---
name: "Cynthia Nixon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cynthia-nixon"
fi1m_id: "cynthia-nixon"
imdb_id: "nm0633223"
tmdb_id: 38024
wikidata_id: "Q228725"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T05:37:45.273902+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cynthia Nixon

## Identity

Cynthia Nixon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cynthia-nixon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cynthia-nixon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0633223
- **TMDB ID:** 38024
- **Wikidata ID:** Q228725
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38024

Actor. Born 9 April 1966 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1984–2008
- **Also known as:** Cynthia Ellen Nixon
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 91 (1), 1990s 70 (2), 2000s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Family 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $753m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynthia_Nixon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228725, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0633223/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38024

## Biography

Cynthia Nixon is an American actress, activist and theatre director. Born on 9 April 1966 in New York City, she attended Hunter College High School and graduated from Barnard College with a BA in English literature. She made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of The Philadelphia Story and has appeared in numerous stage productions including The Real Thing, Hurlyburly and Wit.

Nixon is best known for playing Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010). Her other film credits include Amadeus (1984), The Pelican Brief (1993) and A Quiet Passion (2016). She has received two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards and a Grammy Award.

Nixon has also directed for the stage and appeared in television roles including in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Hannibal. In 2018 she ran as a Democratic candidate for Governor of New York.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Sex and the City* (2008), Fi1m 54, as Miranda Hobbes — [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-the-city.md)
- *House* (2004), Fi1m 78, as Anica Javanovich — [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), Fi1m 78, as Heather — [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), Fi1m 63, as Alice Stark — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)
- *Amadeus* (1984), Fi1m 91, as Lorl — [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)

## Complete filmography (97)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Seven Year Disappear* (2024), as Miriam
- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, as Ada Brook
- *And Just Like That…* (2021), series, as Miranda Hobbes · Executive Producer, Director
- *Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens* (2020), as Claudia
- *Ratched* (2020), series, as Gwendolyn Briggs
- *The Lavender Scare* (2019), as Madeleine Tress (voice)
- *Stray Dolls* (2019), as Una
- *The Parting Glass* (2018), as Mare
- *Maybe a Love Story* (2018), as Toni
- *That's Harassment* (2018), as Patient
- *Great Performers: Horror Show* (2017), as The Ghost Bride
- *The Only Living Boy in New York* (2017), as Judith Webb
- *My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson* (2017), as Emily Dickinson (voice)
- *Killing Reagan* (2016), as Nancy Reagan
- *A Quiet Passion* (2016), as Emily Dickinson
- *The Adderall Diaries* (2016), as Jen Davis
- *James White* (2015), as Gail White
- *Rasheeda Speaking* (2015), Stage Director
- *Stockholm, Pennsylvania* (2015), as Marcy Dargon
- *The Affair* (2014), series, as Marilyn
- *5 Flights Up* (2014), as Lily Portman
- *Broad City* (2014), series, as Barb — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/broad-city.md)
- *Alpha House* (2013), series, as Senator Carly Armiston
- *Hannibal* (2013), series, as Kade Prurnell — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/hannibal-2013.md)
- *Girl Most Likely* (2012), as Cynthia Nixon
- *World Without End* (2012), series, as Petranilla
- *Too Big to Fail* (2011), as Michele Davis
- *Rampart* (2011), as Barbara
- *The Big C* (2010), series, as Rebecca
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), as Miranda Hobbes
- *An Englishman in New York* (2009), as Penny Arcade
- *Lymelife* (2008), as Melissa Bragg
- *Sex and the City* (2008), as Miranda Hobbes — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sex-and-the-city.md)
- *The Babysitters* (2008), as Gail Beltran
- *3 lbs* (2006), series, as Dr. Karin Hanson
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Cynthia Nixon — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Me, Eloise* (2006), series, as (voice)
- *Little Manhattan* (2005), as Leslie
- *One Last Thing...* (2005), as Karen Jameison
- *Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today* (2005), as Additional Voices
- *Warm Springs* (2005), as Eleanor Roosevelt
- *House* (2004), series, as Anica Javanovich — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *Tanner on Tanner* (2004), series, as Alex Tanner
- *The Shakespeare Sessions* (2003), Actor
- *Igby Goes Down* (2002), as Mrs. Piggee
- *The Women* (2002), as Mary Haines
- *Mark Twain* (2002), as (voice)
- *Mark Twain* (2002), series, as Other Voices (voice)
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Amanda Rollins
- *Papa's Angels* (2000), as Sharon Jenkins
- *Sex and the Matrix* (2000), as Miranda Hobbes
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Janis Donovan
- *The Out-of-Towners* (1999), as Sheena
- *Advice From a Caterpillar* (1999), as Missy
- *Sex and the City* (1998), series, as Miranda Hobbes
- *Marvin's Room* (1996), as Retirement Home Director
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, as Sheila
- *Nash Bridges* (1996), series, as Melissa
- *The 'M' Word* (1996), as Cara
- *The Cottonwood* (1996), as Donna
- *Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!* (1995), Actor
- *New York News* (1995), series, Actor
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Trudy
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Melina Richardson / Sarah
- *ER* (1994), series, as Ellie Shore — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Baby's Day Out* (1994), as Gilbertine
- *Addams Family Values* (1993), as Heather — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/addams-family-values.md)
- *The Pelican Brief* (1993), as Alice Stark — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pelican-brief.md)
- *Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings* (1992), as The Granddaughter
- *Through an Open Window* (1992), as Nancy Cooper
- *Face of a Stranger* (1991), as Tina Foster
- *Love, Lies and Murder* (1991), series, as Donna
- *The Love She Sought* (1990), as Janet Raft
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Laura Di Biasi — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Women and Wallace* (1990), as Sarah
- *Let It Ride* (1989), as Evangeline
- *Gideon Oliver* (1989), series, as Allison Parrish Slocum
- *It's Richard I Love* (1988), Actor
- *Tanner '88* (1988), series, as Alex Tanner
- *The Murder of Mary Phagan* (1988), series, as Doreen
- *O.C. and Stiggs* (1987), as Michelle
- *The Manhattan Project* (1986), as Jenny Anderman
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Jackie
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Alice Morgan
- *Amadeus* (1984), as Lorl — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/amadeus.md)
- *I Am the Cheese* (1983), as Amy Hertz
- *Fifth of July* (1982), as Shirley Talley
- *My Body, My Child* (1982), as Nancy
- *Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn* (1982), as Alice
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Shirley Talley, Sarah
- *Tattoo* (1981), as Cindy
- *Prince of the City* (1981), as Jeannie
- *The Private History of a Campaign That Failed* (1981), as Sue Ellen
- *On The Level* (1980), series, Actor
- *Little Darlings* (1980), as Sunshine
- *Sex and the City: A Farewell*, as Miranda Hobbs
- *Ratched*, as Gwendolyn Briggs

