Cynthia Nixon
Acting
Born: Apr 09, 1966
From: New York City, New York, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self | 2022 | 6.7 |
| Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self | 2022 | 9.0 |
| The Out List | Herself | 2013 | 5.9 |
| Too Big to Fail | Michele Davis | 2011 | 6.967 |
| Rampart | Barbara | 2011 | 5.465 |
| Sex and the City 2 | Miranda Hobbes | 2010 | 6.054 |
| An Englishman in New York | Penny Arcade | 2009 | 6.3 |
| Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | 2008 | 6.551 |
| Lymelife | Melissa Bragg | 2008 | 6.101 |
| The Babysitters | Gail Beltran | 2008 | 6.0 |
| Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices | 2005 | — |
| One Last Thing... | Karen Jameison | 2005 | 5.964 |
| Little Manhattan | Leslie | 2005 | 7.197 |
| Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2005 | 6.635 |
| The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003 | 8.5 | |
| Mark Twain | (voice) | 2002 | 7.111 |
| Advice From a Caterpillar | Missy | 1999 | 4.167 |
| Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director | 1996 | 6.711 |
| Baby's Day Out | Gilbertine | 1994 | 6.405 |
| Through an Open Window | Nancy Cooper | 1992 | — |
| Face of a Stranger | Tina Foster | 1991 | 10.0 |
| The Love She Sought | Janet Raft | 1990 | 6.75 |
| Let It Ride | Evangeline | 1989 | 6.389 |
| O.C. and Stiggs | Michelle | 1987 | 4.45 |
| The Manhattan Project | Jenny Anderman | 1986 | 6.203 |
| Amadeus | Lorl | 1984 | 8.022 |
| I Am The Cheese | Amy Hertz | 1983 | 7.429 |
| Tattoo | Cindy | 1981 | 4.909 |
| The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | Sue Ellen | 1981 | — |
| Little Darlings | Sunshine | 1980 | 6.53 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1966 |
| From | New York City, … |