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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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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Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self | 2022-05-27 |
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Claudia | 2020-12-01 |
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The Lavender Scare | Madeleine Tress (voice) | 2019-06-07 |
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Stray Dolls | Una | 2019-04-27 |
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Talvez uma História de Amor | Toni | 2018-06-14 |
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That's Harassment | Patient | 2018-01-26 |
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The Parting Glass | Mare | 2018-06-24 |
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Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | 2018-02-23 |
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Great Performers: Horror Show | The Ghost Bride | 2017-12-07 |
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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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The Only Living Boy in New York | Judith Webb | 2017-07-27 |
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Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan | 2016-10-16 |
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The Adderall Diaries | Jen Davis | 2016-04-15 |
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A Quiet Passion | Emily Dickinson | 2016-10-07 |
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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 | 2014-09-05 |
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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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Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | 2008-05-12 |
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The Babysitters | Gail Beltran | 2008-05-09 |
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Lymelife | Melissa Bragg | 2008-09-08 |
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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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Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices | 2005-06-01 |
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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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The Women | Mary Haines | 2002-06-18 |
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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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Papa's Angels | Sharon Jenkins | 2000-12-03 |
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Advice From a Caterpillar | Missy | 1999-02-15 |
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The Out-of-Towners | Sheena | 1999-04-02 |
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Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director | 1996-12-18 |
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The 'M' Word | 1996-01-01 | |
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The Cottonwood | Donna | 1996-01-01 |
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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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The Pelican Brief | Alice Stark | 1993-09-17 |
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Addams Family Values | Heather | 1993-11-19 |
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Through an Open Window | Nancy Cooper | 1992-03-25 |
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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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My Body, My Child | Nancy | 1982-04-11 |
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Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Alice | 1982-02-27 |
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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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Little Darlings | Sunshine | 1980-03-21 |
