An actress who starred in the hit medical drama House nearly appeared in another beloved TV series, Sex and the City, as Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie Bradshaw and Sarah Jessica Parker are inseparable at this point, and it's hard to imagine anyone else taking the lead role in the groundbreaking and timeless HBO series. For a certain cohort of people, The Sopranos represents peak '90s and early 2000s prestige television on HBO, but for a whole other group, Sex and the City defines the era of television.