Actor
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), ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- The Seven Year Disappear | Miriam
2022 -- True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs |
2022 -- Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self
2022 -- And Just Like That… The Documentary | Self
2020 -- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Claudia
2019 -- The Lavender Scare | Madeleine Tress (voice)
2019 -- Stray Dolls | Una
2018 -- The Parting Glass | Mare
2018 -- Maybe a Love Story | Toni
2018 -- Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self
2018 -- That's Harassment | Patient
2017 -- Great Performers: Horror Show | The Ghost Bride
2017 -- The Only Living Boy in New York | Judith Webb
2017 -- My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson | Emily Dickinson (voice)
2016 -- Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan
2016 -- A Quiet Passion | Emily Dickinson
2016 -- The Adderall Diaries | Jen Davis
2015 -- James White | Gail White
2015 -- Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Marcy Dargon
2014 -- 5 Flights Up | Lily Portman
2013 -- The Out List | Herself
2012 -- Girl Most Likely | Cynthia Nixon
2011 -- Too Big to Fail | Michele Davis
2011 -- Rampart | Barbara
2010 -- Sex and the City 2 | Miranda Hobbes
2009 -- An Englishman in New York | Penny Arcade
2008 -- Lymelife | Melissa Bragg
2008 -- Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes
2008 -- The Babysitters | Gail Beltran
2005 -- Little Manhattan | Leslie
2005 -- One Last Thing... | Karen Jameison
2005 -- Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices
2005 -- Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt
2004 -- On the Set: Alex’s Loft | Self
2004 -- Why Tanner, Why Now? | Self
2004 -- The Politics of Docs | Self
2004 -- On the Set: Elaine’s | Self
2003 -- The Shakespeare Sessions |
2002 -- Igby Goes Down | Mrs. Piggee
2002 -- The Women | Mary Haines
2002 -- Mark Twain | (voice)
2000 -- Papa's Angels | Sharon Jenkins
2000 -- Sex and the Matrix | Miranda Hobbes
1999 -- The Out-of-Towners | Sheena
1999 -- Advice From a Caterpillar | Missy
1996 -- Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director
1996 -- The Cottonwood | Donna
1996 -- The 'M' Word |
1995 -- Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! |
1994 -- Baby's Day Out | Gilbertine
1993 -- Addams Family Values | Heather
1993 -- The Pelican Brief | Alice Stark
1992 -- Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings | The Granddaughter
1992 -- Through an Open Window | Nancy Cooper
1991 -- Face of a Stranger | Tina Foster
1990 -- The Love She Sought | Janet Raft
1990 -- It's Richard I Love |
1989 -- Let It Ride | Evangeline
1987 -- O.C. and Stiggs | Michelle
1986 -- The Manhattan Project | Jenny Anderman
1984 -- Amadeus | Lorl
1983 -- I Am The Cheese | Amy Hertz
1982 -- Fifth of July | Shirley Talley
1982 -- My Body, My Child | Nancy
1982 -- Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Alice
1981 -- Tattoo | Cindy
1981 -- Prince of the City | Jeannie
1981 -- The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | Sue Ellen
1980 -- Little Darlings | Sunshine
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