Cynthia Nixon
Actor
Born April 9, 1966 in New York City, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Sex and the City: A Farewell
Miranda Hobbs
The Making of 'Sex and the City'
Self
Celebrity Jeopardy!
Self - Contestant
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
Self
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Self
And Just Like That... The Documentary
Self
The Gilded Age
Ada Brook
And Just Like That…
Miranda Hobbes
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Claudia
Ratched
Gwendolyn Briggs
Stars in the House
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Lavender Scare
Madeleine Tress (voice)
Stray Dolls
Una
The Parting Glass
Mare
Maybe a Love Story
Toni
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
That's Harassment
Patient
The Only Living Boy in New York
Judith Webb
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (voice)
Killing Reagan
Nancy Reagan
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
The Adderall Diaries
Jen Davis
James White
Gail White
Rasheeda Speaking
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Marcy Dargon
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
The Affair
Marilyn
5 Flights Up
Lily Portman
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Broad City
Barb
The Out List
Herself
Alpha House
Senator Carly Armiston
Hannibal
Kade Prurnell
Girl Most Likely
Cynthia Nixon
World Without End
Petranilla
Too Big to Fail
Michele Davis
Rampart
Barbara
The Big C
Rebecca
Sex and the City 2
Miranda Hobbes
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
An Englishman in New York
Penny Arcade
Lymelife
Melissa Bragg
Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
Self
The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
Self
Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
Self
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
The Babysitters
Gail Beltran
The Graham Norton Show
Self
3 lbs
Dr. Karin Hanson
30 Rock
Cynthia Nixon
Me, Eloise
(voice)
Little Manhattan
Leslie
One Last Thing...
Karen Jameison
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Additional Voices
Warm Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt
House
Anica Javanovich
Tanner on Tanner
Alex Tanner
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Igby Goes Down
Mrs. Piggee
The Women
Mary Haines
Mark Twain
(voice)
Mark Twain
Other Voices (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Amanda Rollins
Papa's Angels
Sharon Jenkins
Sex and the Matrix
Miranda Hobbes
The Early Show
Self
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janis Donovan
The Out-of-Towners
Sheena
Advice From a Caterpillar
Missy
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
The View
Self
Marvin's Room
Retirement Home Director
Early Edition
Sheila
The Daily Show
Self
Nash Bridges
Melissa
The Cottonwood
Donna
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
New York News
The Outer Limits
Trudy
Touched by an Angel
Melina Richardson / Sarah
ER
Ellie Shore
Baby's Day Out
Gilbertine
Addams Family Values
Heather
Intimate Portrait
Self
The Pelican Brief
Alice Stark
GMTV
Self
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
The Granddaughter
Through an Open Window
Nancy Cooper
Face of a Stranger
Tina Foster
Love, Lies and Murder
Donna
The Love She Sought
Janet Raft
Law & Order
Laura Di Biasi
Women and Wallace
Sarah
Let It Ride
Evangeline
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
It's Richard I Love
Tanner '88
Alex Tanner
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Doreen
O.C. and Stiggs
Michelle
The Manhattan Project
Jenny Anderman
The Equalizer
Jackie
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Morgan
Amadeus
Lorl
I Am the Cheese
Amy Hertz
Fifth of July
Shirley Talley
My Body, My Child
Nancy
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Alice
American Playhouse
Shirley Talley
Tattoo
Cindy
Prince of the City
Jeannie
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Sue Ellen
On The Level
Little Darlings
Sunshine
Great Performances
Self