Cynthia Nixon | |
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.jpg) Nixon in 2014 | |
| Born | Cynthia Ellen Nixon April 9, 1966 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Barnard College (BA) |
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| Years active | 1979–present |
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Christine Marinoni (m. 2012) |
| Partner | Danny Mozes (1988–2003) |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | cynthiafornewyork |
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 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and 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).
Nixon made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of The Philadelphia Story. She went on to receive two Tony Awards, the first for Best Actress in a Play for Rabbit Hole (2006) and the second for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Little Foxes (2017). Her other Broadway credits include The Real Thing (1983), Hurlyburly (1983), Indiscretions (1995), The Women (2001), and Wit (2012).
She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2008 and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for An Inconvenient Truth in 2009. She acted in the films Amadeus (1984), James White (2015), and A Quiet Passion (2016). She portrayed Eleanor Roosevelt in Warm Springs (2005), Michele Davis in Too Big to Fail (2011), and Nancy Reagan in Killing Reagan (2016). Her other television credits include The Big C (2010–2011), Ratched (2020), and The Gilded Age (2022–present).
In 2018, Nixon ran for Governor of New York as part of the Working Families Party challenging Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo. She lost the Democratic primary to Cuomo on September 13, 2018, with 34% of the vote to his 66%. Nixon has been an advocate for LGBT rights in the United States, particularly the right of same-sex marriage.[1][2] She met her wife at a 2002 gay rights rally, and announced her engagement at a rally for New York same-sex marriage in 2009.[3] She received the Visibility Award from the Human Rights Campaign in 2018.[4]
- ^ Gray, Sarah (March 19, 2018). "Here's What You Need to Know About Cynthia Nixon's History of Political Activism". Time. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ Nixon, Cynthia (July 1, 2015). "Cynthia Nixon on Marriage Equality: We Have to Keep Organizing Like Our Lives Depend On It". Variety. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ Warn, Sarah (May 18, 2009). "Cynthia Nixon Announces Her Engagement at New York Same-Sex Marriage Rally". AfterEllen. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.
- ^ Lambe, Stacy (February 1, 2018). "Cynthia Nixon to Be Honored by Human Rights Campaign at New York Gala". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on March 21, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2018.