Cynthia Nixon
Born April 09, 1966 (Age: 59)
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New York City, New York, USA
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 , 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.
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.
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Filmography
The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
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as Judith Webb
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Age: 51
A Quiet Passion
2016
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as Emily Dickinson
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Age: 50
The Adderall Diaries
2016
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as Jen Davis
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Age: 50
5 Flights Up
2014
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as Lily Portman
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Age: 48
Girl Most Likely
2012
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as Cynthia Nixon
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Age: 46
Rampart
2011
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as Barbara
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Age: 45
Sex and the City 2
2010
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as Miranda Hobbes
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Age: 44
Sex and the City
2008
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as Miranda Hobbes
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Age: 42
The Babysitters
2008
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as Gail Beltran
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Age: 42
Little Manhattan
2005
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as Leslie
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Age: 39
No Image
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
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as Self
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Age: 38
No Image
The Politics of Docs
2004
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as Self
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Age: 38
No Image
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
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as Self
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Age: 38
No Image
On the Set: Elaine’s
2004
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as Self
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Age: 38
Igby Goes Down
2002
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as Mrs. Piggee
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Age: 36
Papa's Angels
2000
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as Sharon Jenkins
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Age: 34
Sex and the Matrix
2000
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as Miranda Hobbes
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Age: 34
The Out-of-Towners
1999
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as Sheena
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Age: 32
Marvin's Room
1996
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as Retirement Home Director
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Age: 30
No Image
The 'M' Word
1996
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as
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Age: 29
The Cottonwood
1996
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as Donna
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Age: 29
Baby's Day Out
1994
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as Gilbertine
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Age: 28
Addams Family Values
1993
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as Heather
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Age: 27
The Pelican Brief
1993
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as Alice Stark
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Age: 27
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992
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as The Granddaughter
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Age: 26
Women and Wallace
1990
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as Sarah
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Age: 23
Let It Ride
1989
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as Evangeline
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Age: 23
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
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as Michelle
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Age: 21
The Manhattan Project
1986
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as Jenny Anderman
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Age: 20
Amadeus
1984
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as Lorl
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Age: 18
Prince of the City
1981
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as Jeannie
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Age: 15