Sex and the City
Portrayed by Character Notes Recurring seasons Episodes Episode count
Chris Noth Mr. Big ( John James Preston ) Carrie 's on-again-off-again boyfriend now husband 1-6 1.01-6.20 41
David Eigenberg Steven Steve Brady Miranda 's boyfriend , now husband 2-6 2.08-6.20 41
Willie Garson Stanford Blatch Carrie 's friend 1-6 1.01-6.18 27
Kyle MacLachlan Trey MacDougal Charlotte 's first husband 3-4 3.07-4.18 23
John Corbett Aidan Shaw Carrie 's boyfriend 3-4 , 6 3.05-4.16 , 6.01 22
Evan Handler Harry Goldenblatt Charlotte 's lawyer and second husband 5-6 5.06-6.20 18
Jason Lewis Jerry Smith Jerrod Samantha 's boyfriend 6 6.02-6.20 18
Lynn Cohen Magda Miranda 's housekeeper 3-6 3.03-6.20 13
James Remar Richard Wright Samantha 's boyfriend 4-5 , 6 4.10-5.03 , 6.13 12
Mario Cantone Anthony Marantino Charlotte 's wedding planner and friend 3-6 3.11-6.20 12
Frances Sternhagen Bunny MacDougal Trey 's mother 3-5 3.09-5.06 10
Mikhail Baryshnikov Aleksandr Petrovsky Carrie 's boyfriend , 'The Russian ' 6 6.12-6.20 9
Ron Livingston Jack Berger Carrie 's boyfriend 5-6 5.05-6.06 8
Sean Palmer Marcus Adant Stanford 's boyfriend 5-6 5.04-6.18 8
Bridget Moynahan Natasha Naginsky Mr. Big 's second wife 2-3 2.17-3.17 7
Ben Weber Skipper Johnston Miranda 's boyfriend 1-2 1.01-2.14 7
Blair Underwood Dr. Robert E. Leeds Miranda 's boyfriend 6 6.09-6.14 5
Candice Bergen Enid Mead ( later changed to Enid Frick ) Carrie 's publisher at Vogue magazine 4-6 4.17-6.18 3
Sônia Braga Maria Diega Reyes Samantha 's girlfriend 4 4.03-4.05 3
Cast and characters -- Recurring roles
List of notables recurring roles during series
Sex and the City is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of 94 episodes. Throughout its six-year run, the show received contributions from various producers, writers, and directors, principally Michael Patrick King. Set and filmed in New York City and based on Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name, the show follows the lives of a group of four women - three in their mid-thirties and one in her forties - who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) and co-starring Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes), the quirky series had multiple continuing storylines that tackled relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity, and femininity, while exploring the difference between friendships and romantic relationships. The deliberate omission of the better part of the early lives of the four women was the writers' way of exploring social life - from sex to relationships - through each of their four very different, individual perspectives. Sex and the City has received both acclaim and criticism for its subjects and characters, and is credited with helping to increase HBO's popularity as a network. The series has won several accolades, including seven of its 54 Emmy Award nominations, eight of its 24 Golden Globe Award nominations, and three of its 11 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. The series placed fifth on Entertainment Weekly's New TV Classics list, and has been listed as one of the best television series of all time by Time in 2007 and TV Guide in 2013. The series still airs in syndication worldwide. It spawned two feature films, Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), and a prequel television series commissioned by The CW, The Carrie Diaries (2013-2014).