The Carrie Bradshaw Diaries was adapted into a CW prequel series of the same name, with Carrie Bradshaw portrayed by AnnaSophia Robb.
66 Facts About Carrie Bradshaw
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Carrie Bradshaw was introduced as Bushnell's friend, "a journalist in her mid-30's", and was conceived around the lifestyle of "balancing small paychecks with access to glamour and wealth".
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Carrie Bradshaw seeks acceptance from Mr Big and others.
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Carrie Bradshaw is an on-off smoker and when she smokes, she is mostly seen with Marlboro Lights.
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Carrie Bradshaw tries to quit in seasons 3 and 4 using a nicotine patch while dating Aidan.
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Carrie Bradshaw arrived in Manhattan on Tuesday, June 11,1986 when she was approximately 21, given her age that is mentioned at other points in the series.
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Carrie Bradshaw says in the movie that she's lived in Manhattan for 20 years.
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In season 4, Carrie Bradshaw tells a photographer that she was so poor when she first moved to New York that she would purchase Vogue instead of dinner.
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Carrie Bradshaw tells Charlotte that she lost her virginity in Seth Bateman's smelly rec room on the ping pong table in eleventh grade.
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In Season 6, Carrie Bradshaw meets up with another boyfriend from high school named Jeremy.
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Carrie Bradshaw had a few relationships, the main one being her on-and-off relationship with Sebastian Kydd.
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Carrie Bradshaw started working at Interview, a magazine firm, juggling between her school and work life.
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Carrie Bradshaw has been described as someone who lives for fashion, and has confessed to buying Vogue instead of dinner.
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Carrie Bradshaw's shoes seem to average at least $400 a pair, and it is implied that she has at least 100 unique pairs.
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Carrie Bradshaw once agreed to model for a charity fashion show, on the condition that she could keep the outfit, a Dolce and Gabbana original.
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The plan backfired when Carrie Bradshaw's dress was replaced by jeweled silk underwear.
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Carrie Bradshaw had been living in the apartment since the beginning of the series, and states in And Just Like That.
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Carrie Bradshaw gives her the opportunity to purchase the apartment from him at cost, but she is unable to afford the down payment until her friend Charlotte York sells her engagement ring and loans her the money.
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Carrie Bradshaw still owns the apartment as a pied-a-terre in And Just Like That, and has given it another renovation.
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The interior of Carrie Bradshaw's apartment was a set built on a soundstage, while the exterior of the apartment building was shot at various brownstones before settling at 66 Perry Street in the third season, which was used for the remainder of the series due to its ornate staircase.
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The exterior, sometimes called the "Carrie Bradshaw brownstone", is a popular tourist destination in the West Village, which has led to residents complaining about frequent visitors.
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However, Carrie Bradshaw cannot put Big behind her and they have an affair, which she confesses to Aidan moments before Charlotte's wedding.
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The wedding starts out somewhat simply with 75 guests and with Carrie Bradshaw choosing to wear a simple white skirt suit that she found in a vintage shop.
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However, after Vivenne Westwood gifts an expensive and exquisite wedding dress that Carrie Bradshaw wore in a Vogue modeling shoot featuring Carrie Bradshaw as a "40 year old bride," the wedding plans balloon into something much more elaborate and now with 200 guests.
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When Carrie Bradshaw calls him and asks where he is, he states "I can't do this" and Carrie Bradshaw leaves devastated.
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Carrie Bradshaw immediately realizes his mistake and tells the limo driver to turn around but the damage is already done.
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Carrie Bradshaw, hurt and betrayed, blocks all communication, unknowingly ignoring his love letters and apologetic emails.
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Carrie Bradshaw begins to feel that their marriage has lost its "sparkle" as Big enjoys spending nights eating in and watching TV.
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Carrie Bradshaw feels the urge to escape to her old apartment for two days to meet a writing deadline and enjoy some time to herself, and is surprised when Big picks her up for dinner, and feels the romance re-enter their marriage.
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Big then suggests to Carrie Bradshaw they spend two days a week apart, to enjoy their own time, which he feels is what is giving their marriage new life.