## Gallery

- ![Cynthia Nixon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-d40a8d9f1ae8.jpg) Cynthia Nixon at the Opening Night of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" on Broadway, 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/CynthiaNixon-byPhilipRomano2.jpg/1280px-CynthiaNixon-byPhilipRomano2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cynthia Nixon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of An Englishman in New York. Photographer's blog post about the event at which this photo was ](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-1ff4054ea276.jpg) Cynthia Nixon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of An Englishman in New York. Photographer's blog post about the event at which this photo was  — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Cynthia_Nixon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Cynthia_Nixon_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Grand Central Terminal's official 100-year anniversary celebration took place on February 1, 2013. This photo shows TV star and noted New Yorker Cynthia Nixon. ](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-9415c10990c8.jpg) Grand Central Terminal's official 100-year anniversary celebration took place on February 1, 2013. This photo shows TV star and noted New Yorker Cynthia Nixon.  — Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Cynthia_Nixon_-_Grand_Central_Terminal_100_Years_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cynthia Nixon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of An Englishman in New York. Photographer's blog post about the event at which this photo was ](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-c7954b109dc1.jpg) Cynthia Nixon at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival for the premiere of An Englishman in New York. Photographer's blog post about the event at which this photo was  — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Cynthia_Nixon_2009_portrait.jpg/1280px-Cynthia_Nixon_2009_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-d5b117356ce5.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-f60f462f5549.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-9831b5e96952.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB
- ![WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Cynthia Nixon (L) and Christine Marinoni attend the Yahoo News/ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party at Wa (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-6d90e71b2798.jpg) WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: Cynthia Nixon (L) and Christine Marinoni attend the Yahoo News/ABCNews Pre-White House Correspondents' dinner reception pre-party at Wa (2014) — Yahoo from Sunnyvale, California, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Cynthia_Nixon_and_Christine_Marinoni_2014.jpg/1280px-Cynthia_Nixon_and_Christine_Marinoni_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cynthia Nixon as Honorary Chair of the The Imperial Court of New York's annual Night of a Thousand Gowns Coronation Ball in Times Square. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-561c3b4f934d.jpg) Cynthia Nixon as Honorary Chair of the The Imperial Court of New York's annual Night of a Thousand Gowns Coronation Ball in Times Square. (2008) — Ronald Kennedy from New Jersey, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Cynthia_Nixon_RK.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-871c65da3850.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-f6b3fd515d77.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB
- ![Cynthia Nixon](https://film.one/media/person/361216/gallery-255a26547a11.jpg) Cynthia Nixon — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 2008: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (won), for *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*
- 2004: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Sex and the City*

### Other awards — 3 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2012: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 2006: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (won)
- Lucy Award 1999: Lucy Award (won)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1995: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)
- Theatre World Award 1981: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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