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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Seven Year Disappear
Character:Miriam
Release Date:15/03/2024
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
Character:Self
Release Date:04/06/2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/2022
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Character:Self
Release Date:03/02/2022
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Character:Claudia
Release Date:01/12/2020
The Lavender Scare
Character:Madeleine Tress (voice)
Release Date:07/06/2019
Stray Dolls
Character:Una
Release Date:27/04/2019
The Parting Glass
Character:Mare
Release Date:24/06/2018
Maybe a Love Story
Character:Toni
Release Date:14/06/2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Character:Self
Release Date:23/02/2018
That's Harassment
Character:Patient
Release Date:26/01/2018
The Only Living Boy in New York
Character:Judith Webb
Release Date:27/07/2017
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Character:Emily Dickinson (voice)
Release Date:01/05/2017
Killing Reagan
Character:Nancy Reagan
Release Date:16/10/2016
A Quiet Passion
Character:Emily Dickinson
Release Date:07/10/2016
The Adderall Diaries
Character:Jen Davis
Release Date:15/04/2016
James White
Character:Gail White
Release Date:13/11/2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Character:Marcy Dargon
Release Date:23/01/2015
5 Flights Up
Character:Lily Portman
Release Date:10/05/2014
The Out List
Character:Herself
Release Date:26/06/2013
Girl Most Likely
Character:Cynthia Nixon
Release Date:07/09/2012
Too Big to Fail
Character:Michele Davis
Release Date:25/11/2011
Rampart
Character:Barbara
Release Date:23/11/2011
Sex and the City 2
Character:Miranda Hobbes
Release Date:26/05/2010
An Englishman in New York
Character:Penny Arcade
Release Date:07/02/2009
Lymelife
Character:Melissa Bragg
Release Date:08/09/2008
Sex and the City
Character:Miranda Hobbes
Release Date:12/05/2008
The Babysitters
Character:Gail Beltran
Release Date:09/05/2008
Little Manhattan
Character:Leslie
Release Date:26/09/2005
One Last Thing...
Character:Karen Jameison
Release Date:12/09/2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Character:Additional Voices
Release Date:01/06/2005
Warm Springs
Character:Eleanor Roosevelt
Release Date:30/04/2005
The Politics of Docs
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2004
Why Tanner, Why Now?
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2004
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
Character:Self
Release Date:23/11/2004
On the Set: Elaine’s
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/2004
The Shakespeare Sessions
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2003
Igby Goes Down
Character:Mrs. Piggee
Release Date:13/09/2002
The Women
Character:Mary Haines
Release Date:18/06/2002
Mark Twain
Character:(voice)
Release Date:14/01/2002
Papa's Angels
Character:Sharon Jenkins
Release Date:03/12/2000
Sex and the Matrix
Character:Miranda Hobbes
Release Date:03/06/2000
The Out-of-Towners
Character:Sheena
Release Date:02/04/1999
Advice From a Caterpillar
Character:Missy
Release Date:15/02/1999
Marvin's Room
Character:Retirement Home Director
Release Date:18/12/1996
The 'M' Word
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1996
The Cottonwood
Character:Donna
Release Date:01/01/1996
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
Character:
Release Date:19/10/1995
Baby's Day Out
Character:Gilbertine
Release Date:01/07/1994
Addams Family Values
Character:Heather
Release Date:19/11/1993
The Pelican Brief
Character:Alice Stark
Release Date:17/09/1993
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
Character:The Granddaughter
Release Date:09/10/1992
Through an Open Window
Character:Nancy Cooper
Release Date:25/03/1992
Face of a Stranger
Character:Tina Foster
Release Date:29/12/1991
The Love She Sought
Character:Janet Raft
Release Date:21/10/1990
Let It Ride
Character:Evangeline
Release Date:18/08/1989
It's Richard I Love
Character:
Release Date:16/04/1988
O.C. and Stiggs
Character:Michelle
Release Date:10/07/1987
The Manhattan Project
Character:Jenny Anderman
Release Date:13/06/1986
Amadeus
Character:Lorl
Release Date:19/09/1984
I Am The Cheese
Character:Amy Hertz
Release Date:11/11/1983
Fifth of July
Character:Shirley Talley
Release Date:11/10/1982
My Body, My Child
Character:Nancy
Release Date:11/04/1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Character:Alice
Release Date:27/02/1982
Tattoo
Character:Cindy
Release Date:09/10/1981
Prince of the City
Character:Jeannie
Release Date:19/08/1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Character:Sue Ellen
Release Date:06/04/1981
Little Darlings
Character:Sunshine
Release Date:21/03/1980
Television Appearances
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Character:Self
The Gilded Age
Character:Ada Brook
And Just Like That…
Character:Miranda Hobbes
Ratched
Character:Gwendolyn Briggs
Stars in the House
Character:Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
Broad City
Character:Barb
Alpha House
Character:Senator Carly Armiston
Hannibal
Character:Kade Prurnell
World Without End
Character:Petranilla
The Big C
Character:Rebecca
Who Do You Think You Are?
Character:Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
Character:Self
3 lbs
Character:Dr. Karin Hanson
30 Rock
Character:Cynthia Nixon
Me, Eloise
Character:(voice)
House
Character:Anica Javanovich
Tanner on Tanner
Character:Alex Tanner
The Tony Danza Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Character:Self
Mark Twain
Character:Other Voices (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Amanda Rollins
The Early Show
Character:Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Janis Donovan
Sex and the City
Character:Miranda Hobbes
The View
Character:Self
The View
Character:Self - Guest
Early Edition
Character:Sheila
The Daily Show
Character:Self
Nash Bridges
Character:Melissa
New York News
Character:
The Outer Limits
Character:Trudy
Touched by an Angel
Character:Melina Richardson / Sarah
ER
Character:Ellie Shore
Intimate Portrait
Character:Self
GMTV
Character:Self
Love, Lies and Murder
Character:Donna
Law & Order
Character:Laura Di Biasi
Gideon Oliver
Character:Allison Parrish Slocum
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Character:Self - Guest
Tanner '88
Character:Alex Tanner
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Character:Doreen
The Equalizer
Character:Jackie
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Alice Morgan
Great Performances
Character:Self
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