Editing Cynthia Nixon (section)

==Career==
===1979–1997: Early roles and theatre work ===
Nixon's first onscreen appearance (at 8 years old) was as an imposter on ''To Tell the Truth'', where her mother worked, pretending to be a junior horse riding champion.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98WKtpMos0w | title=To Tell the Truth (January 17, 1974 &#124; #73_1754) | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref name="nyt" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/cynthia-nixons-emily-thing |title=Cynthia Nixon's "Emily Thing" |last=Syme |first=Rachel |date=15 April 2017 |website=[[newyorker.com]] |access-date=18 April 2018 |archive-date=April 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180419053223/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/cynthia-nixons-emily-thing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LifeAfterSex">{{cite news|last=Witchel|first=Alex|title=Life After 'Sex'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 19, 2012|archive-date=November 14, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114103930/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/magazine/cynthia-nixon-wit.html|url-status=live}}</ref> She began acting at 12 as the object of a wealthy schoolmate's crush in ''The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid'', a 1979 [[ABC Afterschool Special]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ambinder|first1=Evan|title=The Cynthia Chronicles: BC's very own Broadway star|journal=[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]|date=April 19, 1990|volume=CXIV|issue=116|page=5|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19900419-01.1.5&srpos=&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Cynthia+nixon-----#|access-date=June 10, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204155/http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19900419-01.1.5&srpos=&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-Cynthia+nixon-----|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She made her feature debut co-starring with [[Kristy McNichol]] and [[Tatum O'Neal]] in ''[[Little Darlings]]'' (1980). She made her [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut as Dinah Lord in a 1980 revival of ''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]''.<ref name="LifeAfterSex"/> Alternating between film, TV, and stage, she did projects like the 1982 ABC movie ''My Body, My Child'', the features ''[[Prince of the City (film)|Prince of the City]]'' (1981) and ''[[I Am the Cheese]]'' (1983), and the 1982 [[Off-Broadway]] productions of [[John Guare]]'s ''Lydie Breeze''.

In 1984, while a freshman at Barnard College, Nixon made theatrical history by simultaneously appearing in two hit Broadway plays directed by [[Mike Nichols]].<ref name="CB Biography"/> They were ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]'', where she played the daughter of [[Jeremy Irons]] and [[Christine Baranski]]; and ''[[Hurlyburly]]'', where she played a young woman who encounters sleazy [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] executives.<ref name="Galanes">{{cite news|last=Galanes|first=Philip|title=Allison Williams and Cynthia Nixon Talk About 'Girls' and 'Sex and the City'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/fashion/Allison-Williams-Cynthia-Nixon-Girls-Sex-and-the-City.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 17, 2014|archive-date=January 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140128174411/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/fashion/Allison-Williams-Cynthia-Nixon-Girls-Sex-and-the-City.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The two theaters were just two blocks apart and Nixon's roles were both short, so she could run from one to the other.<ref name="Galanes"/> Onscreen, she played the role of Salieri's maid/spy, Lorl, in ''[[Amadeus (film)|Amadeus]]'' (1984). In 1985, she appeared alongside [[Jeff Daniels]] in [[Lanford Wilson]]'s ''Lemon Sky'' at [[Second Stage Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rich|first1=Frank|author-link1=Frank Rich|title=Theater – 'Lemon Sky' by Lanford Wilson|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/12/theater/theater-lemon-sky-by-lanford-wilson.html|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=December 12, 1985|archive-date=July 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716122638/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/12/theater/theater-lemon-sky-by-lanford-wilson.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

