Cynthia Nixon is an Emmy®, Tony®, and Grammy® Award–winning actor, director, and producer whose career spans more than four decades in film, television, and theater. Best known for her work as ‘Miranda Hobbes’ in HBO's series Sex and the City, which earned her the first of two Emmy® Awards, Nixon also starred in, directed, and served as an EP on the show’s sequel And Just Like That…. She also stars in HBO's award nominated The Gilded Age, renewed for a fourth season in July 2025. Making her Broadway debut at 14 in The Philadelphia Story, Nixon has appeared in more than 40 plays, including 13 on Broadway. She previously appeared at the Helen Hayes in Alfred Uhry’s The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Nixon has earned four Tony nominations, winning for David Lindsay-Abaire’s Rabbit Hole and Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes. Recent stage work includes Jordan Seavey’s The Seven Year Disappear, where she played eight characters to critical acclaim. She has also directed productions for The New Group and other companies, earning multiple award nominations. Nixon’s memorable screen roles include Little Darlings; Amadeus; Stockholm, Pennsylvania; and Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion, in which she played Emily Dickinson. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Netflix’s Ratched and praise for portraying Nancy Reagan in Killing Reagan. Politically active for decades on abortion access, cancer awareness, public school funding, and LBGTQ equality, Nixon ran for Governor of NY State in 2018. She lives in New York City with her wife, Christine Marinoni. They have three children.
