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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Movies (77)
The Seven Year Disappear
2024 · Miriam
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
2022 · Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022 · Self
And Just Like That... The Documentary
2022 · Self
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020 · Claudia
The Lavender Scare
2019 · Madeleine Tress (voice)
Stray Dolls
2019 · Una
The Parting Glass
2018 · Mare
Maybe a Love Story
2018 · Toni
Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · Self
That's Harassment
2018 · Patient
Great Performers: Horror Show
2017 · The Ghost Bride
La Amante de mi Padre
2017 · Judith Webb
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
2017 · Emily Dickinson (voice)
Killing Reagan
2016 · Nancy Reagan
A Quiet Passion
2016 · Emily Dickinson
The Adderall Diaries
2016 · Jen Davis
James White
2015 · Gail White
Rasheeda Speaking
2015 · Stage Director
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015 · Marcy Dargon
Memorias de Manhattan
2014 · Lily Portman
Casi Perfecta
2013 · Cynthia Nixon
The Out List
2013 · Herself
Malas noticias
2011 · Michele Davis
Rampart
2011 · Barbara
Sexo en la Ciudad 2
2010 · Miranda Hobbes
An Englishman in New York
2009 · Penny Arcade
Lymelife
2008 · Melissa Bragg
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
2008 · Self
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
2008 · Self
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
2008 · Self
Sex and the City: La película
2008 · Miranda Hobbes
Niñera para adultos
2008 · Gail Beltran
ABC del amor
2005 · Leslie
One Last Thing...
2005 · Karen Jameison
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005 · Additional Voices
Warm Springs
2005 · Eleanor Roosevelt
The Politics of Docs
2004 · Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004 · Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004 · Self
On the Set: Elaine’s
2004 · Self
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
La gran caída de Igby
2002 · Mrs. Piggee
The Women
2002 · Mary Haines
Mark Twain
2002 · (voice)
Papa's Angels
2000 · Sharon Jenkins
Sex and the Matrix
2000 · Miranda Hobbes
Perdidos en Nueva York
1999 · Sheena
Advice From a Caterpillar
1999 · Missy
Marvin's Room
1996 · Retirement Home Director
The 'M' Word
1996 · Cara
The Cottonwood
1996 · Donna
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
¡Cuidado: Bebé suelto!
1994 · Gilbertine
Los locos Addams II
1993 · Heather
El Informe Pelícano
1993 · Alice Stark
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992 · The Granddaughter
Through an Open Window
1992 · Nancy Cooper
Face of a Stranger
1991 · Tina Foster
The Love She Sought
1990 · Janet Raft
Women and Wallace
1990 · Sarah
Let It Ride
1989 · Evangeline
It's Richard I Love
1988
O.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Michelle
The Manhattan Project
1986 · Jenny Anderman
Amadeus
1984 · Lorl
I Am the Cheese
1983 · Amy Hertz
Fifth of July
1982 · Shirley Talley
My Body, My Child
1982 · Nancy
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982 · Alice
Tattoo
1981 · Cindy
Prince of the City
1981 · Jeannie
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981 · Sue Ellen
Little Darlings
1980 · Sunshine
Sex and the City: A Farewell
· Miranda Hobbs
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
· Self
Ratched
· Gwendolyn Briggs
TV shows (53)
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025
Celebrity Jeopardy!
2022 · Self - Contestant
The Gilded Age
2022 · Ada Brook
And Just Like That… Un nuevo capítulo de Sex and the City
2021 · Miranda Hobbes, Executive Producer, Director
Ratched
2020 · Gwendolyn Briggs
Stars in the House
2020 · Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Affair
2014 · Marilyn
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Broad City
2014 · Barb
Alpha House
2013 · Senator Carly Armiston
Hannibal
2013 · Kade Prurnell
Un mundo sin fin
2012 · Petranilla
Con C mayúscula
2010 · Rebecca
Who Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
3 lbs
2006 · Dr. Karin Hanson
30 Rock
2006 · Cynthia Nixon
Me, Eloise
2006 · (voice)
Dr. House
2004 · Anica Javanovich
Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Alex Tanner
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Mark Twain
2002 · Other Voices (voice)
La Ley y el Orden: Intento Criminal
2001 · Amanda Rollins
Democracy Now
2001 · Self (archive footage)
The Early Show
1999 · Self
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Janis Donovan
Sexo en la Ciudad
1998 · Miranda Hobbes
The View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
El Diario del Destino
1996 · Sheila
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Nash Bridges
1996 · Melissa
New York News
1995
The Outer Limits
1995 · Trudy
El Toque de un Angel
1994 · Melina Richardson / Sarah
Sala de urgencias
1994 · Ellie Shore
Intimate Portrait
1993 · Self
GMTV
1993 · Self
Love, Lies and Murder
1991 · Donna
Law & Order
1990 · Laura Di Biasi
Gideon Oliver
1989 · Allison Parrish Slocum
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
Tanner '88
1988 · Alex Tanner
The Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · Doreen
The Equalizer
1985 · Jackie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Alice Morgan
American Playhouse
1982 · Shirley Talley, Sarah
On The Level
1980
Great Performances
1971 · Self