She landed her first major supporting role in a movie as an intelligent teenager who aids her boyfriend ([[Christopher Collet]]) in building a nuclear bomb in [[Marshall Brickman]]'s ''[[Manhattan Project (film)|The Manhattan Project]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite news|last=Considine|first=Bob|title='Sex' star Cynthia Nixon on her cancer, girlfriend|url=http://www.today.com/id/24878731|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=[[Today.com]]|date=May 30, 2008|archive-date=March 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313071448/http://www.today.com/id/24878731|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon was part of the cast of the [[NBC]] [[miniseries]] ''[[The Murder of Mary Phagan]]'' (NBC, 1988) starring [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Kevin Spacey]], and portrayed the daughter of a presidential candidate ([[Michael Murphy (actor)|Michael Murphy]]) in ''[[Tanner '88]]'' (1988), [[Robert Altman]]'s [[political satire]] for [[HBO]]. She reprised the role for the 2004 sequel, ''[[Tanner on Tanner]]''.

On stage, Nixon portrayed [[Juliet Capulet|Juliet]] in a 1988 [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] production of ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Rich|first=Frank|title=Review/Theater; 'Romeo and Juliet' in the Shakespeare Marathon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/25/theater/review-theater-romeo-and-juliet-in-the-shakespeare-marathon.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 25, 1988|archive-date=March 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326212743/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/25/theater/review-theater-romeo-and-juliet-in-the-shakespeare-marathon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and acted in the workshop production of [[Wendy Wasserstein]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning ''[[The Heidi Chronicles]]'',<ref>{{cite news|last=Prose|first=Francine|title=What Wendy Wasserstein Wrought|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/books/review/wendy-and-the-lost-boys-by-julie-salamon-book-review.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2011|archive-date=April 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421074031/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/books/review/wendy-and-the-lost-boys-by-julie-salamon-book-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> playing several characters after it came to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1989. She was the guest star in the [[Subterranean Homeboy Blues (Law & Order episode)|second episode]] of the long running [[NBC]] television series ''[[Law & Order]]''. She played the role of an [[agoraphobia|agoraphobic]] woman in a February 1993 episode of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', titled "Threshold of Fear".

Nixon succeeded [[Marcia Gay Harden]] as Harper Pitt in [[Tony Kushner]]'s ''[[Angels in America]]'' (1994),<ref>{{cite news|last=Weber|first=Bruce|title=On Stage, and Off|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/theater/on-stage-and-off.html|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 8, 1994|archive-date=March 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326212820/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/theater/on-stage-and-off.html|url-status=live}}</ref> received a [[Tony awards|Tony]] nomination for her performance in [[Les Parents terribles|''Indiscretions'' (''Les Parents Terribles'')]] (1996), her sixth Broadway show,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-cynthia-nixon-marries-christine-marinoni-com-194047|title=Tony Winner Cynthia Nixon Marries Christine Marinoni|last=Gioia|first=Michael|date=May 29, 2012|newspaper=[[Playbill]]|access-date=March 13, 2014|archive-date=December 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227020557/http://www.playbill.com/article/tony-winner-cynthia-nixon-marries-christine-marinoni-com-194047|url-status=live}}</ref> and, although she originally lost the part to another actress, eventually took over the role of Lala Levy in the Tony-winning ''[[The Last Night of Ballyhoo]]'' (1997).

Nixon was a founding member of the Off-Broadway theatrical troupe Drama Dept.,<ref>{{cite web|title=Actress Cynthia Nixon|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148746|website=[[NPR]]|access-date=June 10, 2014|date=August 22, 2002|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714224327/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1148746|url-status=live}}</ref> which included [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], [[Dylan Baker]], [[John Cameron Mitchell]] and [[Billy Crudup]] among its actors, appearing in the group's productions of ''Kingdom on Earth'' (1996), ''[[June Moon]]'' and ''[[As Bees in Honey Drown]]'' (both 1997), ''Hope is the Thing with Feathers'' (1998), and ''[[The Country Club (play)|The Country Club]]'' (1999). She had supporting roles in ''[[Addams Family Values]]'' (1993), ''[[Baby's Day Out]]'' (1994), ''[[Marvin's Room (film)|Marvin's Room]]'' (1996), and ''[[The Out-of-Towners (1999 film)|The Out-of-Towners]]'' (1999).

