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Alternate Names: Синтия Никсон, Cynthia Ellen Nixon, 欣希雅·尼克森
Physical Characteristics: N/A
Career
First Appearances: - Little Darlings (1980) as Sunshine
Most Important Roles: - Amadeus (1984) as Lorl
- Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today (2005) as Additional Voices
- Sex and the City (2008) as Miranda Hobbes
- The Manhattan Project (1986) as Jenny Anderman
- Baby's Day Out (1994) as Gilbertine
- Lymelife (2008) as Melissa Bragg
- Little Darlings (1980) as Sunshine
- O.C. and Stiggs (1987) as Michelle
- Marvin's Room (1996) as Retirement Home Director
- The Babysitters (2008) as Gail Beltran
Career Highlights: - Amadeus (1984)
- Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today (2005)
- Sex and the City (2008)
- The Manhattan Project (1986)
- Baby's Day Out (1994)
- Lymelife (2008)
- Little Darlings (1980)
- O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
- Marvin's Room (1996)
- The Babysitters (2008)
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 CFCA Award - Best Supporting Actress (2015)
- Won Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (2008)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (2005)
- Won Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2004)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2003)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2002)
- Nominated for 1 FFCC Award - Best Actress (2017)
- Won Vito Russo Award (2010)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role (2021)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2006)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (2004)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (2003)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (2001)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (2023)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2016)
- Nominated for 1 Satellite Award - Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television (2005)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Comedy or Musical (2003)
- Won Grammy - Best Spoken Word Album (2009)
- Nominated for 1 Independent Spirit Award - Best Supporting Female (2016)
- Nominated for 1 NSFC Award - Best Actress (2018)
Full 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), and playing Emily Dickinson in A Quiet Passion (2016).
Nixon made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of The Philadelphia Story. Her other Broadway credits include The Real Thing (1983), Hurlyburly (1983), Indiscretions (1995), The Women (2001), and Wit (2012). She won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Rabbit Hole, the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for An Inconvenient Truth, and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Little Foxes. Her other television roles include playing political figures Eleanor Roosevelt , Kade Prenall in NBC Hannibal Warm Springs (2005), Michele Davis in Too Big to Fail (2011), and playing Nancy Reagan in the 2016 television film Killing Reagan. In 2020, she appeared in the Netflix drama Ratched.
On March 19, 2018, Nixon announced her campaign for Governor of New York as a challenger to Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo. Her platform focused on income inequality, renewable energy, establishing universal health care, stopping mass incarceration in the United States, and protecting undocumented children from deportation. She lost in the Democratic primary to Cuomo on September 13, 2018, with 34% of the vote to his 66%. Nixon was nominated as the gubernatorial candidate for the Working Families Party; the party threw its support to Cuomo after Nixon lost in the Democratic primary.
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