
Cynthia Nixon
Known for Acting · 120 credits
- Born
- 1966-04-09 (age 60)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Синтия Никсон · Cynthia Ellen Nixon · 欣希雅·尼克森
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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Known For
TV Shows (50)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Janis Donovan

Law & Order
1990
as Laura Di Biasi

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Daily Show
1996
as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self

House
2004
as Anica Javanovich

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Amanda Rollins

ER
1994
as Ellie Shore

Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Alice Morgan

The View
1997
as Self / Self - Guest

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest

Sex and the City
1998
as Miranda Hobbes

30 Rock
2006
as Cynthia Nixon

Hannibal
2013
as Kade Prurnell

Great Performances
1971
as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

The Equalizer
1985
as Jackie

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Melina Richardson / Sarah

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

Nash Bridges
1996
as Melissa

Early Edition
1996
as Sheila

The Outer Limits
1995
as Trudy

The Gilded Age
2022
as Ada Brook

Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self

The Affair
2014
as Marilyn
The Tony Danza Show
2004
as Self - Guest

GMTV
1993
as Self

Stars in the House
2020
as Self

And Just Like That…
2021
as Miranda Hobbes

Broad City
2014
as Barb

The Big C
2010
as Rebecca

Who Do You Think You Are?
2010
as Self

Alpha House
2013
as Senator Carly Armiston

Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022
as Self - Contestant

Ratched
2020
as Gwendolyn Briggs

New York News
1995

World Without End
2012
as Petranilla

Me, Eloise
2006
as (voice)

Tanner '88
1988
as Alex Tanner

3 lbs
2006
as Dr. Karin Hanson

The Early Show
1999
as Self

Tanner on Tanner
2004
as Alex Tanner

The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988
as Doreen

Love, Lies and Murder
1991
as Donna
Gideon Oliver
1989
as Allison Parrish Slocum

Mark Twain
2002
as Other Voices (voice)

On The Level
1980
Movies (70)

The Babysitters
2008
as Gail Beltran

Sex and the City
2008
as Miranda Hobbes

Sex and the City 2
2010
as Miranda Hobbes

Amadeus
1984
as Lorl

Baby's Day Out
1994
as Gilbertine

Addams Family Values
1993
as Heather

The Pelican Brief
1993
as Alice Stark

Little Manhattan
2005
as Leslie

Marvin's Room
1996
as Retirement Home Director

The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
as Judith Webb

Too Big to Fail
2011
as Michele Davis

Rampart
2011
as Barbara

Killing Reagan
2016
as Nancy Reagan

Warm Springs
2005
as Eleanor Roosevelt

Igby Goes Down
2002
as Mrs. Piggee

The Manhattan Project
1986
as Jenny Anderman

Little Darlings
1980
as Sunshine

5 Flights Up
2014
as Lily Portman

Lymelife
2008
as Melissa Bragg

The Out-of-Towners
1999
as Sheena

The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Jen Davis

That's Harassment
2018
as Patient

Prince of the City
1981
as Jeannie

James White
2015
as Gail White

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self

Tattoo
1981
as Cindy

Let It Ride
1989
as Evangeline

Girl Most Likely
2012
as Cynthia Nixon

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Alice

O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Michelle

One Last Thing...
2005
as Karen Jameison

Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
as Marcy Dargon

And Just Like That... The Documentary
2022
as Self

Sex and the Matrix
2000
as Miranda Hobbes

A Quiet Passion
2016
as Emily Dickinson

Advice From a Caterpillar
1999
as Missy

Stray Dolls
2019
as Una

Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022
as Self

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995

The Parting Glass
2018
as Mare

Mark Twain
2002
as (voice)

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices

The Women
2002
as Mary Haines

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Claudia

The Cottonwood
1996
as Donna

An Englishman in New York
2009
as Penny Arcade

Face of a Stranger
1991
as Tina Foster

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
as Sue Ellen

The Love She Sought
1990
as Janet Raft

The Out List
2013
as Herself

Papa's Angels
2000
as Sharon Jenkins

The Lavender Scare
2019
as Madeleine Tress (voice)
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003

Maybe a Love Story
2018
as Toni
The 'M' Word
1996

Women and Wallace
1990
as Sarah

Sex and the City: A Farewell
as Miranda Hobbs

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992
as The Granddaughter

Fifth of July
1982
as Shirley Talley

True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
2022
as Self

My Body, My Child
1982
as Nancy

I Am the Cheese
1983
as Amy Hertz

Through an Open Window
1992
as Nancy Cooper
The Politics of Docs
2004
as Self

It's Richard I Love
1988
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
as Self

My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
2017
as Emily Dickinson (voice)
The Seven Year Disappear
2024
as Miriam
On the Set: Elaine’s
2004
as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
as Self
About Cynthia Nixon
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 (2… With 120 credits spanning from 1971 to 2024, Cynthia Nixon has appeared in 70 films and 50 TV shows.
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- The Babysitters (2008) — as Gail Beltran
- Sex and the City (2008) — as Miranda Hobbes
- Sex and the City 2 (2010) — as Miranda Hobbes
- Amadeus (1984) — as Lorl
- Baby's Day Out (1994) — as Gilbertine
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