LISA WAS READY TO WEAR THE MANOLOS

When she was offered the role of Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw, Lisa Edelstein was so excited, she was ready to buy the producers a round of cosmos. But while the House star, 52, signed a contract, she found out later that she was just a backup for Sarah Jessica Parker, 53, who was dragging her heels after being offered the part. Getting the career-making role “all depended on whether she said yes,” she says. SJP did, and the rest is fashionable history.