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Cynthia Nixon
Born · April 9, 1966 (58 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
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. 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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2024
Celebrity Jeopardy!
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2022
True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
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2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
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9.0
2022
And Just Like That… The Documentary
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6.8
2022
The Gilded Age
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7.9
2022
And Just Like That…
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7.4
2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Claudia
0.0
2020
Ratched
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2020
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
(1 episode)
6.2
2019
The Lavender Scare
Madeleine Tress (voice)
6.3
2019
Stray Dolls
Una
4.6
2019
The Parting Glass
Mare
5.7
2018
Maybe a Love Story
Toni
6.5
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
6.4
2018
That's Harassment
Patient
10.0
2018
Great Performers: Horror Show
The Ghost Bride
6.7
2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
Judith Webb
6.4
2017
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson (voice)
7.5
2017
Killing Reagan
Nancy Reagan
6.6
2016
A Quiet Passion
Emily Dickinson
6.1
2016
The Adderall Diaries
Jen Davis
5.3
2016
James White
Gail White
6.6
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
Marcy Dargon
5.4
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
2014
5 Flights Up
Lily Portman
6.0
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
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7.2
2014
The Out List
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6.1
2013
Alpha House
Senator Carly Armiston · (6 episodes)
7.1
2013
Hannibal
Kade Prurnell · (4 episodes)
8.2
2013
Girl Most Likely
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5.6
2012
World Without End
Petranilla · (8 episodes)
7.0
2012
Too Big to Fail
Michele Davis
7.0
2011
Rampart
Barbara
5.5
2011
The Big C
Rebecca · (1 episode)
7.1
2010
Sex and the City 2
Miranda Hobbes
6.1
2010
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (7 episodes)
5.0
2009
An Englishman in New York
Penny Arcade
6.4
2009
Lymelife
Melissa Bragg
6.1
2008
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes
6.6
2008
The Babysitters
Gail Beltran
6.0
2008
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.2
2007
3 LBS
Dr. Karin Hanson · (1 episode)
4.2
2006
30 Rock
Cynthia Nixon · (1 episode)
7.4
2006
Me, Eloise
(voice) · (1 episode)
10.0
2006
Little Manhattan
Leslie
7.2
2005
One Last Thing...
Karen Jameison
6.1
2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
Additional Voices
0.0
2005
Warm Springs
Eleanor Roosevelt
6.8
2005
The Politics of Docs
Self
0.0
2004
Why Tanner, Why Now?
Self
0.0
2004
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
Self
0.0
2004
On the Set: Elaine’s
Self
0.0
2004
House
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8.6
2004
Tanner on Tanner
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0.0
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
6.1
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (2 episodes)
5.8
2003
The Shakespeare Sessions
7.0
2003
Igby Goes Down
Mrs. Piggee
6.6
2002
The Women
Mary Haines
0.0
2002
Mark Twain
(voice)
6.9
2002
Mark Twain
Other Voices (voice) · (2 episodes)
0.0
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Amanda Rollins · (1 episode)
7.6
2001
Papa's Angels
Sharon Jenkins
0.0
2000
Sex and the Matrix
Miranda Hobbes
6.4
2000
The Early Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.7
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Janis Donovan · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
The Out-of-Towners
Sheena
5.8
1999
Advice From a Caterpillar
Missy
3.7
1999
Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes · (94 episodes)
7.4
1998
The View
Self · (6 episodes)
4.4
1997
The View
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
Marvin's Room
Retirement Home Director
6.7
1996
Early Edition
(1 episode)
7.3
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
1996
Nash Bridges
(1 episode)
6.6
1996
The 'M' Word
1.0
1996
The Cottonwood
Donna
0.0
1996
Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
0.0
1995
New York News
(1 episode)
0.0
1995
The Outer Limits
Trudy · (1 episode)
7.7
1995
ER
Ellie Shore · (1 episode)
7.8
1994
Baby's Day Out
Gilbertine
6.4
1994
Addams Family Values
Heather
7.0
1993
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
The Pelican Brief
Alice Stark
6.6
1993
GMTV
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
The Granddaughter
0.0
1992
Through an Open Window
Nancy Cooper
0.0
1992
Face of a Stranger
Tina Foster
10.0
1991
The Love She Sought
Janet Raft
6.2
1990
Law & Order
Laura Di Biasi · (1 episode)
7.4
1990
It's Richard I Love
0.0
1990
Let It Ride
Evangeline
6.3
1989
Gideon Oliver
Allison Parrish Slocum · (1 episode)
5.5
1989
O.C. and Stiggs
Michelle
4.7
1987
The Manhattan Project
Jenny Anderman
6.2
1986
Amadeus
Lorl
8.0
1984
I Am The Cheese
Amy Hertz
7.0
1983
Fifth of July
Shirley Talley
7.0
1982
My Body, My Child
Nancy
9.0
1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
Alice
5.0
1982
Tattoo
Cindy
5.3
1981
Prince of the City
Jeannie
7.0
1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
Sue Ellen
0.0
1981
Sex and the City: A Farewell
Miranda Hobbs
10.0
Touched by an Angel
Melina Richardson / Sarah · (1 episode)
7.2
1994
Love, Lies and Murder
Donna · (2 episodes)
5.2
1991
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Tanner '88
Alex Tanner · (12 episodes)
6.7
1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan
Doreen · (2 episodes)
5.8
1988
The Equalizer
Jackie · (1 episode)
7.1
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Alice Morgan · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Little Darlings
Sunshine
6.5
1980