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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 9, 1966
Age
60 years old
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Popularity Score
1.8
Filmography
The Seven Year Disappear
Miriam
2024Movie
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Self
2022Movie
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Self
2022Movie
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
Self
2022Movie
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Self - Contestant
2022TV
The Gilded Age
Ada Brook
2022TV
And Just Like That…
Miranda Hobbes
2021TV
And Just Like That…
Executive Producer
2021TV
And Just Like That…
Director
2021TV
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Claudia
2020Movie
Stars in the House
Self
2020TV
Ratched
Gwendolyn Briggs
2020TV
Stray Dolls
Una
2019Movie
The Lavender Scare
Madeleine Tress (voice)
2019Movie
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019TV
Maybe a Love Story
Toni
2018Movie
The Parting Glass
Mare
2018Movie
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
2018Movie
That's Harassment
Patient
2018Movie
The Only Living Boy in New York
Judith Webb
2017Movie
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (voice)
2017Movie
The Adderall Diaries
Jen Davis
2016Movie
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
2016Movie
Killing Reagan
Nancy Reagan
2016Movie
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Marcy Dargon
2015Movie
James White
Gail White
2015Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015TV
Rasheeda Speaking
Stage Director
2015Movie
5 Flights Up
Lily Portman
2014Movie
Broad City
Barb
2014TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014TV
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014TV
The Affair
Marilyn
2014TV
The Out List
Herself
2013Movie
Alpha House
Senator Carly Armiston
2013TV
Hannibal
Kade Prurnell
2013TV
Girl Most Likely
Cynthia Nixon
2012Movie
World Without End
Petranilla
2012TV
Too Big to Fail
Michele Davis
2011Movie
Rampart
Barbara
2011Movie
Sex and the City 2
Miranda Hobbes
2010Movie
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010TV
The Big C
Rebecca
2010TV
An Englishman in New York
Penny Arcade
2009Movie
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009TV
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
2008Movie
Lymelife
Melissa Bragg
2008Movie
The Babysitters
Gail Beltran
2008Movie
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
Self
2008Movie
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
Self
2008Movie
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
Self
2008Movie
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007TV
3 lbs
Dr. Karin Hanson
2006TV
30 Rock
Cynthia Nixon
2006TV
Me, Eloise
(voice)
2006TV
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Additional Voices
2005Movie
One Last Thing...
Karen Jameison
2005Movie
Little Manhattan
Leslie
2005Movie
Warm Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt
2005Movie
The Politics of Docs
Self
2004Movie
Why Tanner, Why Now?
Self
2004Movie
On the Set: Elaine’s
Self
2004Movie
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
Self
2004Movie
House
Anica Javanovich
2004TV
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004TV
Tanner on Tanner
Alex Tanner
2004TV
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003Movie
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003TV
Mark Twain
(voice)
2002Movie
The Women
Mary Haines
2002Movie
Igby Goes Down
Mrs. Piggee
2002Movie
Mark Twain
Other Voices (voice)
2002TV
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Amanda Rollins
2001TV
Papa's Angels
Sharon Jenkins
2000Movie
Sex and the Matrix
Miranda Hobbes
2000Movie
Advice From a Caterpillar
Missy
1999Movie
The Out-of-Towners
Sheena
1999Movie
The Early Show
Self
1999TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janis Donovan
1999TV
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
1998TV
The View
Self
1997TV
Marvin's Room
Retirement Home Director
1996Movie
The 'M' Word
Cara
1996Movie
The Cottonwood
Donna
1996Movie
Nash Bridges
Melissa
1996TV
The Daily Show
Self
1996TV
Early Edition
Sheila
1996TV
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995Movie
New York News
1995TV
The Outer Limits
Trudy
1995TV
Baby's Day Out
Gilbertine
1994Movie
ER
Ellie Shore
1994TV
Touched by an Angel
Melina Richardson / Sarah
1994TV
Addams Family Values
Heather
1993Movie
The Pelican Brief
Alice Stark
1993Movie
GMTV
Self
1993TV
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993TV
Through an Open Window
Nancy Cooper
1992Movie
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
The Granddaughter
1992Movie
Face of a Stranger
Tina Foster
1991Movie
Love, Lies and Murder
Donna
1991TV
The Love She Sought
Janet Raft
1990Movie
Women and Wallace
Sarah
1990Movie
Law & Order
Laura Di Biasi
1990TV
Let It Ride
Evangeline
1989Movie
Gideon Oliver
Allison Parrish Slocum
1989TV
It's Richard I Love
1988Movie
Tanner '88
Alex Tanner
1988TV
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988TV
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Doreen
1988TV
O.C. and Stiggs
Michelle
1987Movie
The Manhattan Project
Jenny Anderman
1986Movie
The Equalizer
Jackie
1985TV
Amadeus
Lorl
1984Movie
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Morgan
1984TV
I Am the Cheese
Amy Hertz
1983Movie
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Alice
1982Movie
My Body, My Child
Nancy
1982Movie
Fifth of July
Shirley Talley
1982Movie
American Playhouse
Shirley Talley
1982TV
Tattoo
Cindy
1981Movie
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Sue Ellen
1981Movie
Prince of the City
Jeannie
1981Movie
Little Darlings
Sunshine
1980Movie
On The Level
1980TV
Great Performances
Self
1971TV
Sex and the City: A Farewell
Miranda Hobbs
—Movie
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
Self
—Movie