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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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5 Flights Up

2014
as Lily Portman

A Quiet Passion

2016
as Emily Dickinson

Amadeus

1984
as Lorl

Baby's Day Out

1994
as Gilbertine

Face of a Stranger

1991
as Tina Foster

Fifth Of July

1982
as Shirley Talley

Girl Most Likely

2012
as Herself

Great Performers: Horror Show

2017
as The Ghost Bride

I Am The Cheese

1983
as Amy Hertz

Igby Goes Down

2002
as Mrs. Piggee

James White

2015
as Gail White

Killing Reagan

2016
as Nancy Reagan

Let It Ride

1989
as Evangeline

Little Darlings

1980
as Sunshine

Lymelife

2008
as Melissa Bragg

Mark Twain

2002
as (voice)

Marvin's Room

1996
as Retirement Home Director

O.C. and Stiggs

1985
as Michelle

One Last Thing...

2005
as Karen Jameison

Rampart

2011
as Barbara

Sex and the City

2008
as Miranda Hobbes

Sex and the City 2

2010
as Miranda Hobbes

Sex and the Matrix

2000
as Miranda Hobbes

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015
as Marcy Dargon

Stray Dolls

2020
as Una

Tattoo

1981
as Cindy

The Adderall Diaries

2016
as Jen Davis

The Babysitters

2007
as Gail Beltran

The Love She Sought

1990
as Janet Raft

The Manhattan Project

1986
as Jenny Anderman

The Out List

2013
as Herself

The Pelican Brief

1993
as Alice Stark

Through an Open Window

1992
as Nancy Cooper

Too Big to Fail

2011
as Michele Davis

Warm Springs

2005
as Eleanor Roosevelt

that's harrasment

2018
as Patient