Carrie Bradshaw
Caroline "Carrie" Bradshaw is a fictional character from the HBO franchise Sex and the City, portrayed by Sarah Jessica Parker. Candace Bushnell created Carrie as a semi-autobiographical character for her column "Sex and the City" in The New York Observer. This column was later compiled into the book Sex and the City and adapted into the television series. Parker reprised the role in the films Sex and the City and Sex and the City 2, and the HBO Max series And Just Like That. Bushnell also authored the young adult novels The Carrie Diaries and Summer and the City featuring the character. The Carrie Diaries was adapted into a CW prequel series of the same name, with Carrie portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb.
| Carrie Bradshaw | |
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| Sex and the City character The Carrie Diaries character | |
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw | |
| First appearance | Print: "Love at the Bowery Bar, Part II" (1995) (The New York Observer) Television: "Sex and the City" (1998) (Sex and the City) |
| Created by | Candace Bushnell |
| Adapted by | Darren Star |
| Portrayed by | Sarah Jessica Parker (Sex and the City, films, And Just Like That...) AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) |
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| In-universe information | |
| Full name | Caroline Marie Bradshaw |
| Nickname | Carrie |
| Occupation | Author Newspaper columnist for The New York Star Writer at Vogue magazine Podcast co-host |
| Family | Tom Bradshaw (father) Grace Bradshaw (mother; deceased) Dorrit Bradshaw (sister) Harriet Preston (mother-in-law) Melvin Preston (father-in-law) |
| Spouse |
John James "Mr. Big" Preston
(m. 2008; died 2021) |
| Nationality | American |
In the Sex and the City television series, Carrie is a columnist and fashionista who lives in New York City. Her weekly column, "Sex and the City", provides the narration for each episode. When the series premiered, the character was praised by critics as a positive example of an independent woman in the vein of Mary Richards. However, retrospective analysis tends to place more emphasis on the character's repeated and often unrepentant infidelities, with many critics instead viewing her as narcissistic.