A flashback that will have you stumped! She is a household name thanks to her hit TV series

She has had a long and varied career in Hollywood with fun 80s movies and a huge TV series that has changed the way women view fashion and friendship.

On Thursday, this acclaimed blonde bombshell posted a photo from her past on Instagram.

And the red carpet wizard went way back in time to before she made it big in Hollywood.

The beauty in question was seen sporting curly jet black hair and a straw hat that adds period costume for a role, while staring confidently at the camera.

In her caption, she explained that the image came from the set of a “period drama” in the 1970s.

Can you guess who she is?

Who is this? She has a long and varied career in Hollywood with fun 80s movies and a huge TV series that changed the way women view fashion and friendship. On Thursday, this acclaimed blonde bombshell posted a photo from her past on Instagram

It’s 66-year-old Kim Cattrall.

The beauty was in hit movies in the 1980s Police Academy (1984), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988).

But her greatest fame came on the small screen.

The British-born star played Samantha Jones in Sex & The City, which aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004.

The thespian worked opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon.

The show was a fashion force that pushed women to wear high heels and be more daring with their designer looks.

It also helped fuel an obsession with expensive brands like Chanel and Louis Vuitton.

The role won Kim raves.

She received five Emmy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning the 2002 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress.

An icon: it is 66-year-old Kim Cattrall.  The beauty was in hit movies in the 1980s Police Academy (1984), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988).  Seen in November 2022

An icon: it is 66-year-old Kim Cattrall. The beauty was in hit movies in the 1980s Police Academy (1984), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988). Seen in November 2022

She reprized the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).

Cattrall told Variety this year that she didn’t want to play Samantha at first: “I turned it down three times. I didn’t think I could. At 42, I really didn’t think I would pull it off. I finally said, “You’re making a mistake here.” We did the pilot – it was good, but it wasn’t there. And then it started to make its way. I realized because I had never done a series before, the more you play the character, like in the theater, the more you add and change to it. I remember a smile came on one day and I was like, “Holy sh*t, that’s great. Sam just got a new smile.”

But she’s not part of the And Just Like That sequel thanks to a reported long-simmering feud with Parker.

She told Variety, “It is great wisdom to know when enough is enough. I also didn’t want to compromise on what the show was for me. The way forward seemed clear.’

In this new image, she is seen with dark hair and a hat.

The caption reads: ‘1977 My first job as a contract player at MCA Universal Studios. A period drama called Testimony Of Two Men for Operation Prime Time.

“I played Cousin Maude who came to visit on the 4th of July weekend. . Leo Penn (Sean’s father) directed. #tbt.’

Her career started in the 1970s.

Cattrall made her film debut in Rosebud in 1975.

Far right in 2007: Her greatest fame came on the small screen.  The star played Samantha Jones in Sex & The City, which aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004 and co-starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon.

Far right in 2007: Her greatest fame came on the small screen. The star played Samantha Jones in Sex & The City, which aired on HBO from 1998 to 2004 and co-starred Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon.

No buddies?  She reprized the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010).  But she's not part of the And Just Like That sequel thanks to a reported long-simmering feud with Parker

No buddies? She reprized the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). But she’s not part of the And Just Like That sequel thanks to a reported long-simmering feud with Parker

A sexy mom: seen with Jason Lewis in 2008 in Sex And The City: The Movie

A sexy mom: seen with Jason Lewis in 2008 in Sex And The City: The Movie

She rose to prominence in the 1980s with films such as Ticket to Heaven (1981), Police Academy (1984), City Limits (1985), Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Mannequin (1987), Masquerade (1988), Midnight Crossing (1988) and The Return of the Musketeers (1989).

The star then worked many times with director Bob Clark.

Kim starred in four of his films: Tribute (1980), Porky’s (1981), Turk 182 (1985) and Baby Geniuses (1999).

Her other film credits include The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991), Split Second (1992), Above Suspicion (1995), 15 Minutes (2001), Crossroads (2002), Ice Princess ( 2005), My Boy Jack (2007), The Ghost Writer (2010) and Meet Monica Velor (2010).

Happy at last: Here she is seen with her boyfriend of six years, Russell Thomas

Happy at last: Here she is seen with her boyfriend of six years, Russell Thomas

On stage, Cattrall appeared in the 1986 Broadway production of Michael Frayn’s Wild Honey.

Her other stage credits include August Strindberg’s Miss Julie (McCarter Theater Center, 1993), William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra (Liverpool Playhouse, 2010), Noël Coward’s Private Lives (Broadway, 2011) and Tennessee Williams’ Sweet Bird of Youth (The Old Vic , 2013).

From 2014 to 2016, Cattrall starred and was an executive producer of the HBO Canada series Sensitive Skin, for which she received a nomination for the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

She later starred in the Paramount+ streaming television series Tell Me a Story, Fox drama Filthy Rich, and Peacock drama Queer as Folk.

From 2022 she will star in How I Met Your Father as Future Sophie.