Cynthia Nixon
Acting
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
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tvCelebrity Jeopardy!
2022
Self - Contestant
tvThe Gilded Age
2022
Ada Brook
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021
Miranda Hobbes
tvRatched
2020
Gwendolyn Briggs
movieThe Lavender Scare
2019
Madeleine Tress (voice)
movieThat's Harassment
2018
Patient
movieThe Only Living Boy in New York
2017
Judith Webb
movieMy Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
2017
Emily Dickinson (voice)
movieKilling Reagan
2016
Nancy Reagan
movieA Quiet Passion
2016
Emily Dickinson
movieThe Adderall Diaries
2016
Jen Davis
movieJames White
2015
Gail White
movieStockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
Marcy Dargon
tvThe Affair
2014
Marilyn
movie5 Flights Up
2014
Lily Portman
tvBroad City
2014
Barb
movieThe Out List
2013
Herself
tvAlpha House
2013
Senator Carly Armiston
tvHannibal
2013
Kade Prurnell
movieGirl Most Likely
2012
Cynthia Nixon
tvWorld Without End
2012
Petranilla
movieToo Big to Fail
2011
Michele Davis
movieRampart
2011
Barbara
tvThe Big C
2010
Rebecca
movieSex and the City 2
2010
Miranda Hobbes
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieAn Englishman in New York
2009
Penny Arcade
movieLymelife
2008
Melissa Bragg
movieSex and the City
2008
Miranda Hobbes
movieThe Babysitters
2008
Gail Beltran
tv3 lbs
2006
Dr. Karin Hanson
tv30 Rock
2006
Cynthia Nixon
tvMe, Eloise
2006
(voice)
movieOne Last Thing...
2005
Karen Jameison
movieTimescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
Additional Voices
movieWarm Springs
2005
Eleanor Roosevelt
tvHouse
2004
Anica Javanovich
tvTanner on Tanner
2004
Alex Tanner
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Self - Guest
movieIgby Goes Down
2002
Mrs. Piggee
movieThe Women
2002
Mary Haines
movieMark Twain
2002
(voice)
tvMark Twain
2002
Other Voices (voice)
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Amanda Rollins
moviePapa's Angels
2000
Sharon Jenkins
movieSex and the Matrix
2000
Miranda Hobbes
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Janis Donovan
tvSex and the City
1998
Miranda Hobbes
tvThe View
1997
Self / Self - Guest
movieMarvin's Room
1996
Retirement Home Director
tvEarly Edition
1996
Sheila
tvNash Bridges
1996
Melissa
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Melina Richardson / Sarah
tvER
1994
Ellie Shore
movieBaby's Day Out
1994
Gilbertine
movieThe Pelican Brief
1993
Alice Stark
tvGMTV
1993
Self
movieKiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992
The Granddaughter
movieThrough an Open Window
1992
Nancy Cooper
movieFace of a Stranger
1991
Tina Foster
movieThe Love She Sought
1990
Janet Raft
tvLaw & Order
1990
Laura Di Biasi
movieLet It Ride
1989
Evangeline
Gideon Oliver
1989
Allison Parrish Slocum
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvTanner '88
1988
Alex Tanner
movieO.C. and Stiggs
1987
Michelle
movieThe Manhattan Project
1986
Jenny Anderman
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Jackie
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Alice Morgan
movieAmadeus
1984
Lorl
movieI Am the Cheese
1983
Amy Hertz
movieFifth of July
1982
Shirley Talley
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Shirley Talley / Sarah
movieTattoo
1981
Cindy
moviePrince of the City
1981
Jeannie
movieLittle Darlings
1980
Sunshine
movieSex and the City: A Farewell
Miranda Hobbs
Directing2
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021
Director
movieRasheeda Speaking
2015
Stage Director
Production1
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021
Executive Producer