Sang with the Metropolitan Opera, and studied ballet with the Cincinnati Ballet and New York City's American Ballet Theater
Shared the stage in 1976 with her brother, Timothy, for her Broadway debut in The Innocents, and later played an orphan---and then the lead role---in the Broadway hit Annie (1978-80)
Played Patty Greene on Square Pegs (1982-83), a CBS sitcom about high-school life circa early 1980s from the perspective of two teenage girls
Became a UNICEF ambassador in 1997
Began co-producing Sex and the City in 1999; shared Producers Guild Awards for Producer of the Year for Episodic Television--Comedy in 2002 and 2004
Has a lengthy history with Sex and the City costar Cynthia Nixon: they appeared together in the 1982 TV-movie My Body, My Child, and both are founding members of The Drama Dept
, a New York theater group
Awards
2017Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:nominated
2006Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy:nominated
2005Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:nominated
2004Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:nominated
2004Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:nominated
2004Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:nominated
2004Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:winner
2004Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:winner
2003Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:nominated
2003Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:winner
2003Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:nominated
2003Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:nominated
2002Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:nominated
2002Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:winner
2002Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:nominated
2002Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:nominated
2001Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:nominated
2001Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:winner
2001Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:winner
2001Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series:winner
2000Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:nominated
2000Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:winner
2000Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:winner
2000Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series:nominated
1999Emmy-Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series:nominated
1999Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy:nominated
1999Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series:nominated