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Carrie Bradshaw, somewhat hurt and resistant, reluctantly agrees, and then travels to Abu Dhabi with Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda.
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Carrie Bradshaw feels distressed due to a bad review of her new book in the New Yorker, and meets Aidan for dinner.
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Samantha and Miranda both advise Carrie Bradshaw not to tell Big because it was a minor incident, but Carrie Bradshaw feels too guilty to let it slide and tells Big immediately.
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Big tells Carrie Bradshaw to stop worrying that they will become a tired, boring old married couple, and they take new wedding vows for each other.
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Big forgives Carrie Bradshaw and gives her a black diamond ring to really show the world she's off the market.
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When Carrie Bradshaw arrives home, she experiences Big take his final breaths and breaks down when he dies.
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Carrie Bradshaw met him through her friend Stanford Blatch when the two of them visited Aidan's furniture store.
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Carrie Bradshaw begins to feel trapped and cannot shake off Mr Big's presence in her life.
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However, the engagement is broken when Carrie Bradshaw discovers she is not ready to marry him, and he is not willing to wait for her.
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Carrie Bradshaw discovers that he has married a fellow furniture designer, Cathy, and has a son named Tate.
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Carrie Bradshaw becomes emotionally distraught over this and confesses the kiss to Big.
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Carrie Bradshaw meets him while discussing her upcoming book at her publisher's office.
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Berger returns, professing his love for Carrie Bradshaw, and stating that he wishes to try again.
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Carrie Bradshaw is a rich, successful, and older Russian artist.
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Carrie Bradshaw enjoys the relationship, but problems arise when she discovers that he already has a daughter in her twenties, and he doesn't want any more children.
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Carrie Bradshaw feels forced to choose between a long-term relationship with Petrovsky and the possibility of having children.
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Carrie Bradshaw decides to stay in the relationship, despite mounting evidence that he will never be able to fully commit to her emotionally, as he is a very self-involved artist, and even at one point he claims that Carrie is "not his friend", but his lover.
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Carrie Bradshaw asks Carrie to leave her job and life in New York and move with him to Paris, where he has a museum show.
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Carrie Bradshaw doesn't speak French well, and Petrovsky often leaves her alone in order to tend to his own career.
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Carrie Bradshaw's ex-wife warns Carrie that the relationship will be all about him.
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Meanwhile, Carrie Bradshaw has no friends there, but things start to look up when she meets some fans of her book, and she agrees to meet them at a cafe.
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Carrie Bradshaw later becomes her boyfriend, and they share an on-and-off relationship throughout the first season of The Carrie Diaries.
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Sebastian leaves to California with his father, but he and Carrie Bradshaw maintain a long distance relationship.
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When Sebastian returns to Manhattan, moving into Larissa's old apartment, Carrie Bradshaw realizes his interests have changed.
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Sebastian wanted to move to California to pursue his dreams, but Carrie Bradshaw wanted to stay in Manhattan to work for Interview Magazine.
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Carrie Bradshaw decides to say yes to a full-time job offer at Interview but loses her chances at going to NYU.
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Carrie Bradshaw is later fired because of a dispute between Larissa, and Andy.
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Carrie Bradshaw tries to attend NYU, but she is told it is too late.
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Carrie Bradshaw agrees to move until she later realizes she belongs in Manhattan.
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Carrie Bradshaw starts dating George after meeting him at her internship at a law firm.
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Larissa, Carrie Bradshaw's boss, wanted Carrie Bradshaw to get an interview with Weaver for Interview Magazine.
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At the beginning, Carrie Bradshaw hated him because of his arrogance but at the end of the book, it was said that he's the person with whom Carrie Bradshaw lost her virginity.
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Carrie Bradshaw appears briefly in Pilot of the TV series adaption, played by Jeffrey Nordling.
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In Summer and the City, Bernard Singer is a famous writer who Carrie Bradshaw has a brief relationship with, only to realise that Bernard doesn't love Carrie Bradshaw and that she loves Capote Duncan.
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Critical reception to Carrie Bradshaw tended to be positive during the show's run and in the years immediately thereafter.
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In 2004, Carrie Bradshaw was listed as number 11 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters.