Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon: Biography in Details

Who is Cynthia Nixon?

Cynthia Nixon is a famous theater, television, and film actress. She is known for playing Miranda Hobbes, the career-minded and cynical lawyer in the HBO series, ‘Sex and the City’,

How old is Cynthia Nixon?

Cynthia was born in New York City, the United States on April 9, 1966. Her birth name is Cynthia Ellen Nixon and she is currently 57 years old.

Her father’s name is Walter E. Nixon, Jr (radio journalist) and her mother’s name is  Anne Elizabeth Knoll (actress).

Nixon’s parents divorced when she was six years old. According to Nixon, her father was often unemployed and her mother was the household’s main breadwinner: Nixon’s mother worked on the game show, To Tell the Truth, coaching.

There is no information about her siblings. Cynthia holds American citizenship and Mixed (English, German, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, French, Huguenot) ethnicity. Her birth sign is Aries.

Education, School/ College University

Talking about Cynthia’s education history, she attended Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School (class of 1984), often taking time away from school to perform in film and on stage.

Cynthia Nixon is a famous theater, television, and film actress. She is known for playing Miranda Hobbes, the career-minded and cynical lawyer in the HBO series, ‘Sex and the City, also acted in order to pay her way through Barnard College, where she received a B.A.  in English Literature.

Cynthia Nixon: Professional Life, Career

Cynthia Nixon first appeared as an imposter on the television game show, ‘To Tell the Truth’ where her mother worked. Her first acting role was at the age of 12 in the ABC Afterschool Special, ‘The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid’ in 1979.

During 1980 she made her film debut in ‘Little Darlings’ in which she played the role of Sunshine. Whereas, the film also had other teen actresses like Kristy McNichol and Tatum O’Neal.

She appeared in two of Mike Nichols’ hit Broadway plays in 1984 while she was still a college student. The plays were ‘The Real Thing’ and ‘Hurlyburly’. After playing small roles in films she landed a major supporting role in the movie, ‘The Manhattan Project’ in 1986 in which she helps her boyfriend in building a nuclear bomb.

She played a role in the legal crime thriller ‘The Pelican Brief’ in 1993 which was based on a novel of the same name by John Grisham. The movie had Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington in the lead roles. Likewise, in 1996, she appeared in the drama film, ‘Marvin’s Room’ which was about a family whose members get estranged from each other over time but reunite when a tragedy strikes.

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