Carrie Bradshaw

Carrie Bradshaw
Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw
First appearance	Sex and the City: "Sex and the City" (episode 1.01) The Carrie Diaries: "Pilot" (episode 1.01)
Last appearance	Original series: Sex and the City 2 The Carrie Diaries: "Run to You" (episode 2.13)
Created by	Character Candace Bushnell Developed for Television Darren Star
Portrayed by	Sarah Jessica Parker (adult; original series) AnnaSophia Robb (teenager; prequel series)
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Occupation	Author Newspaper columnist (for The New York Star) Writer at Vogue magazine
Family	Tom Bradshaw (father) Grace Bradshaw (mother; deceased) Dorrit Bradshaw (sister) Brady Hobbes (godchild)
Spouse(s)	John James "Mr. Big" Preston (husband)

Caroline "Carrie" Marie Bradshaw is a fictional character and lead character of the HBO romantic sitcom Sex and the City, as well as the CW series The Carrie Diaries, portrayed by actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and AnnaSophia Robb, respectively. She is a semi-autobiographical character created by Candace Bushnell, who published the book Sex and the City, based on her own columns in the New York Observer. On the HBO series, Bradshaw is a New York City newspaper columnist, fashionista, and later, freelance writer for Vogue and a published author. Her weekly column, "Sex and the City," provides the title, storylines, and narration for each episode.

When the series premiered, the character was praised by critics for being a positive example of an independent woman in the vein of Mary Tyler Moore. However, retrospective analysis of the show tends to place more emphasis on the character's repeated and often unrepentant infidelities, with many critics instead viewing her as self-centered and narcissistic.

Carrie writes a weekly column called "Sex and the City" for fictional newspaper, The New York Star. The column focuses on Carrie's sexual escapades and those of her close friends, as well as musings about the relationships between men and women, dating, and New York. It provides Carrie with a certain amount of recognition in the city. People who read her column occasionally describe her as their icon. In the third season, her column is optioned for a film produced by Matthew McConaughey. In the fifth season, some of her columns are compiled into a book. At the end of season four, Carrie begins to write freelance articles for Vogue. Although she initially has trouble dealing with Enid (Candice Bergen), her abrasive, demanding editor at Vogue, she does find her feet and ends up befriending her.