Cynthia Nixon
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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.
Known for
Credits
Amadeus (1984)
as Lorl
Addams Family Values (1993)
as Heather
Sex and the City (2008)
as Miranda Hobbes
Baby's Day Out (1994)
as Gilbertine
The Pelican Brief (1993)
as Alice Stark
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Miranda Hobbes
The Babysitters (2008)
as Gail Beltran
Rampart (2011)
as Barbara
Little Darlings (1980)
as Sunshine
The Adderall Diaries (2016)
as Jen Davis
Marvin's Room (1996)
as Retirement Home Director
Too Big to Fail (2011)
as Michele Davis
The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
as Judith Webb
Little Manhattan (2005)
as Leslie
The Manhattan Project (1986)
as Jenny Anderman
The Out-of-Towners (1999)
as Sheena
5 Flights Up (2014)
as Lily Portman
Tattoo (1981)
as Cindy
James White (2015)
as Gail White
Prince of the City (1981)
as Jeannie
Lymelife (2008)
as Melissa Bragg
Girl Most Likely (2012)
as Cynthia Nixon
Igby Goes Down (2002)
as Mrs. Piggee
Let It Ride (1989)
as Evangeline
Warm Springs (2005)
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Stray Dolls (2019)
as Una
One Last Thing... (2005)
as Karen Jameison
A Quiet Passion (2016)
as Emily Dickinson
And Just Like That... The Documentary (2022)
as Self
The Parting Glass (2018)
as Mare
Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018)
as Self
Mark Twain (2002)
as (voice)
O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
as Michelle
Sex and the Matrix (2000)
as Miranda Hobbes
Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
as Marcy Dargon
That's Harassment (2018)
as Patient
An Englishman in New York (2009)
as Penny Arcade
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
as Claudia
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was (2008)
as Self
The Out List (2013)
as Herself
Advice From a Caterpillar (1999)
as Missy
Killing Reagan (2016)
as Nancy Reagan
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City (2008)
as Self
Women and Wallace (1990)
as Sarah
My Body, My Child (1982)
as Nancy
The Making of 'Sex and the City' (—)
as Self
The Lavender Scare (2019)
as Madeleine Tress (voice)
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' (2008)
as Self
The Shakespeare Sessions (2003)
Actor
I Am the Cheese (1983)
as Amy Hertz
The Women (2002)
as Mary Haines
Face of a Stranger (1991)
as Tina Foster
Sex and the City: A Farewell (—)
as Miranda Hobbs
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982)
as Alice
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! (1995)
Actor
Maybe a Love Story (2018)
as Toni
The 'M' Word (1996)
as Cara
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (1981)
as Sue Ellen
The Seven Year Disappear (2024)
as Miriam
The Love She Sought (1990)
as Janet Raft
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings (1992)
as The Granddaughter
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today (2005)
as Additional Voices
Fifth of July (1982)
as Shirley Talley
On the Set: Elaine’s (2004)
as Self
The Cottonwood (1996)
as Donna
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs (2022)
as Self
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson (2017)
as Emily Dickinson (voice)
Papa's Angels (2000)
as Sharon Jenkins
Keeping Company with Sondheim (2022)
as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft (2004)
as Self
It's Richard I Love (1988)
Actor
Through an Open Window (1992)
as Nancy Cooper
The Politics of Docs (2004)
as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now? (2004)
as Self
Ratched (—)
as Gwendolyn Briggs