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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2022
The Gilded Age
As: Ada Brook
- 2021
And Just Like That…
As: Miranda Hobbes
- 2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
As: Claudia
- 2020
Ratched
As: Gwendolyn Briggs
- 2019
The Lavender Scare
As: Madeleine Tress (voice)
- 2019
Stray Dolls
As: Una
- 2018
The Parting Glass
As: Mare
- 2018
Maybe a Love Story
As: Toni
- 2018
That's Harassment
As: Patient
- 2017
Great Performers: Horror Show
As: The Ghost Bride
- 2017
The Only Living Boy in New York
As: Judith Webb
- 2017
My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
As: Emily Dickinson (voice)
- 2016
Killing Reagan
As: Nancy Reagan
- 2016
A Quiet Passion
As: Emily Dickinson
- 2016
The Adderall Diaries
As: Jen Davis
- 2015
James White
As: Gail White
- 2015
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
As: Marcy Dargon
- 2014
5 Flights Up
As: Lily Portman
- 2014
Broad City
As: Barb
- 2013
Alpha House
As: Senator Carly Armiston
- 2013
Hannibal
As: Kade Prurnell
- 2012
Girl Most Likely
As: Cynthia Nixon
- 2012
World Without End
As: Petranilla
- 2011
Too Big to Fail
As: Michele Davis
- 2011
Rampart
As: Barbara
- 2010
The Big C
As: Rebecca
- 2010
Sex and the City 2
As: Miranda Hobbes
- 2009
An Englishman in New York
As: Penny Arcade
- 2008
Lymelife
As: Melissa Bragg
- 2008
Sex and the City
As: Miranda Hobbes
- 2008
The Babysitters
As: Gail Beltran
- 2006
3 LBS
As: Dr. Karin Hanson
- 2006
30 Rock
As: Cynthia Nixon
- 2006
Me, Eloise
As: (voice)
- 2005
Little Manhattan
As: Leslie
- 2005
One Last Thing...
As: Karen Jameison
- 2005
Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
As: Additional Voices
- 2005
Warm Springs
As: Eleanor Roosevelt
- 2004
House
As: Anica Javanovich
- 2004
Tanner on Tanner
As: Alex Tanner
- 2002
Igby Goes Down
As: Mrs. Piggee
- 2002
The Women
As: Mary Haines
- 2002
Mark Twain
As: (voice)
- 2002
Mark Twain
As: Other Voices (voice)
- 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Amanda Rollins
- 2000
Papa's Angels
As: Sharon Jenkins
- 2000
Sex and the Matrix
As: Miranda Hobbes
- 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Janis Donovan
- 1999
The Out-of-Towners
As: Sheena
- 1999
Advice From a Caterpillar
As: Missy
- 1998
Sex and the City
As: Miranda Hobbes
- 1996
Marvin's Room
As: Retirement Home Director
- 1996
The Cottonwood
As: Donna
- 1995
The Outer Limits
As: Trudy
- 1994
Touched by an Angel
As: Melina Richardson / Sarah
- 1994
ER
As: Ellie Shore
- 1994
Baby's Day Out
As: Gilbertine
- 1993
Addams Family Values
As: Heather
- 1993
The Pelican Brief
As: Alice Stark
- 1992
Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
As: The Granddaughter
- 1992
Through an Open Window
As: Nancy Cooper
- 1991
Face of a Stranger
As: Tina Foster
- 1991
Love, Lies and Murder
As: Donna
- 1990
The Love She Sought
As: Janet Raft
- 1990
Law & Order
As: Laura Di Biasi
- 1989
Let It Ride
As: Evangeline
- 1988
Tanner '88
As: Alex Tanner
- 1988
The Murder of Mary Phagan
As: Doreen
- 1987
O.C. and Stiggs
As: Michelle
- 1986
The Manhattan Project
As: Jenny Anderman
- 1985
The Equalizer
As: Jackie
- 1984
Murder, She Wrote
As: Alice Morgan
- 1984
Amadeus
As: Lorl
- 1983
I Am The Cheese
As: Amy Hertz
- 1982
Fifth of July
As: Shirley Talley
- 1982
My Body, My Child
As: Nancy
- 1982
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
As: Alice
- 1981
Tattoo
As: Cindy
- 1981
Prince of the City
As: Jeannie
- 1981
The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
As: Sue Ellen
- 1980
Little Darlings
As: Sunshine