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Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 09, 1966 (59)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 t ... he 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.

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Filmography

Stray Dolls

Stray Dolls

2019

as Una

The Lavender Scare

The Lavender Scare

2019

as Madeleine Tress (voice)

The Parting Glass

The Parting Glass

2018

as Mare

That's Harassment

That's Harassment

2018

as Patient

The Only Living Boy in New York

The Only Living Boy in New York

2017

as Judith Webb

Great Performers: Horror Show

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017

as The Ghost Bride

A Quiet Passion

A Quiet Passion

2016

as Emily Dickinson

Killing Reagan

Killing Reagan

2016

as Nancy Reagan

The Adderall Diaries

The Adderall Diaries

2016

as Jen Davis

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015

as Marcy Dargon

James White

James White

2015

as Gail White

5 Flights Up

5 Flights Up

2014

as Lily Portman

Girl Most Likely

Girl Most Likely

2012

as Cynthia Nixon

Rampart

Rampart

2011

as Barbara

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011

as Michele Davis

Sex and the City 2

Sex and the City 2

2010

as Miranda Hobbes

An Englishman in New York

An Englishman in New York

2009

as Penny Arcade

The Babysitters

The Babysitters

2008

as Gail Beltran

Lymelife

Lymelife

2008

as Melissa Bragg

Sex and the City

Sex and the City

2008

as Miranda Hobbes

Warm Springs

Warm Springs

2005

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Little Manhattan

Little Manhattan

2005

as Leslie

One Last Thing...

One Last Thing...

2005

as Karen Jameison

The Women

The Women

2002

as Mary Haines

Mark Twain

Mark Twain

2002

as (voice)

Igby Goes Down

Igby Goes Down

2002

as Mrs. Piggee

Papa's Angels

Papa's Angels

2000

as Sharon Jenkins

Sex and the Matrix

Sex and the Matrix

2000

as Miranda Hobbes

The Out-of-Towners

The Out-of-Towners

1999

as Sheena

The Cottonwood

The Cottonwood

1996

as Donna

Marvin's Room

Marvin's Room

1996

as Retirement Home Director

Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

1994

as Gilbertine

The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993

as Alice Stark

Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values

1993

as Heather

Through an Open Window

Through an Open Window

1992

as Nancy Cooper

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

1992

as The Granddaughter

Face of a Stranger

Face of a Stranger

1991

as Tina Foster

The Love She Sought

The Love She Sought

1990

as Janet Raft

Let It Ride

Let It Ride

1989

as Evangeline

O.C. and Stiggs

O.C. and Stiggs

1987

as Michelle

The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project

1986

as Jenny Anderman

Amadeus

Amadeus

1984

as Lorl

I Am The Cheese

I Am The Cheese

1983

as Amy Hertz

My Body, My Child

My Body, My Child

1982

as Nancy

Fifth of July

Fifth of July

1982

as Shirley Talley

Tattoo

Tattoo

1981

as Cindy

Prince of the City

Prince of the City

1981

as Jeannie

Little Darlings

Little Darlings

1980

as Sunshine

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Organization Category Movie
Spirit Awards Best Supporting Actress My Own Private Idaho Won
Berlin International Film Festival Best Actress A Quiet Passion Nominated
Television Credits

Sex and the City

as Miranda Hobbes

Episodes: 94

First Aired: Jun 06, 1998

And Just Like That…

as Miranda Hobbes

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Dec 09, 2021

The Gilded Age

as Ada Brook

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Jan 24, 2022

Tanner '88

as Alex Tanner

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Feb 15, 1988

World Without End

as Petranilla

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 04, 2012

Ratched

as Gwendolyn Briggs

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Sep 18, 2020

Alpha House

as Senator Carly Armiston

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 19, 2013

Tanner on Tanner

as Alex Tanner

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 05, 2004

Hannibal

as Kade Prurnell

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 04, 2013

Love, Lies and Murder

as Donna

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 17, 1991

Mark Twain

as Other Voices (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 14, 2002

The Murder of Mary Phagan

as Doreen

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 24, 1988

The Equalizer

as Jackie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

ER

as Ellie Shore

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Murder, She Wrote

as Alice Morgan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Law & Order

as Laura Di Biasi

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

House

as Anica Javanovich

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 16, 2004

3 LBS

as Dr. Karin Hanson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Janis Donovan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Gideon Oliver

as Allison Parrish Slocum

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 20, 1989

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Amanda Rollins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Broad City

as Barb

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 22, 2014

The Outer Limits

as Trudy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 26, 1995

30 Rock

as Cynthia Nixon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2006

Me, Eloise

as (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 10, 2006

The Big C

as Rebecca

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 16, 2010

Touched by an Angel

as Melina Richardson / Sarah

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1994

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Jul 16, 2009

The View

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 08, 2003

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 13, 2004

The Daily Show

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 22, 1996

Nash Bridges

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 29, 1996

Early Edition

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1996

The Early Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 1999

New York News

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 1995

GMTV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1993

The View

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 11, 1997

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1993

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1988

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 22, 2007

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 05, 2010

Celebrity Jeopardy!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2022

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Stars in the House

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2020

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 21, 2014

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Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 15 26 7
2024 7 25 44 11
2024 8 20 39 9
2024 9 12 19 6
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2024 12 13 19 6
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2025 2 10 21 1
2025 3 5 16 1
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