Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Birthdate
April 9, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
April 9, 1966 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

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Cynthia Nixon's LGBTQ+ Titles

A Quiet Passion
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
The Out List
The Out List
Herself

Acting (116)

2024
The Seven Year Disappear as Miriam
2022
Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self (1 episode)
2022
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim as Self
2022
And Just Like That… The Documentary as Self
2022
The Gilded Age as Ada Brook (17 episodes)
2021
And Just Like That… as Miranda Hobbes (21 episodes)
2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Claudia
2020
Ratched as Gwendolyn Briggs (8 episodes)
2020
Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (1 episode)
2019
The Lavender Scare as Madeleine Tress (voice)
2019
Stray Dolls as Una
2018
The Parting Glass as Mare
2018
Maybe a Love Story as Toni
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
2018
That's Harassment as Patient
2017
Great Performers: Horror Show as The Ghost Bride
2017
The Only Living Boy in New York as Judith Webb
2017
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson as Emily Dickinson (voice)
2016
Killing Reagan as Nancy Reagan
2016
A Quiet Passion as Emily Dickinson
2016
The Adderall Diaries as Jen Davis
2015
James White as Gail White
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self (1 episode)
2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Marcy Dargon
2014
5 Flights Up as Lily Portman
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
2014
Broad City as Barb (1 episode)
2013
The Out List as Herself
2013
Alpha House as Senator Carly Armiston (6 episodes)
2013
Hannibal as Kade Prurnell (4 episodes)
2012
Girl Most Likely as Cynthia Nixon
2012
World Without End as Petranilla (8 episodes)
2011
Too Big to Fail as Michele Davis
2011
Rampart as Barbara
2010
The Big C as Rebecca (1 episode)
2010
Sex and the City 2 as Miranda Hobbes
2010
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest (7 episodes)
2009
An Englishman in New York as Penny Arcade
2008
Lymelife as Melissa Bragg
2008
Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
2008
The Babysitters as Gail Beltran
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
3 LBS as Dr. Karin Hanson (1 episode)
2006
30 Rock as Cynthia Nixon (1 episode)
2006
Me, Eloise as (voice) (1 episode)
2005
Little Manhattan as Leslie
2005
One Last Thing... as Karen Jameison
2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
2005
Warm Springs as Eleanor Roosevelt
2004
The Politics of Docs as Self
2004
Why Tanner, Why Now? as Self
2004
On the Set: Alex’s Loft as Self
2004
On the Set: Elaine’s as Self
2004
House as Anica Javanovich (1 episode)
2004
Tanner on Tanner as Alex Tanner (4 episodes)
2004
The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (2 episodes)
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
2002
Igby Goes Down as Mrs. Piggee
2002
The Women as Mary Haines
2002
Mark Twain as Other Voices (voice) (2 episodes)
2002
Mark Twain as (voice)
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Amanda Rollins (1 episode)
2000
Papa's Angels as Sharon Jenkins
2000
Sex and the Matrix as Miranda Hobbes
1999
The Early Show as Self (1 episode)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janis Donovan (1 episode)
1999
The Out-of-Towners as Sheena
1999
Advice From a Caterpillar as Missy
1998
Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes (94 episodes)
1997
The View as Self (6 episodes)
1997
The View as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1996
Marvin's Room as Retirement Home Director
1996
Early Edition (1 episode)
1996
The Daily Show as Self (2 episodes)
1996
Nash Bridges (1 episode)
1996
The Cottonwood as Donna
1996
The 'M' Word
1995
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
New York News (1 episode)
1995
The Outer Limits as Trudy (1 episode)
1994
Touched by an Angel as Melina Richardson / Sarah (1 episode)
1994
ER as Ellie Shore (1 episode)
1994
Baby's Day Out as Gilbertine
1993
Addams Family Values as Heather
1993
Intimate Portrait as Self (1 episode)
1993
The Pelican Brief as Alice Stark
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1992
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings as The Granddaughter
1992
Through an Open Window as Nancy Cooper
1991
Face of a Stranger as Tina Foster
1991
Love, Lies and Murder as Donna (2 episodes)
1990
The Love She Sought as Janet Raft
1990
Law & Order as Laura Di Biasi (1 episode)
1990
It's Richard I Love
1989
Let It Ride as Evangeline
1989
Gideon Oliver as Allison Parrish Slocum (1 episode)
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1988
Tanner '88 as Alex Tanner (12 episodes)
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan as Doreen (2 episodes)
1987
O.C. and Stiggs as Michelle
1986
The Manhattan Project as Jenny Anderman
1985
The Equalizer as Jackie (1 episode)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Alice Morgan (1 episode)
1984
Amadeus as Lorl
1983
I Am The Cheese as Amy Hertz
1982
Fifth of July as Shirley Talley
1982
My Body, My Child as Nancy
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Alice
1981
Tattoo as Cindy
1981
Prince of the City as Jeannie
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as Sue Ellen
1980
Little Darlings as Sunshine

Directing (2)

2021
And Just Like That… • Director (3 episodes)
• Director (3 episodes)
2015
Rasheeda Speaking • Stage Director
• Stage Director

Production (1)

2021
And Just Like That… • Executive Producer (21 episodes)
• Executive Producer (21 episodes)