Lindsey Gort Joins THE CARRIE DIARIES as Samantha Jones

Kim Cattrall (left) played Samantha on HBO's SEX AND THE CITY, now
Lindsey Gort will play the role in THE CARRIE DIARIES

Lindsey Gort has been cast as Samantha Jones in THE CARRIE DIARIES, the CW‘s prequel series to SEX AND THE CITY, based on the books by Candace Bushnell.

Samantha is one of Carrie Bradshaw's eventual three best friends in the HBO series where Kim Cattrall played her, earning five Emmy nominations.

In the CW's 1980s-set world of THE CARRIE DIARIES, which launches Season 2 on October 25, Carrie meets one of the most important people in her life through a surprise connection. Samantha is a ballsy, beautiful and sexy young woman from the panhandle of Florida who has made her way — and already a name for herself — in the rock 'n' roll scene of 1980s New York.