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Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress and liberal 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).


Aliases
  • Cynthia Ellen Nixon
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Sex and the City

1998
as Miranda Hobbes

Ratched

2020
as Gwendolyn Briggs

Sex and the City

2008
as Miranda Hobbes

And Just Like That...

2021
as Miranda Hobbes

Sex and the City 2

2010
as Miranda Hobbes

The Gilded Age

2022
as Ada Brook

Baby's Day Out

1994
as Gilbertine

World Without End

2012
as Petranilla

The Big C

2010
as Rebecca

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Alice Stark

Amadeus

1984
as Lorl

A Quiet Passion

2016
as Emily Dickinson

Mark Twain

2002
as (voice)

Igby Goes Down

2002
as Mrs. Piggee

The Adderall Diaries

2016
as Jen Davis

Lymelife

2008
as Melissa Bragg

The Babysitters

2007
as Gail Beltran

O.C. and Stiggs

1985
as Michelle

Tattoo

1981
as Cindy

Mark Twain

2002
as Other Voices

Through an Open Window

1992
as Nancy Cooper

Sex and the Matrix

2000
as Miranda Hobbes

Fifth Of July

1982
as Shirley Talley

that's harrasment

2018
as Patient

Marvin's Room

1996
as Retirement Home Director

Little Darlings

1980
as Sunshine

The Love She Sought

1990
as Janet Raft

Girl Most Likely

2012
as Herself

Tanner on Tanner

2004
as Alex Tanner

Tanner '88

1988
as Alex Tanner

The Manhattan Project

1986
as Jenny Anderman

The Out List

2013
as Herself

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015
as Marcy Dargon

5 Flights Up

2014
as Lily Portman

Stray Dolls

2020
as Una

Rampart

2011
as Barbara

Face of a Stranger

1991
as Tina Foster

One Last Thing...

2005
as Karen Jameison

Warm Springs

2005
as Eleanor Roosevelt

I Am The Cheese

1983
as Amy Hertz

James White

2015
as Gail White

Let It Ride

1989
as Evangeline

Too Big to Fail

2011
as Michele Davis

Killing Reagan

2016
as Nancy Reagan

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017
as The Ghost Bride

Director

Episode And Just Like That...
Bomb Cyclone
2023
Episode And Just Like That...
Diwali
2022
Episode And Just Like That...
Trick or Treat
2023

Guest Star

Episode The Daily Show
Cynthia Nixon
2018
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Cynthia Nixon & Kim Petras
2023
Episode Early Edition
Baby
1996
Episode House
Deception
2005
Episode Law & Order
Subterranean Homeboy Blues
1990
Episode Alpha House
Prayer Brunch
2013
Episode Broad City
2016
2016
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Patti Lupone and Cynthia Nixon
2022
Episode Alpha House
Showgirls
2014
Episode Today
November 9, 2015
2015
Episode The Equalizer
Silent Fury
1989
Episode The Outer Limits (1995)
Alien Radio (a.k.a. Dead Air)
1999
Episode Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Sharon Stone, Sarah Paulson & Cynthia Nixon
2020
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Threshold of Fear
1993
Episode Variety: Actors on Actors
Zendaya, Andrew Garfield and more
2022
Episode The Young Riders
Gathering Clouds (2)
1990
Episode The Young Riders
Gathering Clouds (1)
1990
Episode Poetry In America
I Cannot Dance Opon My Toes - Emily Dickinson
2018
Episode Alpha House
No Shame
2013
Episode 30 Rock
Kidnapped by Danger
2012
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Cynthia Nixon/John Spencer/Al Green
2005
Episode The Graham Norton Show
Episode 5
2008
Episode Alpha House
In the Saddle
2014
Episode Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Kevin Spacey, Cynthia Nixon, Brian Kiley
2008
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Glass Animals
2021
Episode Hannibal
Mizumono
2014
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Alternate
2007
Episode Hannibal
Kaiseki
2014
Episode New York News
The Using Game
1970
Episode Hannibal
Sakizuke
2014
Episode The Daily Show
Cynthia Nixon
2003
Episode The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Patti LaBelle/Cynthia Nixon
2004
Episode Today
November 5, 2014
2014
Episode Touched by an Angel
Into the Fire
1999
Episode Hannibal
Hassun
2014
Episode Alpha House
The Rebuttal
2013
Episode 3 Lbs.
Disarming
2006
Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
Sex and the City Cast Reunion
2008
Episode Today
April 30, 2015
2015
Episode Monty
Pilot
1970