# In 1997, Sarah Jessica Parker thought ‘Sex and the City’ might hold her back. It became her defining role

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1997-sarah-jessica-parker-thought-sex-and-the-city-might-hold-her-back-it-became-her-defining-role/
- Published: 2026-11-12T00:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T01:38:00+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/1997-sarah-jessica-parker-doubts-tv-show-sex-and-the-city-defining-role/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Parker worried the series would limit her career.
- Carrie Bradshaw became her defining role.
- She played the character across the original series, films and sequel.

## Summary

Sarah Jessica Parker initially feared that taking the lead in *Sex and the City* would confine her to a long-running television role and limit her career. Despite that anxiety, she accepted the part of Carrie Bradshaw, which became the defining role of her career and helped establish her as a producer and fashion figure.

The series was based on Candace Bushnell’s newspaper columns about the romantic lives of women in New York. Parker played Carrie across six seasons, two films and three seasons of the sequel *And Just Like That…*, earning Golden Globe and Emmy awards for her performance.

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