Cynthia Nixon

ActorDirectorProducerDirecting Apr 9 (age 59) New York City, New York, USA 1971–2024 (53 year career)

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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), …

Known For

Film

Amadeus

Lorl

Film

Sex and the City

Miranda Hobbes

Film

Addams Family Values

Heather

Film

Ratched

Gwendolyn Briggs

Film

Sex and the City

Miranda Hobbes

Film

The Pelican Brief

Alice Stark

Film

Little Manhattan

Leslie

Film

Baby's Day Out

Gilbertine

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (70)

The Seven Year Disappear

2024

as Miriam

And Just Like That... The Documentary

2022

as Self

6.7

True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs

2022

as Self

10.0

Keeping Company with Sondheim

2022

as Self

9.0

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Claudia

The Lavender Scare

2019

as Madeleine Tress (voice)

5.6

Stray Dolls

2019

as Una

4.2

Survivor's Guide to Prison

as Self

The Parting Glass

as Mare

That's Harassment

as Patient

Maybe a Love Story

as Toni

My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson

2017

as Emily Dickinson (voice)

7.5

The Only Living Boy in New York

as Judith Webb

A Quiet Passion

as Emily Dickinson

The Adderall Diaries

as Jen Davis

Killing Reagan

as Nancy Reagan

James White

as Gail White

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

as Marcy Dargon

5 Flights Up

as Lily Portman

The Out List

as Herself

Girl Most Likely

as Cynthia Nixon

Too Big to Fail

as Michele Davis

Rampart

as Barbara

Sex and the City 2

as Miranda Hobbes

An Englishman in New York

as Penny Arcade

Sex and the City

as Miranda Hobbes

The Babysitters

as Gail Beltran

Lymelife

as Melissa Bragg

Warm Springs

as Eleanor Roosevelt

Little Manhattan

as Leslie

One Last Thing...

as Karen Jameison

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today

2005

as Additional Voices

The Politics of Docs

2004

as Self

On the Set: Alex’s Loft

2004

as Self

On the Set: Elaine’s

2004

as Self

Why Tanner, Why Now?

2004

as Self

The Shakespeare Sessions

Igby Goes Down

as Mrs. Piggee

Mark Twain

as (voice)

The Women

as Mary Haines

Sex and the Matrix

2000

as Miranda Hobbes

6.4

Papa's Angels

2000

as Sharon Jenkins

The Out-of-Towners

1999

as Sheena

5.8

Advice From a Caterpillar

1999

as Missy

3.6

Marvin's Room

1996

as Retirement Home Director

The 'M' Word

The Cottonwood

as Donna

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!

Baby's Day Out

as Gilbertine

Addams Family Values

as Heather

The Pelican Brief

as Alice Stark

Through an Open Window

1992

as Nancy Cooper

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings

1992

as The Granddaughter

Face of a Stranger

as Tina Foster

The Love She Sought

as Janet Raft

Women and Wallace

as Sarah

Let It Ride

as Evangeline

It's Richard I Love

O.C. and Stiggs

as Michelle

The Manhattan Project

as Jenny Anderman

Amadeus

as Lorl

I Am The Cheese

as Amy Hertz

Fifth of July

as Shirley Talley

My Body, My Child

as Nancy

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

as Alice

Tattoo

as Cindy

Prince of the City

as Jeannie

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

1981

as Sue Ellen

Little Darlings

1980

as Sunshine

6.5

Sex and the City: A Farewell

as Miranda Hobbs

10.0

Television (49)

The Gilded Age

as Ada Brook

Celebrity Jeopardy!

as Self

And Just Like That…

as Miranda Hobbes

Ratched

as Gwendolyn Briggs

Stars in the House

as Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

as Self

6.4

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.1

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Broad City

as Barb

The Affair

as Marilyn

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Hannibal

as Kade Prurnell

Alpha House

as Senator Carly Armiston

World Without End

as Petranilla

The Big C

as Rebecca

Who Do You Think You Are?

2010

as Self

6.6

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

as Self - Guest

5.1

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

30 Rock

as Cynthia Nixon

3 lbs

as Dr. Karin Hanson

Me, Eloise

as (voice)

House

as Anica Javanovich

The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

Tanner on Tanner

as Alex Tanner

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Mark Twain

2002

as Other Voices (voice)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Amanda Rollins

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Janis Donovan

The Early Show

as Self

Sex and the City

as Miranda Hobbes

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Nash Bridges

as Melissa

Early Edition

as Sheila

The Outer Limits

as Trudy

New York News

as Ellie Shore

Touched by an Angel

as Melina Richardson / Sarah

GMTV

as Self

Intimate Portrait

as Self

Love, Lies and Murder

as Donna

Law & Order

as Laura Di Biasi

Gideon Oliver

as Allison Parrish Slocum

5.5

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Tanner '88

as Alex Tanner

The Murder of Mary Phagan

as Doreen

The Equalizer

as Jackie

Murder, She Wrote

as Alice Morgan

Great Performances

as Self

Crew (3)

Movies (1)

Rasheeda Speaking

2015

Stage Director

Television (2)

And Just Like That…

Director

And Just Like That…

Executive Producer