Cynthia Nixon
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is an American actress, activist, and theater director. For her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004), she won the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the television show And Just Like That... (2021–present). Her other film credits include Amadeus (1984), James White (2015), and playing Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016). Nixon made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of The Philadelphia Story. Her other Broadway credits include The Real Thing (1983), Hurlyburly (1983), Indiscretions (1995), The Women (2001), and Wit (2012). She won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Rabbit Hole, the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for An Inconvenient Truth, and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Little Foxes. Her other television roles include playing political figures Eleanor Roosevelt , Kade Prenall in NBC Hannibal Warm Springs (2005), Michele Davis in Too Big to Fail (2011), and playing Nancy Reagan in the 2016 television film Killing Reagan. In 2020, she appeared in the Netflix drama Ratched. On March 19, 2018, Nixon announced her campaign for Governor of New York as a challenger to Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo. Her platform focused on income inequality, renewable energy, establishing universal health care, stopping mass incarceration in the United States, and protecting undocumented children from deportation. She lost in the Democratic primary to Cuomo on September 13, 2018, with 34% of the vote to his 66%. Nixon was nominated as the gubernatorial candidate for the Working Families Party; the party threw its support to Cuomo after Nixon lost in the Democratic primary. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Nixon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
Sex and the City: A Farewell
Movie · as Miranda Hobbs
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
Movie · as Self
Ratched
Movie · as Gwendolyn Briggs
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · 1 ep
The Seven Year Disappear
Movie · as Miriam
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Movie · as Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie · as Self
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
Movie · as Self
Celebrity Jeopardy!
TV · as Self - Contestant · 2 eps
The Gilded Age
TV · as Ada Brook · 33 eps
And Just Like That…
TV · as Miranda Hobbes · 33 eps
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Movie · as Claudia
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ratched
TV · as Gwendolyn Briggs · 8 eps
Stray Dolls
Movie · as Una
The Lavender Scare
Movie · as Madeleine Tress (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Maybe a Love Story
Movie · as Toni
The Parting Glass
Movie · as Mare
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie · as Self
That's Harassment
Movie · as Patient
The Only Living Boy in New York
Movie · as Judith Webb
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Movie · as Emily Dickinson (voice)
Great Performers: Horror Show
Movie · as The Ghost Bride
The Adderall Diaries
Movie · as Jen Davis
A Quiet Passion
Movie · as Emily Dickinson
Killing Reagan
Movie · as Nancy Reagan
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Movie · as Marcy Dargon
James White
Movie · as Gail White
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
5 Flights Up
Movie · as Lily Portman
Broad City
TV · as Barb · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Affair
TV · as Marilyn · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Out List
Movie · as Herself
Girl Most Likely
Movie · as Cynthia Nixon
Alpha House
TV · as Senator Carly Armiston · 6 eps
Hannibal
TV · as Kade Prurnell · 4 eps
World Without End
TV · as Petranilla · 8 eps
Too Big to Fail
Movie · as Michele Davis
Rampart
Movie · as Barbara
Sex and the City 2
Movie · as Miranda Hobbes
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Big C
TV · as Rebecca · 1 ep
An Englishman in New York
Movie · as Penny Arcade
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 9 eps
Sex and the City
Movie · as Miranda Hobbes
Lymelife
Movie · as Melissa Bragg
The Babysitters
Movie · as Gail Beltran
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
Movie · as Self
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
Movie · as Self
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 lbs
TV · as Dr. Karin Hanson · 1 ep
30 Rock
TV · as Cynthia Nixon · 1 ep
Me, Eloise
TV · as (voice) · 1 ep
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Movie · as Additional Voices
One Last Thing...
Movie · as Karen Jameison
Little Manhattan
Movie · as Leslie
Warm Springs
Movie · as Eleanor Roosevelt
The Politics of Docs
Movie · as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
Movie · as Self
On the Set: Elaine’s
Movie · as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
Movie · as Self
House
TV · as Anica Javanovich · 1 ep
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Tanner on Tanner
TV · as Alex Tanner · 4 eps
The Shakespeare Sessions
Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Mark Twain
Movie · as (voice)
The Women
Movie · as Mary Haines
Igby Goes Down
Movie · as Mrs. Piggee
Mark Twain
TV · as Other Voices (voice) · 2 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Amanda Rollins · 1 ep
Democracy Now!
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Papa's Angels
Movie · as Sharon Jenkins
Sex and the Matrix
Movie · as Miranda Hobbes
Advice From a Caterpillar
Movie · as Missy
The Out-of-Towners
Movie · as Sheena
The Early Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Janis Donovan · 1 ep
Sex and the City
TV · as Miranda Hobbes · 94 eps
The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 6 eps
Marvin's Room
Movie · as Retirement Home Director
The 'M' Word
Movie · as Cara
The Cottonwood
Movie · as Donna
Nash Bridges
TV · as Melissa · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Early Edition
TV · as Sheila · 1 ep
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Movie
New York News
TV
The Outer Limits
TV · as Trudy · 1 ep
Baby's Day Out
Movie · as Gilbertine
ER
TV · as Ellie Shore · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Melina Richardson / Sarah · 1 ep
Addams Family Values
Movie · as Heather
The Pelican Brief
Movie · as Alice Stark
GMTV
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Through an Open Window
Movie · as Nancy Cooper
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
Movie · as The Granddaughter
Face of a Stranger
Movie · as Tina Foster
Love, Lies and Murder
TV · as Donna · 2 eps
The Love She Sought
Movie · as Janet Raft
Women and Wallace
Movie · as Sarah
Law & Order
TV · as Laura Di Biasi · 1 ep
Let It Ride
Movie · as Evangeline
Gideon Oliver
TV · as Allison Parrish Slocum · 1 ep
It's Richard I Love
Movie
Tanner '88
TV · as Alex Tanner · 12 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Murder of Mary Phagan
TV · as Doreen · 2 eps
O.C. and Stiggs
Movie · as Michelle
The Manhattan Project
Movie · as Jenny Anderman
The Equalizer
TV · as Jackie · 1 ep
Amadeus
Movie · as Lorl
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Alice Morgan · 1 ep
I Am the Cheese
Movie · as Amy Hertz
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Movie · as Alice
My Body, My Child
Movie · as Nancy
Fifth of July
Movie · as Shirley Talley
American Playhouse
TV · as Shirley Talley, Sarah · 1 ep
Tattoo
Movie · as Cindy
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Movie · as Sue Ellen
Prince of the City
Movie · as Jeannie
Little Darlings
Movie · as Sunshine
On The Level
TV · 12 eps
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep