Cynthia Nixon

Born 1966 · American actress and politician

Cynthia Nixon is an American actress, activist, and theatre director. She has received various accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Grammy Award, making her one of the few actresses to have won three of the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). She has also been nominated for six Golden Globe Awards. Nixon is best known for her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004) and films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the television show And Just Like That... (2021–2025).

Cynthia Nixon, in order

1980 Little Darlings: acted · directed by Ronald F. Maxwell
1981 Prince of the City: acted · directed by Sidney Lumet · critics 93%, audiences 81%
1981 Tattoo: acted · directed by Bob Brooks
1983 I Am the Cheese: acted · directed by Robert Jiras
1984 Amadeus: acted · directed by Miloš Forman · critics 90%, audiences 95%
1985 O.C. and Stiggs: acted · directed by Robert Altman · critics 57%, audiences 51%
1986 The Manhattan Project: acted · directed by Marshall Brickman
1989 Let It Ride: acted · directed by Joe Pytka
1990 Law & Order (TV series): acted · audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Netflix
1993 Addams Family Values: acted · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · critics 75%, audiences 64% · streaming on Paramount+
1993 The Pelican Brief: acted · directed by Alan J. Pakula · critics 59%, audiences 61%
1993 Through an Open Window (short film): acted · directed by Eric Mendelsohn
1994 Baby's Day Out: acted · directed by Patrick Read Johnson
1996 Marvin's Room: acted · directed by Jerry Zaks · critics 81%, audiences 63% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
1998 Sex and the City (TV series): acted
1999 The Out-of-Towners: acted · directed by Sam Weisman
2001 Mark Twain: acted · directed by Ken Burns
2002 Igby Goes Down: acted · directed by Burr Steers · critics 77%, audiences 80% · streaming on Prime Video, MGM+, Hoopla
2004 House M.D. (TV series): acted · directed by Bill Johnson and Bryan Singer
2004 Tanner on Tanner (TV movie): acted · directed by Robert Altman
2005 Little Manhattan: acted · directed by Mark Levin
2005 One Last Thing...: acted · directed by Alex Steyermark
2005 Warm Springs (TV movie): acted · directed by Joseph Sargent
2007 The Babysitters: acted · directed by David Ross
2008 Lymelife: acted · directed by Derick Martini · critics 63%, audiences 52% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
2008 Sex and the City: acted · directed by Michael Patrick King
2009 An Englishman in New York: acted · directed by Richard Laxton
2010 Sex and the City 2: acted · directed by Michael Patrick King
2011 Rampart: acted · directed by Oren Moverman
2011 Too Big to Fail (TV movie): acted · directed by Curtis Hanson
2011 Treasures of New York (TV series): acted
2012 World Without End (TV movie): acted · directed by Michael Caton-Jones
2013 Alpha House (TV series): acted
2013 The Out List: acted · directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
2014 5 Flights Up: acted · directed by Richard Loncraine
2015 James White: acted · directed by Josh Mond
2015 Stockholm, Pennsylvania: acted · directed by Nikole Beckwith
2015 The Adderall Diaries: acted · directed by Pamela Romanowsky
2016 A Quiet Passion: acted · directed by Terence Davies
2017 The Lavender Scare: acted · critics 95%
2017 The Only Living Boy in New York: acted · directed by Marc Webb
2018 The Parting Glass: acted · directed by Stephen Moyer
2020 Ratched (TV series): acted · critics 61%, audiences 69% · streaming on Netflix
2021 And Just Like That... (TV series): acted
2022 The Gilded Age (TV series): acted · directed by Michael Engler and Salli Richardson
2023–26 Celebrity Jeopardy! (TV series): acted