Andre J. Lyson Is an Architect Originally from Poland - Facts about Kim Cattrall's Ex-husband

Following the end of her first marriage, Kim Cattrall found love again with Andre J. Lyson, an older European architect. The former couple fell "hopelessly in love" and later married. However, the distance between their home in Germany and Kim Cattrall's career in America became "too great."

While she was born Kim Cattrall, fans of the actress have come to know and love her as Samantha Jones, the sexually liberated, chic blonde from HBO's hit series "Sex and the City." The actress was born in Liverpool, England, but was raised on Vancouver Island in Canada.

However, at 16, Kim Cattrall relocated to the Big Apple to chase her dreams of becoming an actress. She was still a teenager when she married her first husband. And years later, the "Mannequin" star met her second husband, Polish architect, and investor Andre J. Lyson, who was ten years older than the actress.

Andre J. Lyson Is a Successful Architect and Real Estate Investor

Lyson, also known as Andrzej, the Polish name for Andreas, was born in 1947 in Kraków, Poland, where he spent most of his childhood. In 1961, when he was 14, he relocated to Offenbach, Germany, where he lived for around three years.

He also lived in Mainstraße, Germany, before moving to the more well-known Frankfurt with his family. However, he continued his schooling in Offenbach. And as of 2015, Lyson still meets with his old schoolmates even after graduating from the Rudolf Koch School. He said:

"Although I live in Frankfurt, I have never really distanced myself from Offenbach. We still hold our class reunions here. Two or three of my very good friends are from Offenbach and we meet up here regularly. So I still know the city well."

When he met Cattrall, Lyson was a successful architect and real estate investor with an eye for real estate potential. In 2015, his company, Prime Properties, under the Lyson Group, successfully implemented the creation of a complex—which was initially considered "problematic"—that combined living and shopping in one building.

Following the execution of the building, which Lyson had planned since 2011 and was warned about by colleagues, the construction project was projected to "shape the future" of the area in which it was built.

Andre J. Lyson and Kat Cattrall Had a Whirlwind Romance

Unlike his career, little is known about Lyson's love life following his marriage to Cattrall. The actress married her first husband at 19, and five years later, she met Lyson in the 1980s. Cattrall said:

"We spent about two weeks in the Carlyle and fell hopelessly in love."

After falling in love, the "Sex and the City" star moved into Lyson's mansion in Frankfurt and learned to speak German. However, their marriage also did not last.

Andre J. Lyson Found Love Again with Another Woman

During her marriage to Lyson, Cattrall was moving back and forth between Germany and the States, and during a trial separation, Lyson found someone new in Germany. "I was devastated," she said.

They went their separate ways in 1989, and while Lyson moved on, his ex-wife returned to American shores, where she spent the next twelve years single. Over the years, the actress has opened up about her past relationships and how her successful career cost the actress her marriages.

Cattrall revealed that although she loved the men she had married "very much," she jumped in feet first into her past marriages without considering the "realities" of her true love: acting. "Sex and the City" ran for six seasons, leaving her on set for up to sixteen hours. She said:

"I was far too young to be married, and that killed the first. With the second, he was in Germany, and I was in America for too much of the time. The distance was too great."

Andre J. Lyson's Life after His Divorce from Kat Cattrall

Following Lyson and Kim Cattrall's divorce, he stayed in Germany and developed his architectural business, and in March 2023, he was part of another construction project in Germany.

The Hellinghöfe project aimed to turn an "unattractive commercial ensemble" in the Mainz-Kastel district in Western Germany into apartments and retail buildings. Hellinghöfe recently entered its construction phase and is projected to advance the Mainz-Kastel neighborhood.