shows her the foreign pockets of New York that she has never seen before. Her relationship with him brings up all sorts of questions in Carrie's mind about finding love past "a certain age" and whether or not she wants children. When he's preparing to return to Paris for a solo exhibit, he invites Carrie to come live with him, which after several deliberations (and one fight) with her friends, she does. After spending some time there, she realizes that he will never reciprocate the level of emotional involvement that she offers because his life and career will always come first. |
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| Country |
TV Network(s) |
Date of Premiere |
|---|
| Albania |
TV KLAN |
2010 � present |
| Argentina |
Canal 9 |
2009 � present |
| Austria |
ORF 1 |
|
| Australia |
Nine Network
Network Ten
Eleven
W Channel
Arena |
1999 � June 2004
2008 � present
January 2011
2005 � 2007
January 2008 � present |
| Belgium |
VIJFtv |
? |
| Brazil |
Rede 21
Fox Life
Multishow |
2004 � 2006
2006 � present
2007 � present |
| Bulgaria |
Nova Television
Fox Life
HBO Comedy |
2002 � 2006
2009 � present
2010 � present |
| Canada |
Bravo |
1999 � 2004 |
| Czech Republic |
ČT1 |
2006 � present |
| Finland |
MTV3 |
June 1, 1999 � November 23, 2004 |
| France |
Téva
M6 |
August 28, 1999 � 2004
October 18, 2000 � 2005 |
| Georgia %28country%29 |
Rustavi 2 |
2000 � 2004 |
| Germany |
ProSieben
Comedy Central |
2001 � 2006
2009 � present |
| Greece |
Alter
Alpha TV |
2002 � 2008
2009 � present |
| Hungary |
HBO Hungary
Viasat 3
HBO Comedy |
2003 � 2007
2006 � present
2010 � present |
| Republic of Ireland |
TV3
3e |
February 1999 � 2004
2006 � present |
| Israel |
Channel 2 (Reshet)
HOT V.O.D. |
1999 � present
2007 � present |
| Lithuania |
TV3 Lithuania
Lietuvos ryto TV |
|
| Mexico |
TV Azteca
Cosmopolitan
Fox Life
HBO |
|
| Poland |
TVP2
TVN
TVN 7
Comedy Central
HBO
Wizja Jeden
TVN Style |
1998 - 2004
2008 - 2009
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2009
1998 - 2004
1999 - 2001
2010 - present |
| Republic of Macedonia |
MRT
Alfa TV |
2003 � 2004
2005, 2010 |
| |
HBO Romania
PRO TV
Acasă TV
Prima TV
HBO Comedy |
1998 - 2004
1999 - 2000 (moved to sister channel, Acasă TV)
2000 - 2006
2007 (only the first seasons)
2009 � present |
| Russia |
НТВ
MTV Russia |
~2000 � 2004
March 8, 2010 � present |
| Serbia |
B92
Fox Televizija |
2004 � 2008, 2009
2010 |
| Slovenia |
POP TV TV Pika |
2002 � 2008, 2009 � present |
| Slovakia |
STV1 TV Markiza TV Doma |
2001 � 2004, 2010 |
| Sweden |
TV3 |
1999 � 2004, 2009 |
| Spain |
Cosmopolitan TV |
1998 � present |
| South Korea |
OnStyle |
2008 � present |
| The Middle East |
Showtime Arabia Showseries |
? |
| Turkey |
Cine5
ComedyMax
MyMax |
2000 � 2004
2006 � 2008
2008 � present |
| Ukraine |
1+1
TET |
~2000 � 2004
2009 � present |
| |
Channel 4
Comedy Central
E4
Fiver |
1999 � 2004
2004 � present
2004 � 2006, 2008 � present
2008 � present |
| United States |
HBO
TBS |
June 6, 1998 � February 22, 2004
2004 � present |
| Cyprus |
Sigma |
2006 � present |
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (2001-present)
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