--- title: 'Sex And The City's Kim Cattrall Says She Battled Insomnia description: Kim Cattrall, who portrayed Samantha Jones on Sex and the City, recently opened up about her battle with chronic insomnia. canonical: https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/ author: Megan Lasher article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-07T14:25:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:40.524Z og:title: "Sex And The City" Star Kim Cattrall Says She Suffered a "Tsunami" of Chronic Insomnia og:description: "It was a gorilla sitting on my chest" og:url: https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67322d0d6054b281/698896bbcf40a8e5bac43887/kim-cattrall-samantha-insomnia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Whistler Film Festival 2014 - 'Signature Series: Tribute To Kim Cattrall' - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: "Sex And The City" Star Kim Cattrall Says She Suffered a "Tsunami" of Chronic Insomnia twitter:description: "It was a gorilla sitting on my chest" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67322d0d6054b281/698896bbcf40a8e5bac43887/kim-cattrall-samantha-insomnia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Sex And The City_ Star Kim Cattrall Says She Suffered a 'Tsunami' of Chronic Insomnia > Sponsored content. 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In the June 7 issue of _Radio Times,_ Cattrall says that her condition has become like a “tsunami.” “It was a gorilla sitting on my chest,” she told the magazine, according to [_Vogue U.K._](http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2016/06/07/kim-cattrall-insomnia-battle-interview) _“_I didn’t understand the debilitating consequence of having no sleep. I was in a void.” Beyond causing her great physical and emotional stress, Cattrall’s insomnia also made pursuing roles difficult. That’s why Cattrall ultimately prioritized getting to a healthier place over participating in another production. [_Follow Motto on Facebook._](https://www.facebook.com/mottoworkplaylive/) In November 2015, Cattrall announced that she was dropping out of the Royal Court production of _Linda_. “I didn’t want to let down the audience, the theatre, playwright or the actors,” she told _Radio Times._ “Letting go of all that was the hardest part but I realized the work that I really needed to do was more important than the play—it was work or my sanity.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/"},"headline":"Sex And The City Star Kim Cattrall Says She Suffered a 'Tsunami' of Chronic Insomnia","datePublished":"2016-06-07T14:25:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:40.524Z","description":"\"It was a gorilla sitting on my chest\"","url":"https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/","keywords":["motto","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67322d0d6054b281/698896bbcf40a8e5bac43887/kim-cattrall-samantha-insomnia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Lasher","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-lasher/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67322d0d6054b281/698896bbcf40a8e5bac43887/kim-cattrall-samantha-insomnia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Whistler Film Festival 2014 - 'Signature Series: Tribute To Kim Cattrall' - Red Carpet","caption":"Actress Kim Cattrall attends the 'Signature Series: Tribute To Kim Cattrall' at Whistler Conference Centre at Whistler Film Festiival on December 6, 2014 in Whistler, Canada.","creditText":"Andrew Chin—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4359624/kim-cattrall-insomnia/","name":"Sex And The City Star Kim Cattrall Says She Suffered a 'Tsunami' of Chronic Insomnia"}}]}] ```