From her unforgettable role as Samantha Jones in the groundbreaking HBO series Sex and the City to her work with such major filmmakers as Brian De Palma, John Boorman and Roman Polanski, award-winning stage, film, and television actress Kim Cattrall has made a career of playing strong female characters on stage, film and television, and has also been passing on her craft on to the next generation as a mentor for the Actor's Conservatory at the Canadian Film Centre.

As Ms. Cattrall stops off in Toronto for a limited run of Noël Coward's Private Lives at the Royal Alexandra Theatre—following the show's triumphant engagement in London's West End under the direction of Sir Richard Eyre, and prior to its Broadway debut in November—she joins the CBC's Amanda Lang for a special evening at TIFF Bell Lightbox to look back on her multifaceted career.

In Conversation With... Kim Cattrall is a co-presentation of TIFF and the Canadian Film Centre.

About the host...

Gemini-award winning business journalist Amanda Lang is CBC’s senior business correspondent, reporting for its flagship nightly news program, The National. She is also co-host of The Lang & O’Leary Exchange, a daily business program airing on CBC News Network. She also occasionally anchors The National.