Cynthia Nixon

Birthday: 9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name: Cynthia Ellen Nixon

Height: 170 cm

Cynthia Nixon was born in New York City on April 9, 1966, to Anne Elizabeth Knoll, an actress, and Walter E. Nixon, Jr., a radio journalist. She has German and English ancestry. Nixon made a memorable film debut in Little Darlings (1980). Her Broadway credits include "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," "Indiscretions," "Angels in America," "The Heidi Chronicles," and "The Women," and she managed to appear in both "Hurlyburly" and "The Real Thing" at the same time. Her stage honors include winning a Theatre World Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award and a Tony Award. She is also a founding member of Drama Dept., a New York-based theater company. She had been a working, though mostly unknown, actress for almost 20 years when she hit the big time with her role on HBO's Sex and the City (1998), where the naturally blond Nixon played red-haired workaholic lawyer Miranda Hobbes. Show less «

I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the cl...Show more »

I never felt like there was an unconscious part of me around that woke up or that came out of the closet; there wasn't a struggle, there wasn't an attempt to suppress. I met this woman, I fell in love with her, and I'm a public figure. Show less «

I'm fairly out of the loop when it comes to pop culture.

I find the baby thing very, very easy. It's a no-brainer.

Sex and the City (1998) has big fantasy elements, we're not trying to be role models. We look great ...Show more »

Sex and the City (1998) has big fantasy elements, we're not trying to be role models. We look great so much of the time - we never have on the same outfit twice. But, frankly, most of my single friends complain endlessly that there are no men out there - so the idea that there's some fabulous guy round every corner is fantastical. It's a comedy! Who would take a social satire literally? Did anyone take Charlie's Angels (1976) literally?". Show less «

Motherhood is the only thing in my life that I've really known for sure is something I wanted to do.

[re materialism in Sex and the City (1998)] It's an aspect of the show I never liked. I remember whe...Show more »

[re materialism in Sex and the City (1998)] It's an aspect of the show I never liked. I remember when we screened the first movie in London, when Mr. Big shows Carrie that closet he's built for her and the entire audience clapped. I found that devastating. Maybe that's a strong word, but I was disheartened. Because I thought: 'Is this what these women in the audience think true love is? A man who has enough money to buy you a walk-in closet?' Show less «

I'm a very big public school advocate. I try to bring public awareness to increase funding. My kids ...Show more »

I'm a very big public school advocate. I try to bring public awareness to increase funding. My kids go to public school. I grew up here [in New York], went to public school, got a great education. It wasn't a tough decision. Show less «

"I gotta feel like Eleanor Roosevelt was about as anti-Miranda as you can get. I guess I don't want ...Show more »

"I gotta feel like Eleanor Roosevelt was about as anti-Miranda as you can get. I guess I don't want to do things that strike me as very Miranda". Show less «

Married people are the enemy, they either pity you or they envy you. Marriage is something that can ...Show more »

Married people are the enemy, they either pity you or they envy you. Marriage is something that can take you off your path. Show less «

My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that...Show more »

My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy. [on being asked by The New York Daily News about her relationship with Christine Marinoni in September 2004] Show less «

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