Biography
Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is an American actress, activist, and theater director. 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), as well as the television show And Just Like That... (2021–present). Her other film credits include Amadeus (1984), James White (2015), ...
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Complete Filmography
The Seven Year Disappear
2024
as Miriam
Naphtali’s mother, a world-famous performance artist, disappeared suddenly seven years ago. And yet, he sees her everywhere: in the faces of friends, ...

True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs
2022
A TV special that celebrates the stories and music that make us who we are. Offering a unique look at the history of the LGBTQ+ community in the Unite...

Keeping Company with Sondheim
2022
as Self
Filmed over two years, this new documentary takes an exclusive inside look at Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott’s creative process of bringing a ...

And Just Like That... The Documentary
2022
as Self
In the late ‘90s, “Sex and the City” took television by storm with its honest and hilarious perspective on love, relationships… and sex, earning legio...

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Claudia
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens is a celebration of the lives lost to AIDS told in free-verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score...

The Lavender Scare
2019
as Madeleine Tress (voice)
At the height of the Cold War, President Eisenhower deems homosexuals to be security risks. A vicious witch hunt ensues, ruining thousands of American...

Stray Dolls
2019
as Una
Riz is a recent South Asian immigrant who takes a job at a seedy motel in a bid to start over in America. But the motel’s other employees and guests p...

The Parting Glass
2018
as Mare
A family dealing with their sister's death travel across country to collect her belongings and piece together their memories of the woman they lost.

Maybe a Love Story
2018
as Toni
Virgílio’s quiet, predictable life unravels with one message: a breakup from a woman he doesn’t remember. As he searches for her, he’s swept into a jo...

Survivor's Guide to Prison
2018
as Self
Today, you're more likely to go to prison in the United States than anywhere else in the world. So in the unfortunate case it should happen to you - t...

That's Harassment
2018
as Patient
This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events.

Great Performers: Horror Show
2017
as The Ghost Bride
Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,...

The Only Living Boy in New York
2017
as Judith Webb
When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well.

My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson
2017
as Emily Dickinson (voice)
Poet Emily Dickinson, pigeonholed as the strange recluse since her death, takes you on a journey through the seasons of her life amid 1800s New Englan...

Killing Reagan
2016
as Nancy Reagan
Killing Reagan explores the events surrounding the assassination attempt on president Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. Based on the best-selling boo...

A Quiet Passion
2016
as Emily Dickinson
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

The Adderall Diaries
2016
as Jen Davis
Writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of ...

James White
2015
as Gail White
James White is a troubled twentysomething trying to stay afloat in a frenzied New York City. As he retreats further into a hedonistic lifestyle, his m...

Rasheeda Speaking
2015
Stage Director
This tense workplace thriller examines the realities of so-called “post-racial” America. Co-workers are driven apart by the machinations of their boss...

Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
as Marcy Dargon
A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

5 Flights Up
2014
as Lily Portman
A long-time married couple who've spent their lives together in the same New York apartment become overwhelmed by personal and real estate-related iss...

The Out List
2013
as Herself
Through the voices of Americans from all walks of life, The Out List explores the identities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community ...

Girl Most Likely
2012
as Cynthia Nixon
A failed New York playwright stages a suicide in an attempt to win back her ex, only to wind up in the custody of her gambling-addict mother.

Too Big to Fail
2011
as Michele Davis
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f...

Rampart
2011
as Barbara
The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own...

Sex and the City 2
2010
as Miranda Hobbes
Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda are all married now, but they're still up for a little fun in the sun. When Samantha gets the chance to visit one of th...

An Englishman in New York
2009
as Penny Arcade
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there un...

Lymelife
2008
as Melissa Bragg
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 1...

Sex and the City
2008
as Miranda Hobbes
A New York writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadver...

The Babysitters
2008
as Gail Beltran
Seventeen-year-old Shirley is a good student who works as a babysitter in order to make money for college. One night Michael, a father Shirley works f...

Little Manhattan
2005
as Leslie
Ten-year-old Gabe was just a normal kid growing up in Manhattan until Rosemary Telesco walked into his life, actually into his karate class. But befor...

One Last Thing...
2005
as Karen Jameison
Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to ...

Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today
2005
as Additional Voices
The Museum of the City of New York’s award-winning short documentary explores how New York City grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Afr...

Warm Springs
2005
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
The Politics of Docs
2004
as Self
A look at the subjects of Tanner ‘88 and Tanner on Tanner.
Why Tanner, Why Now?
2004
as Self
A look at the inspiration behind Tanner on Tanner.
On the Set: Alex’s Loft
2004
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.
On the Set: Elaine’s
2004
as Self
A behind the scenes look at the shooting of a scene for Tanner on Tanner.
The Shakespeare Sessions
2003
Major film and television stars re-enact famous scenes from the plays of William Shakespeare .

Igby Goes Down
2002
as Mrs. Piggee
Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophre...

The Women
2002
as Mary Haines
Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed. Filmed version of the 2001 Broadway revival with...

Mark Twain
2002
as (voice)
Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.

Papa's Angels
2000
as Sharon Jenkins
Arkansas furniture maker Grins Jenkins is a cheerful man and loving father to his five kids, as well as the life of every party in their small town. W...

Sex and the Matrix
2000
as Miranda Hobbes
A spoof created for the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, combining The Matrix and "Sex in the City".

The Out-of-Towners
1999
as Sheena
The adventures of married couple Henry and Nancy Clark, vexed by misfortune while in New York City for Henry's job interview.

Advice From a Caterpillar
1999
as Missy
When it comes to romance, Missy's attitude has always been whatever. After all, her artistic career is flourishing, her spacious New York City loft is...

Marvin's Room
1996
as Retirement Home Director
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
The 'M' Word
1996
When Sarah begins to have doubts about her impending marriage to longtime boyfriend Jake, smooth-talker Nick makes his move. Meanwhile, Sarah's friend...

The Cottonwood
1996
as Donna
Four friends get three million dollars and decide to construct a screenplay of 52 stolen scenes from the greatest movies ever made.

Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly!
1995
Documentary about the creation of the iconic Broadway show

Baby's Day Out
1994
as Gilbertine
Baby Bink couldn't ask for more: he has adoring (if somewhat sickly-sweet) parents, lives in a huge mansion, and he's just about to appear in the soci...

Addams Family Values
1993
as Heather
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from...

The Pelican Brief
1993
as Alice Stark
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings
1992
as The Granddaughter
This short comedy about the love of acting features a grandmother, daughter, and granddaughter in three different eras: first backstage at the Moscow ...

Through an Open Window
1992
as Nancy Cooper
A middle-aged suburban woman is haunted by what she believes to be a bird that is stuck in her house, convincing those around her that she has lost he...

Face of a Stranger
1991
as Tina Foster
After the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that she's now destitute. She may even have to leave their ap...

The Love She Sought
1990
as Janet Raft
An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bisho...
It's Richard I Love
1990
A neurotic love story.

Let It Ride
1989
as Evangeline
An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose, no matter how he be...

O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Michelle
O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, but they also plot against it. They seek rev...

The Manhattan Project
1986
as Jenny Anderman
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, wi...

Amadeus
1984
as Lorl
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese...

I Am The Cheese
1983
as Amy Hertz
Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family gra...

Fifth of July
1982
as Shirley Talley
Ken Talley, a Vietnam vet who lost his legs in combat, lives in a farmhouse in rural Missouri with his lover, Jed. Traumatized and bitter, Ken struggl...

My Body, My Child
1982
as Nancy
A woman must choose between having an abortion or giving birth to a deformed child.

Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
1982
as Alice
The adventures and misadventures of Tom and Huck on the Mississippi River in Missouri with their involvement when they fall in with a gang of con arti...

Tattoo
1981
as Cindy
Karl Kinsky, an unbalanced tattoo artist, becomes obsessed with Maddy, a model he meets when he is hired to body-paint several women for a photo shoot...

Prince of the City
1981
as Jeannie
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as lo...

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
1981
as Sue Ellen
Mark Twain tale of cowardly Confederate soldiers.

Little Darlings
1980
as Sunshine
Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.

Sex and the City: A Farewell
N/A
as Miranda Hobbs
In this alternative to a "the making of" on the super hit-sitcom "Sex and the City", which simply does not rely on special effects, various actors and...