Cynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress, known for the role of Miranda Hobbes Miranda Hobbes is a character on the show Sex and >> Read More... in Sex and the City, an HBO series. She was born on 9 April 1966 in New York Click to look into! >> Read More... . She was born to Anne Elizabeth and Walter E. Nixon. Her father was a radio journalist from Texas. She did her schooling from Hunter College High School. She has German and English ancestry. She did her graduation from Barnard College. Her first role was in “To Tell the Truth” (an American television panel game show). Her mother worked for the show. She kicked started acting from an early age of twelve.
She started acting with a role of the crush of a wealthy classmate in The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid in the Afternoon Special. She debuted in a movie named Little Darlings starring Tatum O’Neal and McNichol. In 1980, she debuted in Broadway as Dinah Lord in the revival of The Philadelphia Story. During the 1981 to 1983 period, she did movies like “My body, My child,” “Prince of the City” and “I am Cheese” and Broadway “Lyndie Breeze”. In 1984, when she was just a freshman, she appeared in two successful plays under the direction of Mike Nichols. The plays are “The Real Thing” and “Hurlyburly.” In 1985, she did a role in a Lanford Wilson directed play named “Lemon Sky” at Second Stage Theater. She appeared along Jeff Daniels. She did a supporting role in The Manhattan Project.
In 1988, she also did parts in The Murder of Mary Phagan (NBC’s miniseries) and Tanner’88. She portrayed the role of Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet.” The show was a production of New York Shakespeare Festival. She was in a relationship with Danny Mozes, a school teacher. She met Mozes in High School. The couple has two children, Charles Ezekiel (son) and Samantha (daughter). She did a role in The Heidi Chronicles, a Pulitzer Prize winner. She made an appearance as a guest in Law and Order. She did the character of Harper Pitt in Angels in America after replacing Marcia Gay Harden Bio coming soon... >> Read More... . In 1996, she garnered Tony Award nomination for Indiscretions. In 1997, she did a role in The Last Night of Ballyhoo (Tony Award winner). She has co-founded The Drama Dept., a theatrical troupe.
Actors like Dylan Baker Dylan Baker is an American actor. He earned glo >> Read More... , Sarah Jessica Parker She made a perfect portrayal of character and eloq >> Read More... , Billy Crudup Georgann and Thomas Henry gave birth to Billy Crud >> Read More... and John Cameron Mitchell John Cameron Mitchell is an American actor, direct >> Read More... have appeared in the production of June Moon, Kingdom on Earth, Hope is the Thing with Feathers, The Country Club and As Bees in Honey Drown. She has done supporting roles in Baby’s Day Out, The Out-of-Towners, Addams Family Values and Marvin’s Room. She rose to stardom after appearing in Sex and the City as Miranda Hobbes, a lawyer. She garnered three nominations for the show under the category “Outstanding supporting actress in a Comedy Series. She won Emmy Awards in 2004. In 2000, she starred in “Advice from a Caterpillar” and “Papa’s Angels.” In 2002, she did a part in Igby Goes Down, an indie comedy.
In 2004, she started dating Christine Marinoni, an education activist. In 2005, she did a role in ER. In 2005, she appeared as Eleanor Roosevelt in Warm Springs. She won Emmy nomination for this role under the “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie” category. She appeared in an episode named “Deception” of TV series “House M.D.” In 2006, she did a role in the drama “Rabbit Hole,” Pulitzer Winner. She won Tony Awards for her performance. She was diagnosed with Brest Cancer. In 2008, she announced about her illness and her battle with it on good Morning America. She is also a Breast Cancer activist. She reprised the role of Miranda Hobbes in the movie adaptation of the TV series “Sex and the City.”
She won Emmy Awards for her guest appearance on “Law & Order.” She appeared in “ Forgetting Sarah Marshall Click to look into! >> Read More... ” in the blink-and-miss role when Jason Segel Jason Segel born to a rich Jewish lawyer, he spent >> Read More... did an impression of the Sex and the City characters. In 2009, she won Grammy Awards for “An Inconvenient Truth,” an album, under the category “Best Spoken Word Album.” She got engaged to Marinoni. In 2010, she won Vito Russo Award, an award for openly LGBT media person who has made a significant difference in encouraging equality for LGBT, at the GLAAD Media Awards. In 2012, she starred in “Wit,” Pulitzer winner, as Vivian Bearing. Manhattan Theater Club produced the show, and Margaret Edson made her debut to Broadway with it.
She received Tony Award nomination for her performance. She did a TV miniseries named “World without End” and appeared as Petranilla. She and Marinoni got engaged on 27 May 2012. She declared herself Bisexual in 2012. Marinoni has a son named Max Ellington. In 2015, she appeared in movies “Stockholm, Pennsylvania” and “ James White Click to look into! >> Read More... ,” both got premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Her performances received critical acclaim. She starred in “A Quiet Passion.” She did the role of Emily Dickinson, a reclusive American poet. The movie premiered at 66th Berlin International Film Festival, 2016. She studied Drama at HB Studio, Greenwich Village, New York City, US. She has been famous since her childhood, but she keeps her personal life away from the glare of media.
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