Cynthia Nixon is an Emmy®, Tony® and Grammy® Award winner, who has been acting professionally since the age of 12 in film, TV, and theatre. A lifelong New Yorker, she has been a longtime progressive advocate for better funding for public schools, abortion rights, and LGBTQ+ equality.

Nixon is best known for her work as Miranda Hobbes in HBO's celebrated series SEX AND THE CITY, a role that garnered her the first of her two Emmy® Awards. She then went on to co-star in the two wildly successful SEX AND THE CITY films. The show’s sequel AND JUST LIKE THAT..., for which she also serves as an Executive Producer, will return for its third season in 2025. In the first season, Nixon took on the role of director for the sixth episode titled “Diwali.” She also directed two back-to-back episodes for the second season. Nixon also stars as Ada Brook opposite Christine Baranski in HBO's THE GILDED AGE.

Nixon lives in New York City with her wife Christine Marinoni and their children.