Cynthia Nixon
Acting
Born: April 9, 1966 (age 60) · New York City, New York, USA
Highest Rated
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
House
2004
Amadeus
1984
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Addams Family Values
1993
Hannibal
2013
Sex and the City
2008
Sex and the City
1998
The Pelican Brief
1993
Sex and the City 2
2010
Baby's Day Out
1994
Ratched
2020
ER
1994
Photos (8)
Movies (58)
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
Marvin's Room
Retirement Home Director
Addams Family Values
Heather
Amadeus
Lorl
The Pelican Brief
Alice Stark
Sex and the City 2
Miranda Hobbes
Baby's Day Out
Gilbertine
Prince of the City
Jeannie
The Only Living Boy in New York
Judith Webb
Rampart
Barbara
Igby Goes Down
Mrs. Piggee
Too Big to Fail
Michele Davis
Girl Most Likely
Cynthia Nixon
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
The Babysitters
Gail Beltran
O.C. and Stiggs
Michelle
The Out-of-Towners
Sheena
Little Manhattan
Leslie
5 Flights Up
Lily Portman
Warm Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt
The Manhattan Project
Jenny Anderman
James White
Gail White
Little Darlings
Sunshine
The Adderall Diaries
Jen Davis
Let It Ride
Evangeline
Tattoo
Cindy
Mark Twain
(voice)
The Parting Glass
Mare
One Last Thing...
Karen Jameison
Advice From a Caterpillar
Missy
That's Harassment
Patient
Killing Reagan
Nancy Reagan
Sex and the Matrix
Miranda Hobbes
The Lavender Scare
Madeleine Tress (voice)
Lymelife
Melissa Bragg
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Alice
My Body, My Child
Nancy
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Claudia
Face of a Stranger
Tina Foster
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Marcy Dargon
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Ghost Bride
Maybe a Love Story
Toni
Stray Dolls
Una
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Fifth of July
Shirley Talley
The Love She Sought
Janet Raft
An Englishman in New York
Penny Arcade
Through an Open Window
Nancy Cooper
Papa's Angels
Sharon Jenkins
I Am the Cheese
Amy Hertz
The Cottonwood
Donna
The Women
Mary Haines
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (voice)
Women and Wallace
Sarah
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Additional Voices
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Sue Ellen
It's Richard I Love
1988
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
The Granddaughter
TV Shows (35)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janis Donovan · 1 eps
Law & Order
Laura Di Biasi · 1 eps
House
Anica Javanovich · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Amanda Rollins · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Morgan · 1 eps
ER
Ellie Shore · 1 eps
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes · 94 eps
30 Rock
Cynthia Nixon · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Melina Richardson / Sarah · 1 eps
Nash Bridges
Melissa · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Shirley Talley · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Sarah · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Jackie · 1 eps
The Outer Limits
Trudy · 1 eps
Hannibal
Kade Prurnell · 4 eps
The Affair
Marilyn · 1 eps
Broad City
Barb · 1 eps
And Just Like That…
Miranda Hobbes · 33 eps
Early Edition
Sheila · 1 eps
The Gilded Age
Ada Brook · 33 eps
Ratched
Gwendolyn Briggs · 8 eps
The Big C
Rebecca · 1 eps
World Without End
Petranilla · 8 eps
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
1 eps
Alpha House
Senator Carly Armiston · 6 eps
New York News
1 eps
Me, Eloise
(voice) · 1 eps
Tanner on Tanner
Alex Tanner · 4 eps
Tanner '88
Alex Tanner · 12 eps
3 lbs
Dr. Karin Hanson · 1 eps
Love, Lies and Murder
Donna · 2 eps
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Doreen · 2 eps
Mark Twain
Other Voices (voice) · 2 eps
Gideon Oliver
Allison Parrish Slocum · 1 eps
On The Level
12 eps
Self / Appearances (27)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 8 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 2 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The View
Self · 6 eps
The View
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 3 eps
Great Performances
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 3 eps
Democracy Now!
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
GMTV
Self · 1 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
Stars in the House
Self · 1 eps
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · 1 eps
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Self - Contestant · 2 eps
The Early Show
Self · 1 eps
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Self
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
Self
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
Self
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
Self
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
Self
The Out List
Herself
