Cynthia Nixon

Biography

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

House

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

All Movies (74)

• The Seven Year Disappear2024 · as Miriam
• True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs2022 · as Self
• Keeping Company with Sondheim2022 · as Self
• And Just Like That... The Documentary2022 · as Self
• Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens2020 · as Claudia
• The Lavender Scare2019 · as Madeleine Tress (voice)
• Stray Dolls2019 · as Una
• The Parting Glass2018 · as Mare
• Maybe a Love Story2018 · as Toni
• Survivor's Guide to Prison2018 · as Self
• That's Harassment2018 · as Patient
• The Only Living Boy in New York2017 · as Judith Webb
• My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson2017 · as Emily Dickinson (voice)
• Killing Reagan2016 · as Nancy Reagan
• A Quiet Passion2016 · as Emily Dickinson
• The Adderall Diaries2016 · as Jen Davis
• James White2015 · as Gail White
• Stockholm, Pennsylvania2015 · as Marcy Dargon
• 5 Flights Up2014 · as Lily Portman
• The Out List2013 · as Herself
• Girl Most Likely2012 · as Cynthia Nixon
• Too Big to Fail2011 · as Michele Davis
• Rampart2011 · as Barbara
• Sex and the City 22010 · as Miranda Hobbes
• An Englishman in New York2009 · as Penny Arcade
• Lymelife2008 · as Melissa Bragg
• Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was2008 · as Self
• The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'2008 · as Self
• Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City2008 · as Self
• Sex and the City2008 · as Miranda Hobbes
• The Babysitters2008 · as Gail Beltran
• Little Manhattan2005 · as Leslie
• One Last Thing...2005 · as Karen Jameison
• Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today2005 · as Additional Voices
• Warm Springs2005 · as Eleanor Roosevelt
• The Politics of Docs2004 · as Self
• Why Tanner, Why Now?2004 · as Self
• On the Set: Alex’s Loft2004 · as Self
• On the Set: Elaine’s2004 · as Self
• The Shakespeare Sessions2003
• Igby Goes Down2002 · as Mrs. Piggee
• The Women2002 · as Mary Haines
• Mark Twain2002 · as (voice)
• Papa's Angels2000 · as Sharon Jenkins
• Sex and the Matrix2000 · as Miranda Hobbes
• The Out-of-Towners1999 · as Sheena
• Advice From a Caterpillar1999 · as Missy
• Marvin's Room1996 · as Retirement Home Director
• The 'M' Word1996
• The Cottonwood1996 · as Donna
• Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!1995
• Baby's Day Out1994 · as Gilbertine
• Addams Family Values1993 · as Heather
• The Pelican Brief1993 · as Alice Stark
• Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings1992 · as The Granddaughter
• Through an Open Window1992 · as Nancy Cooper
• Face of a Stranger1991 · as Tina Foster
• The Love She Sought1990 · as Janet Raft
• Women and Wallace1990 · as Sarah
• Let It Ride1989 · as Evangeline
• It's Richard I Love1988
• O.C. and Stiggs1987 · as Michelle
• The Manhattan Project1986 · as Jenny Anderman
• Amadeus1984 · as Lorl
• I Am the Cheese1983 · as Amy Hertz
• Fifth of July1982 · as Shirley Talley
• My Body, My Child1982 · as Nancy
• Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn1982 · as Alice
• Tattoo1981 · as Cindy
• Prince of the City1981 · as Jeannie
• The Private History of a Campaign That Failed1981 · as Sue Ellen
• Little Darlings1980 · as Sunshine
• Sex and the City: A Farewell— · as Miranda Hobbs
• The Making of 'Sex and the City'— · as Self

All TV Shows (51)

• Celebrity Jeopardy!2022 · as Self - Contestant
• The Gilded Age2022 · as Ada Brook
• And Just Like That…2021 · as Miranda Hobbes
• Ratched2020 · as Gwendolyn Briggs
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Affair2014 · as Marilyn
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Broad City2014 · as Barb
• Alpha House2013 · as Senator Carly Armiston
• Hannibal2013 · as Kade Prurnell
• World Without End2012 · as Petranilla
• The Big C2010 · as Rebecca
• Who Do You Think You Are?2010 · as Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• 3 lbs2006 · as Dr. Karin Hanson
• 30 Rock2006 · as Cynthia Nixon
• Me, Eloise2006 · as (voice)
• House2004 · as Anica Javanovich
• Tanner on Tanner2004 · as Alex Tanner
• The Tony Danza Show2004 · as Self - Guest
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Mark Twain2002 · as Other Voices (voice)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Amanda Rollins
• The Early Show1999 · as Self
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Janis Donovan
• Sex and the City1998 · as Miranda Hobbes
• The View1997 · as Self
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Early Edition1996 · as Sheila
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Nash Bridges1996 · as Melissa
• New York News1995
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Trudy
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Melina Richardson / Sarah
• ER1994 · as Ellie Shore
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• Love, Lies and Murder1991 · as Donna
• Law & Order1990 · as Laura Di Biasi
• Gideon Oliver1989 · as Allison Parrish Slocum
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Tanner '881988 · as Alex Tanner
• The Murder of Mary Phagan1988 · as Doreen
• The Equalizer1985 · as Jackie
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Alice Morgan
• On The Level1980
• Great Performances1971 · as Self