===1998–2011: ''Sex and the City'' and other roles ===
She was one of the four regulars on [[HBO]]'s comedy ''[[Sex and the City]]'' (1998–2004), as the lawyer [[Miranda Hobbes]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Piña |first=Christy |date=2023-06-17 |title=Cynthia Nixon Says 'And Just Like That' "Felt Very Different" Without Kim Cattrall: "You're Not Walking Around on Eggshells" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/cynthia-nixon-walked-on-eggshells-kim-cattrall-sex-and-the-city-1235518029/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> Nixon received three [[Emmy Award]] nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2002, 2003, 2004), winning the award in 2004, for the show's final season.<ref name=Emmys>{{cite web|title=Cynthia Nixon|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/cynthia-nixon|work=[[Emmy Awards]]|publisher=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|access-date=February 25, 2014|archive-date=March 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302010832/http://www.emmys.com/bios/cynthia-nixon|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nixon next had her first leading role in a feature, playing a video artist who falls in love, despite her best efforts to avoid commitment, with a [[bisexual]] actor who just happens to be dating a [[gay]] man (her best friend) in ''[[Advice from a Caterpillar]]'' (2000), as well as starring opposite [[Scott Bakula]] in the holiday television movie ''Papa's Angels'' (2000). In 2002, she also acted in the [[independent film|indie]] comedy ''[[Igby Goes Down]]'', and her turn in the theatrical production of [[Clare Boothe Luce]]'s play ''[[The Women (play)|The Women]]'' was captured for [[PBS]]' ''Stage on Screen'' series.

Post-''Sex and the City'', Nixon made a guest appearance on ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' in 2005, as a mother who undergoes a tricky procedure to lessen the effects of a debilitating [[stroke]]. She followed up with a turn as [[Eleanor Roosevelt]] for HBO's ''[[Warm Springs (film)|Warm Springs]]'' (2005), which chronicled [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]]'s quest for a miracle cure for his [[polio]]. Nixon earned an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her performance.<ref name=Emmys/> In December 2005, she appeared in the [[Fox Network|Fox]] TV series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' in the episode "[[Deception (House)|Deception]]", as a patient who suffers a seizure.

