- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 9, 1966
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
Cynthia Nixon
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…
Filmography
The Seven Year Disappear
movieThe Seven Year Disappear
2024 · Miriam
tvCelebrity Jeopardy!
2022 · Self - Contestant
movieTrue Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
2022 · Self
movieKeeping Company with Sondheim
2022 · Self
movieAnd Just Like That... The Documentary
2022 · Self
tvThe Gilded Age
2022 · Ada Brook
tvAnd Just Like That…
2021 · Miranda Hobbes, Executive Producer, Director
movieElegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020 · Claudia
tvRatched
2020 · Gwendolyn Briggs
tvStars in the House
2020 · Self
tvThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
movieThe Lavender Scare
2019 · Madeleine Tress (voice)
movieStray Dolls
2019 · Una
movieThe Parting Glass
2018 · Mare
movieMaybe a Love Story
2018 · Toni
movieSurvivor's Guide to Prison
2018 · Self
movieThat's Harassment
2018 · Patient
movieThe Only Living Boy in New York
2017 · Judith Webb
movieMy Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
2017 · Emily Dickinson (voice)
movieKilling Reagan
2016 · Nancy Reagan
movieA Quiet Passion
2016 · Emily Dickinson
movieThe Adderall Diaries
2016 · Jen Davis
movieJames White
2015 · Gail White
movieRasheeda Speaking
2015 · Stage Director
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
movieStockholm, Pennsylvania
2015 · Marcy Dargon
tvVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
tvThe Affair
2014 · Marilyn
movie5 Flights Up
2014 · Lily Portman
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvBroad City
2014 · Barb
movieThe Out List
2013 · Herself
tvAlpha House
2013 · Senator Carly Armiston
tvHannibal
2013 · Kade Prurnell
movieGirl Most Likely
2012 · Cynthia Nixon
tvWorld Without End
2012 · Petranilla
movieToo Big to Fail
2011 · Michele Davis
movieRampart
2011 · Barbara
tvThe Big C
2010 · Rebecca
movieSex and the City 2
2010 · Miranda Hobbes
tvWho Do You Think You Are?
2010 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieAn Englishman in New York
2009 · Penny Arcade
movieLymelife
2008 · Melissa Bragg
movieSex and the City: The Party That Never Was
2008 · Self
movieThe Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
2008 · Self
movieLive from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
2008 · Self
movieSex and the City
2008 · Miranda Hobbes
movieThe Babysitters
2008 · Gail Beltran
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
tv3 lbs
2006 · Dr. Karin Hanson
tv30 Rock
2006 · Cynthia Nixon
tvMe, Eloise
2006 · (voice)
movieLittle Manhattan
2005 · Leslie
movieOne Last Thing...
2005 · Karen Jameison
movieTimescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005 · Additional Voices
movieWarm Springs
2005 · Eleanor Roosevelt
The Politics of Docs
movieThe Politics of Docs
2004 · Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
movieWhy Tanner, Why Now?
2004 · Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
movieOn the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004 · Self
On the Set: Elaine’s
movieOn the Set: Elaine’s
2004 · Self
tvHouse
2004 · Anica Javanovich
tvTanner on Tanner
2004 · Alex Tanner
The Tony Danza Show
tvThe Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self - Guest
tvThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
The Shakespeare Sessions
movieThe Shakespeare Sessions
2003
movieIgby Goes Down
2002 · Mrs. Piggee
movieThe Women
2002 · Mary Haines
movieMark Twain
2002 · (voice)
tvMark Twain
2002 · Other Voices (voice)
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Amanda Rollins
moviePapa's Angels
2000 · Sharon Jenkins
movieSex and the Matrix
2000 · Miranda Hobbes
tvThe Early Show
1999 · Self
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Janis Donovan
movieThe Out-of-Towners
1999 · Sheena
movieAdvice From a Caterpillar
1999 · Missy
tvSex and the City
1998 · Miranda Hobbes
tvThe View
1997 · Self, Self - Guest
movieMarvin's Room
1996 · Retirement Home Director
tvEarly Edition
1996 · Sheila
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvNash Bridges
1996 · Melissa
The 'M' Word
movieThe 'M' Word
1996
movieThe Cottonwood
1996 · Donna
movieLive from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
tvNew York News
1995
tvThe Outer Limits
1995 · Trudy
tvTouched by an Angel
1994 · Melina Richardson / Sarah
tvER
1994 · Ellie Shore
movieBaby's Day Out
1994 · Gilbertine
movieAddams Family Values
1993 · Heather
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
movieThe Pelican Brief
1993 · Alice Stark
tvGMTV
1993 · Self
movieKiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992 · The Granddaughter
movieThrough an Open Window
1992 · Nancy Cooper
movieFace of a Stranger
1991 · Tina Foster
tvLove, Lies and Murder
1991 · Donna
movieThe Love She Sought
1990 · Janet Raft
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Laura Di Biasi
movieWomen and Wallace
1990 · Sarah
movieLet It Ride
1989 · Evangeline
Gideon Oliver
tvGideon Oliver
1989 · Allison Parrish Slocum
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self - Guest
movieIt's Richard I Love
1988
tvTanner '88
1988 · Alex Tanner
tvThe Murder of Mary Phagan
1988 · Doreen
movieO.C. and Stiggs
1987 · Michelle
movieThe Manhattan Project
1986 · Jenny Anderman
tvThe Equalizer
1985 · Jackie
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Alice Morgan
movieAmadeus
1984 · Lorl
movieI Am the Cheese
1983 · Amy Hertz
movieFifth of July
1982 · Shirley Talley
movieMy Body, My Child
1982 · Nancy
movieRascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982 · Alice
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Shirley Talley, Sarah
movieTattoo
1981 · Cindy
moviePrince of the City
1981 · Jeannie
movieThe Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981 · Sue Ellen
tvOn The Level
1980
movieLittle Darlings
1980 · Sunshine
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self
movieSex and the City: A Farewell
— · Miranda Hobbs
movieThe Making of 'Sex and the City'
— · Self