Editing Cynthia Nixon (section)

==Early life and education==
Nixon was born in Manhattan, the only child of Walter Elmer Nixon Jr., a radio journalist from [[Harlingen, Texas]],<ref name=gal>{{cite journal|last=Tallmer|first=Jerry|title=Cynthia Nixon brings focus to "Distracted"|journal=[[The Villager (Manhattan)|The Villager]]|date=March 18–24, 2009|volume=78|issue=41|url=http://thevillager.com/villager_307/cynthianixon.html|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193810/http://thevillager.com/villager_307/cynthianixon.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Stated on ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (U.S. TV series)#Season 5 (2014)|Who Do You Think You Are? Season 5 Episode 1]]'', July 23, 2014</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/494919/Shock-as-Sex-And-The-City-star-discovers-axe-murderer-in-the-family|title=Sex And The City actress discovers AXE MURDERER in the family|first=Mike|last=Parker|date=3 August 2014|website=express.co.uk|access-date=20 April 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420135803/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/494919/Shock-as-Sex-And-The-City-star-discovers-axe-murderer-in-the-family|url-status=live}}</ref> and Anne Elizabeth (née Knoll),<ref>{{cite web|last=Bolger|first=Timothy|url=http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/10/01/cynthia-nixon-rings-in-breast-cancer-awareness-month-on-li|title=Sex and The City Star Rings in Breast Cancer Awareness Month on Long Island|website=Longislandpress.com|access-date=September 10, 2016|date=October 2013|archive-date=February 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220123714/https://www.longislandpress.com/2013/10/01/cynthia-nixon-rings-in-breast-cancer-awareness-month-on-li/|url-status=live}}</ref> an actress originally from [[Chicago]].<ref name=nyt /><ref name=glamour>{{cite web |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/cynthia-nixon-new-york-governor-interview |title=Cynthia Nixon: 'I Have a Right to Be Here' |last=Harman |first=Justine |date=23 March 2018 |website=[[glamour.com]] |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419120517/https://www.glamour.com/story/cynthia-nixon-new-york-governor-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> She credits her mother with "indoctrinating" her into theatre.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=CYNTHIA NIXON on being a bankable actress & the age of consent in New York|date=April 2, 2015|url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Q3fCrzhYQnXzNonbqZwFR|language=en|access-date=2019-11-14|archive-date=November 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114195943/https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Q3fCrzhYQnXzNonbqZwFR|url-status=live}}</ref> She is of English and German descent.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Luaine|title=Cynthia Nixon has another first-lady role: Nancy Reagan|url=http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2016/10/15/killing-reagan-cynthia-nixon/92085668|website=Detroit Free Press|publisher=USA Today|access-date=January 25, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202070149/http://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/television/2016/10/15/killing-reagan-cynthia-nixon/92085668/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Kevin|last=Sessums|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/24/cynthia-nixon-discusses-her-role-in-wit-her-cancer-bisexuality-and-her-kids.html|title=Cynthia Nixon on Bisexuality & Her New Role in 'Wit'|newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]]|date=January 24, 2012|access-date=March 8, 2017|archive-date=July 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711172504/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/24/cynthia-nixon-discusses-her-role-in-wit-her-cancer-bisexuality-and-her-kids.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Her grandparents were Adolph Knoll, Etta Elizabeth Williams, Walter E. Nixon, and Grace Truman McCormack.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HohD8NVW3M| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211102/_HohD8NVW3M| archive-date=2021-11-02 | url-status=live|title=Cynthia Nixon Isn't Just Running To Make A Point|author=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/07/25/who-do-you-think-you-are-recap-mapping-cynthia-nixons-ancestor/|title=Who Do You Think You Are? Recap: Mapping Cynthia Nixon's Ancestor – Ancestry Blog|website=blogs.ancestry.com|date=July 25, 2014 |access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=April 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420202833/https://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2014/07/25/who-do-you-think-you-are-recap-mapping-cynthia-nixons-ancestor/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- <ref>https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHYY-D5T {{Bare URL inline|date=January 2022}}</ref> --><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.millercountymuseum.org/homesteads/williams.html|title=Ben & Cynthia Dial Williams Family – Miller County Museum & Historical Society|website=millercountymuseum.org|access-date=April 20, 2018|archive-date=June 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630002550/http://www.millercountymuseum.org/homesteads/williams.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon's parents divorced when she was six years old.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|last1=Witchel|first1=Alex|title=Life After 'Sex'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|website=The New York Times|date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116233612/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> According to Nixon, her father was often unemployed<ref name=nyt /> and her mother was the household's main breadwinner:<ref name=glamour /> Nixon's mother worked on the game show ''[[To Tell the Truth]]'', coaching the "impostors" who claimed to be the person described by the host.

Nixon was an actress all through her years at [[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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cynthia Nixon Addresses Hunter College High School Graduates|url=http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/news/newsreleases/2004/nixon.shtml|access-date=February 25, 2014|newspaper=[[Hunter College High School]]|date=June 24, 2004|archive-date=February 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228205323/http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/news/newsreleases/2004/nixon.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CB Biography">{{cite web|title=Cynthia Nixon|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/cynthia-nixon/biography.html|work=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308191337/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/cynthia-nixon/biography.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon also acted in order to pay her way through [[Barnard College]], where she received a B.A.<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news|last1=Witchel|first1=Alex|title=Life After 'Sex'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|website=The New York Times|date=January 19, 2012 |access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320172041/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> in English Literature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/cynthia-nixon|title=Cynthia Nixon {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2018-08-20}}</ref> Nixon was also a student in the [[Semester at Sea]] Program in the Spring of 1986.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.semesteratsea.org/get-involved/prominent-alumni-lecturers/ |title=Prominent Alumni & Lecturers |website=Semester at Sea |publisher=Institute for Shipboard Education, Colorado State University |location=Ft. Collins, CO |access-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-date=February 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225153353/https://www.semesteratsea.org/get-involved/prominent-alumni-lecturers/ |url-status=live }}</ref>