Sex And The City

"Sex and the City," one of HBO's most successful series, concluded Sunday, Feb. 22, 2004.

In the series finale of "Sex and the City," Carrie (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) ended up with Mr. Big (Chris Noth) after a dramatic parting with Aleksandr (Mikhail Baryshnikov).

And, on the West Coast, also on the night of Feb. 22, 2004, the series went out in a blaze of glory at the Screen Actors Guild awards ceremony, where Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis accepted the trophy for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

Here are the leading ladies of "Sex and the City" as they appeared in 1998. From left, they are Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Cynthia Nixon.

And here they are again a year later, in 1999.

By 2001, the paparazzi had grown accustomed to posing them as a quartet.

The ladies from HBO's "Sex and the City" posed in this season five publicity photo, courtesy of HBO. From left are Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kristin Davis.

Parker appears in a scene from "Sex and the City."

Cynthia Nixon arrives at the 52nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Sept. 10, 2000.

Parker shows off her award for best actress in a television comedy series for her work in "Sex and the City," at the 58th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 21, 2001.

Actresses Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall of "Sex and the City" hold up the Emmy for outstanding comedy series at the 53rd annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, Nov. 4, 2001.

"Sex and the City" cast members, from left, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis cradle the awards the HBO series garnered at the 8th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards March 10, 2002, in Los Angeles. The show won outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

Parker and her actor-husband, Matthew Broderick leave Lenox Hill Hospital with their newborn baby James Wilke Broderick Nov. 1, 2002 in New York. The 6-pound, 8-ounce boy was given the name after Broderick's late father actor James Broderick who starred in the '70s TV series "Family."

Kim Cattrall holds the award she won for best supporting actress in a television series for "Sex and the City" as she arrives at the HBO party after the 60th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Jan. 19, 2003.

Sarah Jessica Parker practices the trapeze on the set of "Sex and the City" June 10, 2003 in New York.

The cast of HBO's "Sex and the City," poses at the premiere of the new season of the show June 18, 2003 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Shown from left are: Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker and Cynthia Nixon.

"Sex and the City" star Kristin Davis arrives at the 55th annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sept. 21, 2003, in Los Angeles.

Sarah Jessica Parker arrived for the 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sept. 21, 2003, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Parker said she wore this dress because it reminded her of cotton candy.

Kim Cattrall is shown next to a mannequin which depicts her character on the show "Sex and the City" in one of the windows at Barneys on Madison Avenue in New York City Nov. 18, 2003. The holiday windows, which paid homage to the show, showcased each character in their own window.

Parker accepts the award for best actress in a musical or comedy series for her work on Sex and the City, at the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards Jan. 25, 2004, in Beverly Hills, Calif.