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Cynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress and activist. 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). Her other film credits include Amadeus (1984), James White (2015), and playing Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016).
Birth Name
Cynthia Ellen Nixon
Born
Saturday, 09 April 1966
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self | 2022 |
The Gilded Age | Ada Brook | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Miranda Hobbes | 2021 |
Tailing Pond | Narrator | 2021 |
The Dorians Film Toast 2021 | Self - Presenter | 2021 |
Films of Hope | Self | 2020 |
Ratched | Gwendolyn Briggs | 2020 |
The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
Stray Dolls | Una | 2020 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self | 2022 |
The Gilded Age | Ada Brook | 2022 |
And Just Like That... | Miranda Hobbes | 2021 |
Tailing Pond | Narrator | 2021 |
The Dorians Film Toast 2021 | Self - Presenter | 2021 |
Films of Hope | Self | 2020 |
Ratched | Gwendolyn Briggs | 2020 |
The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
Stray Dolls | Una | 2020 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
The Lavender Scare | Madeleine Tress (voice) / Self - Reader of Madeleine Tress' Materials | 2019 |
The Parting Glass | Mare | 2019 |
Maybe a Love Story | Toni | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Poetry in America with Elisa New | Self | 2018 |
Survivors Guide To Prison | Herself / Self | 2018 |
My Letter to the World | Emily Dickinson | 2017 |
The Only Living Boy in New York | Judith Webb | 2017 |
The 71st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2017 |
Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan | 2016 |
A Quiet Passion | Emily Dickinson | 2016 |
The Adderall Diaries | Jen Davis | 2016 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self / Miranda | 2015 |
James White | Gail White | 2015 |
Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Marcy Dargon | 2015 |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self - Interviewee / Interviewer | 2014 |
The Affair | Marilyn | 2014 |
5 Flights Up | Lily Portman | 2014 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self / Self - Guest | 2014 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Helene Fuld College Commencement Speech | 2014 |
Broad City | Barb | 2014 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Out List | Herself / Self | 2013 |
New Day | Self | 2013 |
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's | Miranda Hobbes | 2013 |
Alpha House | Senator Carly Armiston | 2013 |
Hannibal | Kade Prurnell | 2013 |
Girl Most Likely | Cynthia Nixon | 2012 |
World Without End | Petranilla | 2012 |
Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The 66th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 2012 |
Rampart | Barbara | 2011 |
The Chew | Herself | 2011 |
Too Big to Fail | Michele Davis | 2011 |
The Big C | Rebecca | 2010 |
Sex and the City 2 | Miranda Hobbes | 2010 |
Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | 2010 |
An Englishman in New York | Penny Arcade | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
Lymelife | Melissa Bragg | 2008 |
Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2008 |
Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | 2008 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Self | 2008 |
The Babysitters | Gail Beltran | 2008 |
American Greed | Self - Appeared in a WeatherVane Production | 2007 |
The 61st Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2007 |
Morning Joe | Self | 2007 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self - Guest / Self | 2007 |
3 lbs. | Dr. Karin Hanson | 2006 |
30 Rock | Cynthia Nixon | 2006 |
Me, Eloise | (voice) | 2006 |
Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
The 60th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter & Winner | 2006 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Little Manhattan | Leslie | 2005 |
One Last Thing... | Karen Jameison | 2005 |
Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt | 2005 |
Character Studies | Self | 2005 |
House | Anica Javanovich | 2004 |
Broadway: The American Musical | Self | 2004 |
Fashion News Live | Self | 2004 |
Tanner on Tanner | Alex Tanner | 2004 |
The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
TV Land's Top Ten | Self | 2004 |
Sex at 24 Frames Per Second | Miranda Hobbes | 2003 |
The Shakespeare Sessions | 2003 | |
Igby Goes Down | Mrs. Piggee | 2002 |
The 56th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2002 |
Mark Twain | (voice) / Other Voices | 2002 |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Amanda Rollins | 2001 |
Papa's Angels | Sharon Jenkins | 2000 |
Sex and the Matrix | Miranda Hobbes | 2000 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janis Donovan | 1999 |
Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
The Out-of-Towners | Sheena | 1999 |
Advice from a Caterpillar | Missy | 1999 |
Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | 1998 |
The View | Herself - Guest / Self / Herself | 1997 |
Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director | 1997 |
Early Edition | Sheila | 1996 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self - Guest / Self | 1996 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
Nash Bridges | Melissa | 1996 |
The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1995 |
The Outer Limits | Trudy | 1995 |
Touched by an Angel | Melina Richardson / Sarah | 1994 |
ER | Ellie Shore | 1994 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
Baby's Day Out | Gilbertine | 1994 |
Monty | Vivian Campbell | 1994 |
Addams Family Values | Heather | 1993 |
The Pelican Brief | Alice Stark | 1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself - Guest | 1993 |
HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
Getaway | Self - Celebrity Traveller | 1992 |
Face of a Stranger | Tina Foster / Tina | 1991 |
Love, Lies and Murder | Donna | 1991 |
The Love She Sought | Janet Raft | 1990 |
Law & Order | Laura Di Biasi | 1990 |
The Young Riders | Annie | 1989 |
Let It Ride | Evangeline | 1989 |
Gideon Oliver | Allison Parrish Slocum | 1989 |
Tanner '88 | Alex Tanner | 1988 |
The Murder of Mary Phagan | Doreen | 1988 |
The Manhattan Project | Jenny Anderman | 1986 |
The Equalizer | Jackie | 1985 |
O.C. and Stiggs | Michelle | 1985 |
Murder, She Wrote | Alice Morgan | 1984 |
Amadeus | Lorl | 1984 |
I Am the Cheese | Amy Hertz | 1983 |
My Body, My Child | Nancy | 1982 |
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Alice | 1982 |
American Playhouse | Shirley Talley / Sarah | 1982 |
Tattoo | Cindy | 1981 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
Prince of the City | Jeannie | 1981 |
CBS Schoolbreak Special | (voice) | 1980 |
Little Darlings | Sunshine | 1980 |
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley | Self | 1979 |
Working in the Theatre | Self | 1976 |
NBC Special Treat | Melissa | 1975 |
ABC Afterschool Specials | Melanie Gamble / Amy Cassidy | 1972 |
Director Filmography
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Producer Filmography
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Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2021 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role | Nominated |
2008 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Won |
2006 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2005 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2004 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2003 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2002 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2001 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |