

Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances

The Lavender Scare
as Madeleine Tress (voice)

Stray Dolls
as Una

The Parting Glass
as Mare

Maybe a Love Story
as Toni

Survivor's Guide to Prison
as Self

That's Harassment
as Patient

Great Performers: Horror Show
as The Ghost Bride

The Only Living Boy in New York
as Judith Webb

My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
as Emily Dickinson (voice)

Killing Reagan
as Nancy Reagan

A Quiet Passion
as Emily Dickinson

The Adderall Diaries
as Jen Davis

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

Lymelife
as Melissa Bragg

Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was
as Self

The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City'
as Self

Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City
as Self

Sex and the City
as Miranda Hobbes

The Babysitters
as Gail Beltran

Little Manhattan
as Leslie

One Last Thing...
as Karen Jameison

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

Warm Springs
as Eleanor Roosevelt
The Politics of Docs
as Self
Why Tanner, Why Now?
as Self
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
as Self
On the Set: Elaine’s
as Self
The Shakespeare Sessions

Igby Goes Down
as Mrs. Piggee

The Women
as Mary Haines

Mark Twain
as (voice)

Papa's Angels
as Sharon Jenkins

Sex and the Matrix
as Miranda Hobbes

The Out-of-Towners
as Sheena

Advice From a Caterpillar
as Missy

Marvin's Room
as Retirement Home Director
The 'M' Word
as Cara

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

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
as The Granddaughter

Through an Open Window
as Nancy Cooper

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
as Sue Ellen

Little Darlings
as Sunshine