In 2006, she appeared in [[David Lindsay-Abaire]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning drama ''[[Rabbit Hole (play)|Rabbit Hole]]'' in a Manhattan Theatre Club production,<ref>{{cite news|last=Dominus|first=Susan|title=A Career After 'Sex,' but Still in the City|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/theater/newsandfeatures/22domi.html|access-date=February 25, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 22, 2006|archive-date=November 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126042027/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/theater/newsandfeatures/22domi.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and won the [[Tony Award]] for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Play).<ref>{{cite web | title=Just the Facts: List of 2006 Tony Award Winners and Nominees | website=Playbill | date=12 June 2006 | url=https://playbill.com/article/just-the-facts-list-of-2006-tony-award-winners-and-nominees-com-133125 | access-date=23 July 2024}}</ref> In 2008, she revived her role as Miranda Hobbes in the ''[[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and the City]]'' feature film, directed by HBO executive producer [[Michael Patrick King]] and co-starring the cast of the original series.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Freeman|first1=Hadley|title=Sex and the City movie: will the wait be worth it?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/12/news.usa|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 12, 2008|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231946/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/may/12/news.usa|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2008, she won an Emmy for her guest appearance in an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'', portraying a woman pretending to have [[dissociative identity disorder]].<ref name=Emmys/> In 2009, Nixon won the [[Grammy Award]] for [[Best Spoken Word Album]] along with [[Beau Bridges]] and [[Blair Underwood]] for the album ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]'' ([[Al Gore]]).<ref>{{cite news|title=Cynthia Nixon's Grammy win puts her on third base of awards grand slam|url=http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/grammys-news-1.html|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=February 9, 2009|archive-date=July 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715040331/http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2009/02/grammys-news-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Cynthia Nixon John Hurt Swoosie Kurtz 2009 Tribeca.jpg|thumb|Nixon, [[John Hurt]] and [[Swoosie Kurtz]] at the premiere of ''[[An Englishman in New York (film)|An Englishman in New York]]'', 2009]]
In March 2010, Nixon received the [[Vito Russo Award]] at the [[GLAAD Media Awards]]. The award is presented to an openly [[LGBTQ]] media professional "who has made a significant difference in promoting equality for the LGBT community".{{fact|date=November 2023}} It was announced in June 2010 that Nixon would appear in four episodes of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[The Big C (TV series)|The Big C]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stanhope|first=Kate|title=Cynthia Nixon to Take on The Big C with Four-Episode Arc|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Cynthia-Nixon-BigC-1019860.aspx|access-date=March 13, 2014|newspaper=[[TV Guide]]|date=June 23, 2010|archive-date=October 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021211035/http://www.tvguide.com/news/cynthia-nixon-bigc-1019860.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon appeared in a ''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' episode based on the problems surrounding the Broadway musical ''[[Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark]]''. Her character is "Amanda Reese, the high-strung and larger-than-life director behind a problem-plagued Broadway version of ''Icarus''," loosely modeled after ''Spider-Man'' director [[Julie Taymor]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|title=Law & Order: CI Exclusive: Cynthia Nixon Set For Episode Inspired by Spider-Man Musical|work=TVLine |url=http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/law-order-ci-exclusive-cynthia-nixon-set-for-episode-inspired-by-spider-man-musical/|publisher=tvline.com|access-date=April 30, 2001|archive-date=April 30, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430232701/http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/law-order-ci-exclusive-cynthia-nixon-set-for-episode-inspired-by-spider-man-musical/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2012–2019: Return to Broadway ===
In 2012, Nixon starred as Professor Vivian Bearing in the Broadway debut of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize–winning play ''[[Wit (play)|Wit]]''. Produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club, the play opened January 26, 2012 at the [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=Artifice as Armor in a Duel With Death: Cynthia Nixon in 'Wit,' at Manhattan Theater Club|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/theater/reviews/cynthia-nixon-in-wit-at-manhattan-theater-club.html|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=The New York Times|date=January 26, 2012|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703082313/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/theater/reviews/cynthia-nixon-in-wit-at-manhattan-theater-club.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Nixon received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Play for the performance.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eggenberger|first1=Nicole|title=Tony Awards 2012: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Nixon Nominated|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/tony-awards-2012-andrew-garfield-cynthia-nixon-nominated-201215|access-date=June 10, 2014|work=[[Us Weekly]]|date=May 1, 2012|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714220923/http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/tony-awards-2012-andrew-garfield-cynthia-nixon-nominated-201215|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Nixon also starred as Petranilla in the TV miniseries of [[Ken Follett]]'s ''[[World Without End (miniseries)|World Without End]]'' broadcast on the [[ReelzChannel]], alongside [[Ben Chaplin]], [[Peter Firth]], [[Charlotte Riley]], and [[Miranda Richardson]].
[[File:Cynthia Nixon - Grand Central Terminal 100 Years.jpg|thumb|left|Nixon in 2013]]
In 2015, Nixon appeared in two films which premiered at the [[2015 Sundance Film Festival]]: ''[[Stockholm, Pennsylvania]]'' and ''[[James White (film)|James White]]''. She received critical acclaim for both performances, especially for the latter, which some{{whom|date=November 2023}} considered as "Oscar-worthy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-review-christopher-abbott-and-cynthia-nixon-triumph-in-devastating-james-white-20150123|title=Sundance Review: Christopher Abbott and Cynthia Nixon Tri – Indiewire|first=Eric|last=Kohn|date=January 24, 2015|work=Indiewire|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703123408/http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-review-christopher-abbott-and-cynthia-nixon-triumph-in-devastating-james-white-20150123|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/sundance-cynthia-nixon-christopher-abbott-on-love-death-and-james-white-1201412492|title=Sundance: Cynthia Nixon, Christopher Abbott on Love, Death and 'James White'|first=Brent|last=Lang|work=Variety|access-date=June 8, 2015|date=January 23, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529082435/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/sundance-cynthia-nixon-christopher-abbott-on-love-death-and-james-white-1201412492/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-stockholm-pennsylvania-1201413718/|title='Stockholm, Pennsylvania' Review: A Claustrophobic Kidnapping Tale|first=Peter|last=Debruge|work=Variety|access-date=June 8, 2015|date=January 24, 2015|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163738/http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sundance-film-review-stockholm-pennsylvania-1201413718/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-stockholm-pennsylvania-starring-saoirse-ronan-cynthia-nixon-20150124|title=Sundance Review: 'Stockholm, Pennsylvania' Starring Saoir – The Playlist|first=Rodrigo|last=Perez|date=January 24, 2015|work=The Playlist|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703192649/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/sundance-review-stockholm-pennsylvania-starring-saoirse-ronan-cynthia-nixon-20150124|archive-date=July 3, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nixon played the leading role of reclusive American poet [[Emily Dickinson]] in the biographical film ''[[A Quiet Passion]]'' directed and written by [[Terence Davies]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/terence-davies-long-awaited-emily-dickinson-biopic-is-really-happening-20150505|title=Terence Davies' Long-Awaited Emily Dickinson Biopic Is Re – Thompson on Hollywood|first=Ryan|last=Lattanzio|date=May 5, 2015|work=Thompson on Hollywood|access-date=June 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708111124/http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/terence-davies-long-awaited-emily-dickinson-biopic-is-really-happening-20150505|archive-date=July 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film premiered in February 2016 at the [[66th Berlin International Film Festival]]. In May 2016, it was announced that Nixon would play [[Nancy Reagan]] in the upcoming [[Killing Reagan (film)|television film adaptation]] of ''[[Killing Reagan]]''.<ref name="Reagancast">{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/06/killing-reagan-tim-matheson-cynthia-nixon|title=Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon join Killing Reagan as Ronald and Nancy|publisher=Entertainment Weekly.com|access-date=May 6, 2016|date=May 6, 2016|archive-date=May 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509151634/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/06/killing-reagan-tim-matheson-cynthia-nixon|url-status=live}}</ref> The film aired in October 2016.<ref name="Reagancast" />

