1966-04-09 New York City, New York, USA
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.
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The Seven Year Disappear | Miriam | 2024-03-15 |
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Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self | 2022-05-27 |
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And Just Like That… The Documentary | Self | 2022-02-03 |
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True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs | 2022-06-04 | |
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Claudia | 2020-12-01 |
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Ratched | Gwendolyn Briggs | 2020-09-18 |
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Stray Dolls | Una | 2019-04-27 |
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The Lavender Scare | Madeleine Tress (voice) | 2019-06-07 |
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That's Harassment | Patient | 2018-01-26 |
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Talvez uma História de Amor | Toni | 2018-06-14 |
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Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | 2018-02-23 |
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The Parting Glass | Mare | 2018-06-24 |
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My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson | Emily Dickinson (voice) | 2017-05-01 |
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Great Performers: Horror Show | The Ghost Bride | 2017-12-07 |
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The Only Living Boy in New York | Judith Webb | 2017-07-27 |
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A Quiet Passion | Emily Dickinson | 2016-10-07 |
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The Adderall Diaries | Jen Davis | 2016-04-15 |
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Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan | 2016-10-16 |
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Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Marcy Dargon | 2015-01-23 |
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James White | Gail White | 2015-11-13 |
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5 Flights Up | Lily Portman | 2014-05-10 |
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The Out List | Herself | 2013-06-26 |
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Girl Most Likely | Cynthia Nixon | 2012-09-07 |
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Rampart | Barbara | 2011-11-23 |
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Too Big to Fail | Michele Davis | 2011-05-22 |
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Sex and the City 2 | Miranda Hobbes | 2010-05-26 |
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An Englishman in New York | Penny Arcade | 2009-04-27 |
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The Babysitters | Gail Beltran | 2008-05-09 |
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Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | 2008-05-12 |
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Lymelife | Melissa Bragg | 2008-09-08 |
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Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices | 2005-06-01 |
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One Last Thing... | Karen Jameison | 2005-09-12 |
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Little Manhattan | Leslie | 2005-09-26 |
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Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2005-04-30 |
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The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003-01-01 | |
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Mark Twain | (voice) | 2002-01-14 |
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Igby Goes Down | Mrs. Piggee | 2002-09-13 |
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The Women | Mary Haines | 2002-06-18 |
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Papa's Angels | Sharon Jenkins | 2000-12-03 |
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The Out-of-Towners | Sheena | 1999-04-02 |
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Advice From a Caterpillar | Missy | 1999-02-15 |
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The Cottonwood | Donna | 1996-01-01 |
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The 'M' Word | 1996-01-01 | |
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Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director | 1996-12-18 |
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Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! | 1995-10-19 | |
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Baby's Day Out | Gilbertine | 1994-07-01 |
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Addams Family Values | Heather | 1993-11-19 |
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The Pelican Brief | Alice Stark | 1993-09-17 |
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Through an Open Window | Nancy Cooper | 1992-03-25 |
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Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings | The Granddaughter | 1992-10-09 |
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Face of a Stranger | Tina Foster | 1991-12-29 |
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It's Richard I Love | 1990-05-04 | |
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The Love She Sought | Janet Raft | 1990-10-21 |
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Let It Ride | Evangeline | 1989-08-18 |
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O.C. and Stiggs | Michelle | 1987-07-10 |
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The Manhattan Project | Jenny Anderman | 1986-06-13 |
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Amadeus | Lorl | 1984-09-19 |
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I Am The Cheese | Amy Hertz | 1983-11-11 |
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Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Alice | 1982-02-27 |
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My Body, My Child | Nancy | 1982-04-11 |
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Fifth of July | Shirley Talley | 1982-10-11 |
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Prince of the City | Jeannie | 1981-08-19 |
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Tattoo | Cindy | 1981-10-09 |
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The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | Sue Ellen | 1981-04-06 |
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Little Darlings | Sunshine | 1980-03-21 |
