Sarah Jessica Parker lived up to her author alter ego Carrie Bradshaw as she joined the judges for the 2025 Booker Prize.
This year’s winner, chosen from among 153 submitted novels, has been picked by a panel that includes Irish writer Roddy Doyle and the Sex And The City star.
Sarah rose to fame as protagonist Carrie, who is a New York City-based newspaper columnist and fashion enthusiast.
And the actress, 60, proved she has her character’s passion for writing as she arrived at the Old Billingsgate in London on Monday.
Sarah opted for purple satin dress with a structured bodice and black criss cross ribbon on the skirt.
She added a boost to her height with glittery heels and accessorised with a pearl necklace and brown handbag.
Sarah Jessica Parker lived up to her author alter ego Carrie Bradshaw as she joined the judges for the 2025 Booker Prize
The actress, 60, proved she has her character’s passion for writing as she arrived at the Old Billingsgate in London on Monday
Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones was in attendance alongside the likes of Sir Lenny Henry and Lisa Makin, Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt and Charles Dance.
British novelist Andrew Miller and Indian author Kiran Desai are oddsmakers’ favorites to win the Booker Prize for fiction.
They are among six finalists for the coveted literary award, which bring a £50,000 payday and a big boost to the winner’s sales and profile.
The Booker Prize was founded in 1969 and has established a reputation for transforming writers’ careers.
Its winners have included Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Arundhati Roy and Samantha Harvey, who took the 2024 prize for space station story ‘Orbital.’
Originally open to English-language novels from the U.K., Ireland and the Commonwealth, the prize expanded in 2014 to admit American writers.
This year’s six finalists include three U.S. writers – Choi, Kitamura and Markovits – and a fourth, Desai, who has long lived in New York.
Last month, Sarah grew emotional as she discussed the recent brutal cancellation of her Sex and the City spinoff And Just Like That….
Many fans of the original series were left exasperated by the follow-up, accusing it of having cloying dialogue, cringeworthy new characters and hackneyed storylines.
While Sarah, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon returned to play their old fan favorite roles, Kim Cattrall notably declined to come back full-time, following years of reports she had feuded with her co-stars.
Over the summer it emerged HBO had axed the show after three seasons, and Kristin has since confirmed rumours the cast had ‘no idea’ they were going to be canceled until after they had wrapped their final episodes.
Sarah, who is an executive producer on And Just Like That…, has talked about the decision to ‘gracefully walk away’ from the show – only to drop the bombshell that she may only be on ‘hiatus,’ on CBS Mornings.
Sarah opted for purple satin dress with a structured bodice and black criss cross ribbon on the skirt
She added a boost to her height with glittery heels and accessorised with a pearl necklace and brown handbag
The actress posed for a photo with judge Kiley Reid
Gavin and Stacey creator Ruth Jones was in attendance and cut an elegant figure in a pink satin suit
Stephen Mangan and Louise Delamere arriving for the announcement of the 2025 Booker Prize winner
Sir Lenny Henry and Lisa Makin appeared in high spirits
Jason Isaacs and Emma Hewitt also arrived for the award ceremony and dinner
Charles Dance looked smart in a black suit and polka dot tie for the occasion
Adjoa Andoh beamed for the cameras
Natascha McElhone also hit the red carpet
Susan Choi, author of Flashlight showed off her book
She said that giving up her iconic character of sex columnist Carrie was a ‘very difficult decision,’ but she left the door open to a potential return.
‘I’m not certain I understand what that decision means, because I could just be on hiatus,’ teased the Ed Wood actress with a small smile.
Sarah revealed she extensively discussed the cancelation with showrunner Michael Patrick King, who had held the same job on Sex and the City.
‘I think it’s out of respect for this really singular professional experience that you have to consider what you want to do, have you done it, and sometimes it’s best to gracefully walk away when things feel really right and energetic, versus squeezing and exploiting people’s generosity and hospitality,’ she claimed.
