Cynthia Nixon
Born: 1966-04-09 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- The Seven Year Disappear as Miriam
2022
- The Gilded Age as Ada Brook
- And Just Like That... The Documentary as Self
- Celebrity Jeopardy! as Self
- True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs as Self
- Keeping Company with Sondheim as Self
2021
- And Just Like That… as Miranda Hobbes
2020
- Stars in the House as Self
- Ratched as Gwendolyn Briggs
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Claudia
2019
- The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- Stray Dolls as Una
- The Lavender Scare as Madeleine Tress (voice)
2018
- The Parting Glass as Mare
- Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
- That's Harassment as Patient
- Maybe a Love Story as Toni
2017
- The Only Living Boy in New York as Judith Webb
- My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson as Emily Dickinson (voice)
2016
- Killing Reagan as Nancy Reagan
- A Quiet Passion as Emily Dickinson
- The Adderall Diaries as Jen Davis
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- James White as Gail White
- Stockholm, Pennsylvania as Marcy Dargon
- Rasheeda Speaking ... (Stage Director)
2014
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Broad City as Barb
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 5 Flights Up as Lily Portman
2013
- Hannibal as Kade Prurnell
- Alpha House as Senator Carly Armiston
- The Out List as Herself
2012
- World Without End as Petranilla
- Girl Most Likely as Cynthia Nixon
2011
- Too Big to Fail as Michele Davis
- Rampart as Barbara
2010
- The Big C as Rebecca
- Sex and the City 2 as Miranda Hobbes
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- An Englishman in New York as Penny Arcade
2008
- Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
- The Babysitters as Gail Beltran
- Lymelife as Melissa Bragg
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
- 30 Rock as Cynthia Nixon
- Me, Eloise as (voice)
- 3 lbs as Dr. Karin Hanson
2005
- Little Manhattan as Leslie
- One Last Thing... as Karen Jameison
- Warm Springs as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today as Additional Voices
2004
- House as Anica Javanovich
- The Tony Danza Show as Self - Guest
- Tanner on Tanner as Alex Tanner
- On the Set: Elaine’s as Self
- Why Tanner, Why Now? as Self
- The Politics of Docs as Self
- On the Set: Alex’s Loft as Self
2003
2002
- Mark Twain as (voice)
- Igby Goes Down as Mrs. Piggee
- The Women as Mary Haines
- Mark Twain as Other Voices (voice)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Amanda Rollins
2000
- Papa's Angels as Sharon Jenkins
- Sex and the Matrix as Miranda Hobbes
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janis Donovan
- The Out-of-Towners as Sheena
- Advice From a Caterpillar as Missy
- The Early Show as Self
1998
- Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Nash Bridges as Melissa
- Early Edition as Sheila
- Marvin's Room as Retirement Home Director
- The 'M' Word
- The Cottonwood as Donna
1995
1994
- ER as Ellie Shore
- Touched by an Angel as Melina Richardson / Sarah
- Baby's Day Out as Gilbertine
1993
- Intimate Portrait as Self
- GMTV as Self
- The Pelican Brief as Alice Stark
1992
- Addams Family Values as Heather
- Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings as The Granddaughter
- Through an Open Window as Nancy Cooper
1991
- Face of a Stranger as Tina Foster
- Love, Lies and Murder as Donna
1990
- Law & Order as Laura Di Biasi
- The Love She Sought as Janet Raft
1989
- Let It Ride as Evangeline
- Gideon Oliver as Allison Parrish Slocum
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Tanner '88 as Alex Tanner
- The Murder of Mary Phagan as Doreen
- It's Richard I Love
1987
- O.C. and Stiggs as Michelle
1986
- The Manhattan Project as Jenny Anderman
1985
- The Equalizer as Jackie
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Alice Morgan
- Amadeus as Lorl
1983
- I Am The Cheese as Amy Hertz
1982
- Fifth of July as Shirley Talley
- Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as Alice
- My Body, My Child as Nancy
1981
- Tattoo as Cindy
- Prince of the City as Jeannie
- The Private History of a Campaign That Failed as Sue Ellen
1980
- Little Darlings as Sunshine
1971
- Great Performances as Self