Sam Sex And The City 14 Times Samantha Jones Was The Most Iconic 'sex And The City' Character

May 22, 2026 • minute read

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Samantha jones (sex and the city) Kim cattrall as samantha jones in 'sex and the city' getty images it might seem impossible to imagine anyone other than kim cattrall as samantha jones, but the now iconic character initially took. Samantha jones is a fictional character in the sex and the city media franchise, created by candace bushnell

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The character first appeared in bushnell’s newspaper column sex and the city, published in the new york observer between 1994 and 1996, and was later featured in her 1996 book of the same name. Blair underwood revealed that he turned down his original 'sex and the city' role because of a racial fetishism storyline involving kim cattrall's samantha. Timothy olyphant says he thought his 'sex and the city' character sam would be brought back again on the show before it ended