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Cynthia Nixon

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 (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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  • BIRTH 09/04/1966
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 24
  • MOVIES 34
  • DIRECTOR 1

Shows (24)

House
House
Anica Javanovich
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janis Donovan
Hannibal
Hannibal
Kade Prurnell
Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
Ratched
Ratched
Gwendolyn Briggs
The Gilded Age
The Gilded Age
Ada Brook
And Just Like That...
And Just Like That...
Miranda Hobbes
Law & Order
Law & Order
Laura Di Biasi
ER
ER
Ellie Shore
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Amanda Rollins
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Morgan
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
Self
World Without End
World Without End
Petranilla
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
Jackie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The View
The View
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Alpha House
Alpha House
Senator Carly Armiston
3 Lbs.
3 Lbs.
Dr. Karin Hanson
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Tanner '88
Tanner '88
Alex Tanner
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Self

Movies (34)

Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
Sex and the City 2
Sex and the City 2
Miranda Hobbes
The Pelican Brief
The Pelican Brief
Alice Stark
Amadeus
Amadeus
Lorl
The Babysitters
The Babysitters
Gail Beltran
Baby's Day Out
Baby's Day Out
Gilbertine
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Marcy Dargon
Rampart
Rampart
Barbara
Marvin's Room
Marvin's Room
Retirement Home Director
The Adderall Diaries
The Adderall Diaries
Jen Davis
5 Flights Up
5 Flights Up
Lily Portman
Igby Goes Down
Igby Goes Down
Mrs. Piggee
Too Big to Fail
Too Big to Fail
Michele Davis
The Out-of-Towners
The Out-of-Towners
Sheena
Warm Springs
Warm Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt
A Quiet Passion
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
Girl Most Likely
Girl Most Likely
Cynthia Nixon
Little Darlings
Little Darlings
Sunshine
And Just Like That… The Documentary
And Just Like That… The Documentary
Self
Little Manhattan
Little Manhattan
Leslie
James White
James White
Gail White
The Only Living Boy in New York
The Only Living Boy in New York
Judith Webb
Through an Open Window
Through an Open Window
Nancy Cooper
Face of a Stranger
Face of a Stranger
Tina Foster
Lymelife
Lymelife
Melissa Bragg
One Last Thing...
One Last Thing...
Karen Jameison
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
(voice)
Stray Dolls
Stray Dolls
Una
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures…
Alice
The Out List
The Out List
Herself
The Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project
Jenny Anderman
O.C. and Stiggs
O.C. and Stiggs
Michelle
My Body, My Child
My Body, My Child
Nancy
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self

Director

And Just Like That...
And Just Like That...
(3 episodes)