Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966 in New York City) is an American actor and activist best known for Sex and the City, Amadeus, and James White.
She is openly bisexual, having had a relationship with Danny Mozes, and is currently married to Christine Marinoni. She has three children, two with Mozes and one with Marinoni.
Nixon ran for the governorship of New York in 2018, losing the Democratic primary to incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Filmography:
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Film roles
- Little Darlings as Sunshine Walker
- Tattoo as Cindy
- Prince of the City as Jeannie
- I Am the Cheese as Amy Hertz
- Amadeus as Lorl
- The Manhattan Project as Jenny Anderman
- OC And Stiggs as Michelle
- The Murder Of Mary Phagan as Doreen
- Let It Ride as Evangeline
- The Pelican Brief as Alice Stark
- Addams Family Values as Heather
- Baby's Day Out as Gilbertine
- Marvin's Room as Retirement Home Director
- Igby Goes Down as Mrs. Piggee
- Little Manhattan as Leslie Burton
- One Last Thing as Carol
- The Babysitters as Gail Beltran
- Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
- Sex and the City 2 as Miranda Hobbes
- Lymelife as Melissa Bragg
- An Englishman In New York as Penny Arcade
- Rampart as Barbara
- Five Flights Up as Lilly
- Stockholm Pennsylvania as Marcy Dargon
- James White as Gail White
- The Adderall Diaries as Jen Davis
- A Quiet Passion as Emily Dickinson
- The Only Living Boy In New York as Judith Webb
- The Parting Glass as Mare
- Stray Dolls as Una
Television roles
- Tanner 88 as Alex Tanner
- Tanner On Tanner as Alex Tanner
- Gideon Oliver as Allison Parrish Slocum (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Jackie (1 episode)
- The Young Riders as Annie (2 episodes)
- Law & Order as Laura di Biasi (1 episode)
- Love, Lies and Murder as Donna
- Murder, She Wrote as Alice Morgan (1 episode)
- Early Edition as Sheila (1 episode)
- Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes
- The Outer Limits (1995) as Trudy (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Melina Richardson/Sister Sarah (1 episode)
- ER as Ellie (1 episode)
- Warm Springs as Eleanor Roosevelt (TV Movie)
- House as Anica Jovanovich (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Janis Donovan (1 episode)
- The Big C as Rebecca (10 episodes)
- Too Big to Fail as Michele Davis (TV Movie)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Amanda Rollins (1 episode)
- World Without End as Petronilla
- 30 Rock As Herself (1 episode)
- Alpha House as Sen. Carly Armiston (6 episodes)
- Hannibal as Kade Prurnell (4 episodes)
- The Affair as Marilyn (1 episode)
- Broad City as Barb (1 episode)
- Killing Reagan as Nancy Reagan (TV Movie)
- Ratched as Gwendolyn Briggs
- The Gilded Age as Ada Brook
