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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

122

Gender

Female

Birthday

1966-04-09 (59 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Синтия Никсон

Cynthia Ellen Nixon

欣希雅·尼克森

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

Acting

Amadeus

1984

Amadeus

as

Lorl

Sex and the City

2008

Sex and the City

as

Miranda Hobbes

The Manhattan Project

1986

The Manhattan Project

as

Jenny Anderman

Baby's Day Out

1994

Baby's Day Out

as

Gilbertine

Lymelife

2008

Lymelife

as

Melissa Bragg

Little Darlings

1980

Little Darlings

as

Sunshine

O.C. and Stiggs

1987

O.C. and Stiggs

as

Michelle

Marvin's Room

1996

Marvin's Room

as

Retirement Home Director

The Babysitters

2008

The Babysitters

as

Gail Beltran

An Englishman in New York

2009

An Englishman in New York

as

Penny Arcade

One Last Thing...

2005

One Last Thing...

as

Karen Jameison

Sex and the City 2

2010

Sex and the City 2

as

Miranda Hobbes

Little Manhattan

2005

Little Manhattan

as

Leslie

Too Big to Fail

2011

Too Big to Fail

as

Michele Davis

Warm Springs

2005

Warm Springs

as

Eleanor Roosevelt

Let It Ride

1989

Let It Ride

as

Evangeline

Tattoo

1981

Tattoo

as

Cindy

Rampart

2011

Rampart

as

Barbara

Through an Open Window

1992

Through an Open Window

as

Nancy Cooper

I Am The Cheese

1983

I Am The Cheese

as

Amy Hertz

The Love She Sought

1990

The Love She Sought

as

Janet Raft

Mark Twain

2002

Mark Twain

as

(voice)

The Out List

2013

The Out List

as

Herself

Face of a Stranger

1991

Face of a Stranger

as

Tina Foster

Girl Most Likely

2012

Girl Most Likely

as

Cynthia Nixon

5 Flights Up

2014

5 Flights Up

as

Lily Portman

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

1992

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

as

The Granddaughter

The Women

2002

The Women

as

Mary Haines

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

as

Marcy Dargon

James White

2015

James White

as

Gail White

The Adderall Diaries

2016

The Adderall Diaries

as

Jen Davis

Papa's Angels

2000

Papa's Angels

as

Sharon Jenkins

A Quiet Passion

2016

A Quiet Passion

as

Emily Dickinson

Sex and the Matrix

2000

Sex and the Matrix

as

Miranda Hobbes

Killing Reagan

2016

Killing Reagan

as

Nancy Reagan

The Pelican Brief

1993

The Pelican Brief

as

Alice Stark

The Out-of-Towners

1999

The Out-of-Towners

as

Sheena

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017

Great Performers: Horror Show

as

The Ghost Bride

Igby Goes Down

2002

Igby Goes Down

as

Mrs. Piggee

Fifth of July

1982

Fifth of July

as

Shirley Talley

Stray Dolls

2019

Stray Dolls

as

Una

The Lavender Scare

2019

The Lavender Scare

as

Madeleine Tress (voice)

The Cottonwood

1996

The Cottonwood

as

Donna

That's Harassment

2018

That's Harassment

as

Patient

Prince of the City

1981

Prince of the City

as

Jeannie

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

as

Miranda Hobbes

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

as

Alice Morgan

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Laura Di Biasi

House

House

as

Anica Javanovich

The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

as

Self - Guest

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

as

Alex Tanner

The View

The View

as

Self

3 LBS

3 LBS

as

Dr. Karin Hanson

ER

ER

as

Ellie Shore

Gideon Oliver

Gideon Oliver

as

Allison Parrish Slocum

GMTV

GMTV

as

Self

Alpha House

Alpha House

as

Senator Carly Armiston

Tanner on Tanner

Tanner on Tanner

as

Alex Tanner

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

as

Other Voices (voice)

The View

The View

as

Self - Guest

30 Rock

30 Rock

as

Cynthia Nixon

Me, Eloise

Me, Eloise

as

(voice)

Hannibal

Hannibal

as

Kade Prurnell

World Without End

World Without End

as

Petranilla

The Gilded Age

The Gilded Age

as

Ada Brook

The Big C

The Big C

as

Rebecca

Ratched

Ratched

as

Gwendolyn Briggs

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

as

Melina Richardson / Sarah

And Just Like That…

And Just Like That…

as

Miranda Hobbes

Production

Crew

Directing