First Photo: Lindsey Gort in ‘The Carrie Diaries’

Lindsey Gort as Samantha Jones in The Carrie Diaries
Lindsey Gort as Samantha Jones in ‘The Carrie Diaries’

The Carrie Diaries has revealed its Samantha Jones. Lindsey Gort (2 Guns) will be playing Samantha Jones in The CW series which focuses on Sex and the City‘s Carrie Bradshaw as a teenager. AnnaSophia Robb stars as Carrie, and the cast also includes Austin Butler, Ellen Wong, Katie Findlay, Stefania Owen, and Brendan Dooling.

Commenting on Gort’s casting, executive producer Amy B Harris said, “In another nerve-wracking search to create the amazing characters we all came to know and love on Sex and the City, we went out in search this year for a young Samantha Jones. Lindsey Gort walked into the room and owned the part. Funny and sexy with a whiff of vulnerability and an amazing dash of outrageousness, Lindsey is our exciting choice to play the young Samantha Jones.”

Details on Samantha’s Introduction to The Carrie Diaries:

“Through a surprising connection, young Carrie Bradshaw (series star AnnaSophiaRobb) will meet one of the most important people in her life this season in a role made iconic by Kim Cattrall: Samantha Jones, a ballsy, beautiful, and sexy young woman from the panhandle of Florida who has made her way — and already a name for herself — in the rock ’n’ roll scene of 1980s NYC.”

The Carrie Diaries returns for season two on October 25, 2013.