Sarah Jessica Parker is taking a rare moment of reflection as she receives the 2026 Carol Burnett Award from the Golden Globes this year.
On Tuesday, the star was joined by her Sex and the City costars Kristin Davis, Evan Handler and David Eigenberg — as well as husband Matthew Broderick and son James Wilkie — at the Globes’ Golden Eve ceremony, where she was given the award for her outstanding contributions to television; Helen Mirren also received the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the event, which will air Thursday on CBS and Paramount+.
“I’m feeling great fortune that I was able to sort it all out and carve out a career for myself. It’s what I most wanted from the time I was very little and I don’t pretend I didn’t work hard, and was dedicated to the point of distraction, perhaps,” Parker told reporters on the red carpet ahead of the show. “But I think that I’m always aware that other people worked just as hard and didn’t have that same good fortune. I’m proud of what I’ve been able to accomplish, but sometimes I’m a little bit heartsick over those who were really talented.”
She continued, “So on a night like tonight when I’m forced to reflect, I feel incredibly lucky that I got to work on the kind of projects I did and learn from legends and emerging actors and have extraordinary stories to tell and great directors. So I feel like I got far more than I had ever hoped for.”
And after wrapping up And Just Like That in August, Parker is entering a new chapter. Having executive produced a number of projects in recent years, does she ever think about getting further behind the camera and directing? “I don’t, but I might,” she mused. “I don’t know, everything’s occupied my time in such a way for so long, but I have a moment now — well not really but sort of, in between some other work, to perhaps consider that. Who knows?”
Davis, who served as one of the evening’s presenters, also spoke about how she’s “still processing” life after the end of And Just Like That, but is still deep in the Sex and the City universe as she’s rewatching the show for her podcast Are You a Charlotte?
“Sometimes when Cynthia [Nixon] and Sarah text me I’m like, ‘You guys don’t understand, I live with you every day now.’ I live with them every day anyway in a way, but I look at them every day and I then discuss them. It’s very trippy, but it’s kind of nice because I’m really so amazed by everybody’s work; it’s so good,” she said, noting she appreciates it “so much more than at the time. I loved it at the time, I always loved everything we did, but like now to look back, I’m way impressed.”
Burnett, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis, Ted Danson and Colman Domingo are also taking part in the Golden Eve special, as Mirren said that receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award “means a huge amount. To me, the three great moments for me in Hollywood: having a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, getting an Oscar and this recognition tonight. Three amazing experiences.”
The 83rd annual Golden Globes, hosted by Nikki Glaser, airs on Sunday on CBS and Paramount+.
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