The Sex and the City girls: where are they now?

Kristin Davis - Charlotte York

Famous Charlotte quote: 'My marriage is a fake Fendi!'

Still single at 42, it seems Kristin is intent on finding her own leading man than forging an acting career. Oh, and he's got to be famous.

'I once dated someone who's an actor, yet not hugely famous, and when I took him to premieres it was difficult,' she says. 'Photographers would want to take pictures of me and yell at him, "Move! You're in the way!" The colour would drain out of his face and my heart would break. I need a famous man like Sarah has Matthew.'

Steve Martin is the latest famous man to have been linked to the sexy star but, in terms of her movie career, there hasn't been a great deal of note for Kristin. Family comedies The Shaggy Dog and Deck the Halls have just about kept her in the public eye but her biggest achievement since her days with the girls has been her lucrative contract with make-up giant Maybelline.

Cynthia Nixon - Miranda Hobbs

Famous Miranda quote: 'He only has one ball and I have a lazy ovary. In what world does that create a baby? It's like the special Olympics of conception!'

The bright lights of Broadway beckoned Cynthia back to the stage and she had a long break from TV and films. She still received her fair share of the limelight though, due to her having left her partner, Danny Mozes, for a woman.

'I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet,' says Cynthia of her lesbianism. 'There wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress. I met this woman, I fell in love with her, and I'm a public figure.'

The 40-year-old has also has four-year-old son Charles and daughter Samantha, 10, to keep her busy. 'Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do,' she adds.