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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).


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  • Cynthia Ellen Nixon
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Stray Dolls

2020
as Una

that's harrasment

2018
as Patient

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017
as The Ghost Bride

A Quiet Passion

2016
as Emily Dickinson

Killing Reagan

2016
as Nancy Reagan

The Adderall Diaries

2016
as Jen Davis

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015
as Marcy Dargon

James White

2015
as Gail White

5 Flights Up

2014
as Lily Portman

The Out List

2013
as Herself

Girl Most Likely

2012
as Herself

Too Big to Fail

2011
as Michele Davis

Rampart

2011
as Barbara

Sex and the City 2

2010
as Miranda Hobbes

Lymelife

2008
as Melissa Bragg

Sex and the City

2008
as Miranda Hobbes

The Babysitters

2007
as Gail Beltran

Warm Springs

2005
as Eleanor Roosevelt

One Last Thing...

2005
as Karen Jameison

Mark Twain

2002
as (voice)

Igby Goes Down

2002
as Mrs. Piggee

Sex and the Matrix

2000
as Miranda Hobbes

Marvin's Room

1996
as Retirement Home Director

Baby's Day Out

1994
as Gilbertine

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Alice Stark

Through an Open Window

1992
as Nancy Cooper

Face of a Stranger

1991
as Tina Foster

The Love She Sought

1990
as Janet Raft

Let It Ride

1989
as Evangeline

The Manhattan Project

1986
as Jenny Anderman

O.C. and Stiggs

1985
as Michelle

Amadeus

1984
as Lorl

I Am The Cheese

1983
as Amy Hertz

Fifth Of July

1982
as Shirley Talley

Tattoo

1981
as Cindy

Little Darlings

1980
as Sunshine