Lindsey Gort

Lindsey Gort is an American actress. She is known for her portrayals of Samantha Jones on CW's The Carrie Diaries and Amy Quinn on the legal drama series All Rise. Career Gort was born in Scottsdale, Arizona. She got involved in the local theater at a young age and her first appearance was in 2009 in a short drama titled Goodbye horses. In 2010, she starred in the drama thriller Forgotten Pills and the TV movie Wing Bitches. Gort appeared in a minor role in the 2013 action film 2 Guns. Her first major break came in 2013, when after being turned down for the role twice, she was cast as a young Samantha Jones in the Sex and the City prequel series "The Carrie Diaries". The older and previous version of the character from Sex and the City was played by Kim Cattrall. Cattrall congratulated Gort on Twitter for winning the role and also offered her some advice on playing the character.