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Character historySpoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Carrie writes a weekly column for the fictional newspaper, The New York Star, called "Sex and the City." The columns focus on Carrie's sexual escapades and those of her close friends. The column provides Carrie with a certain amount of notoriety in New York; she is frequently recognised by people who read the column and is occasionally described as an icon. In the fifth season, a collection of her columns are compiled in a book. She begins to write freelance articles for Vogue at the end of season four. Although she initially has trouble dealing with Enid (Candice Bergen), her abrasive editor at Vogue, she does find her feet and ends up befriending Enid. She is an on-off smoker and enjoys cocktails, particularly Cosmopolitans - so much so that her character helped to popularize them - but she is, at heart, an old-fashioned girl and is deeply romantic. She is on an endless search for true love, and refuses to settle for, as she puts it, "anything less than butterflies." Despite this, she repeatedly expresses doubts that she is the type to get married and raise a family.
Little is mentioned about Carrie's life before the series, although she has been living in New York for about thirteen years. It is hinted that she is Jewish and it is mentioned that her father left her and her mother when she was young; no siblings are ever mentioned. It is sometimes hinted that she is the only one of her friends never to go to, or graduate from, college (It is also implied that she left for New York right after graduating from high school or went away to attend college in New York City as its implied that she has been there since around the mid-1980s.), and she does not enjoy the same financial status as her friends. It is also revealed that Carrie had one abortion in the 1980s, when she was twenty-two. Though she had been dating for many years before meeting Mr. Big in the first episode of the series, he is her first love. WardrobeCarrie has been described as someone who "lives for fashion", and has confessed to buying Vogue instead of dinner. A known shoe fetishist with an affinity for expensive designer shoes (notably Manolo Blahnik, but also Christian Louboutin and Jimmy Choo), Carrie claims she has spent over $40,000 on shoes alone. She frequently mixes vintage finds with haute couture creating a quirky look that is both beautiful and eccentric. Carrie equates taking a boyfriend to meet her parents with taking a boyfriend to meet the sales assistants at Prada. Her friend Charlotte claims that Carrie dragged her to eight shows at New York Fashion Week. Carrie once agreed to model for Dolce and Gabbana on the condition that she could keep the outfit. Carrie is also known to have worn Chanel, Christian Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Roberto Cavalli, Helmut Lang, Chloe, Marni, Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, Versace, Miu Miu, Fendi, Missoni, Moschino, Betsey Johnson, Oscar de la Renta and Gucci among others. Carrie's incredible wardrobe makes little sense for a writer on a modest income. Indeed, many of the people around her comment that she cannot afford her shopping addiction. Carrie occasionally maxs out credit cards, and could not secure a loan on her own. RelationshipsCarrie and her friends have dated, tried to date and refused to date many men throughout the series. The following relationships are ones which have become serious: "Mr. Big""Mr. Big" (Chris Noth) appears in the first episode as a very wealthy and mysterious man that accidentally meets Carrie on the streets of Manhattan. In the first few episodes they constantly "bump into one other." In fact, after she and Samantha bump into Mr. Big at a night club, Samantha tries to "pick-up" Mr. Big, which he graciously rejects. Finally, Carrie suggests the two of them should bump into one another on purpose. Mr. Big agrees and thus begins their on-and-off-again relationship. Carrie eventually falls in love with him, despite his frequent displays of commitment and intimacy phobias. She repeatedly returns to the relationship even though he is clearly emotionally unavailable to her and unable to meet her needs. They break-up twice, over the course of two years, for these reasons, before Mr. Big marries a twenty-something socialite, and former Ralph Lauren executive, named Natasha (Bridget Moynahan), after only dating her for five months. Within seven months of his marriage he begins to pine for Carrie and initiates an affair with her. Carrie, herself is in a committed relationship (with Aidan) at the time, feels guilty but continues to see Big. The affair continues until Natasha discovers Carrie fleeing from the marital apartment. Natasha accidentally falls and breaks her tooth while chasing after Carrie and Carrie ends up taking her to the emergency room. In the wake of this humiliating and ridiculous event, Carrie ends the affair. Carrie later finds out that Mr. Big and Natasha divorce. Mr. Big and Carrie eventually manage to become friends but their sexual chemistry always remains just below the surface and their friendship never remains strictly platonic. In the series finale, he rescues Carrie in Paris where he tells her she is "the one." His real name, John, is revealed on her cell phone caller ID after they both return to New York. Aidan ShawAidan Shaw, a Manhattan furniture designer (John Corbett), is her next serious boyfriend after Mr. Big. Their first relationship ends when Carrie confesses her affair with Mr. Big on Charlotte's first wedding day. Later in the series, they get back together again and become engaged. However, the engagement is broken when Carrie discovers she is not ready to marry him and he is not willing to wait for her. Aidan later marries another furniture designer and has a son named Tate. Jack BergerCarrie also dates Jack Berger (Ron Livingston). She meets him while discussing her upcoming book at her publisher's (Amy Sedaris) office. He is a novelist and becomes jealous of Carrie's newfound success as a writer. Berger breaks up with Carrie on a Post-it note which reads, "I'm sorry, I can't. Don't hate me." Berger is never seen again. Aleksandr PetrovskyCarrie also dates Aleksandr Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov), a rich, successful and older Russian artist. He is her last boyfriend before Mr. Big and Carrie are reunited in the series finale. Carrie enjoys the relationship but problems arise when she finds out that he already has a daughter in her twenties and doesn't want to have any more children. Carrie feels forced to choose between a long-term relationship with Petrovsky, and the possibility of having children. She decides to stay in the relationship. He asks Carrie to leave her job and life in New York and move with him to Paris. She excitedly accepts but is disappointed and confused upon her arrival. She doesn't speak French and Petrovsky leaves her alone often tending to his own career. She leaves him and Paris in the series finale, thanking him for everything he had shown her in their relationship, even though it could not work out. Spoilers end here.
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