Nixon appeared on Broadway in the revival of ''[[The Little Foxes]]'', officially opening on April 19, 2017, at the [[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre]]. She alternated the roles of Regina and Birdie with [[Laura Linney]], winning her second Tony Award for her performance as Birdie.<ref>Clement, Olivia. [http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-the-little-foxes-opens-april-19 "Broadway's 'The Little Foxes' Opens April 19"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420131900/http://www.playbill.com/article/broadways-the-little-foxes-opens-april-19 |date=April 20, 2017 }} Playbill, April 19, 2017</ref>

=== 2020–present: Streaming shows ===
In January 2019, it was announced that Nixon will star in the upcoming [[Netflix]] drama series ''[[Ratched (TV series)|Ratched]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratched-sharon-stone-cynthia-nixon-10-cast-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-sarah-paulson-1202535205/|title='Ratched': Sharon Stone, Cynthia Nixon Among 10 Cast In Ryan Murphy's Netflix Series|first=Denise|last=Petski|work=Deadline|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115075834/https://deadline.com/2019/01/ratched-sharon-stone-cynthia-nixon-10-cast-ryan-murphy-netflix-series-sarah-paulson-1202535205/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2021 she returned to the role of [[Miranda Hobbes]] in the ''[[Sex and the City]]'' revival ''[[And Just Like That...]]'' for [[HBO Max]] where she also serves as an executive producer. Since 2022 she took a leading role of Ada Brook in another HBO Max show ''[[The Gilded Age]]'' starring alongside [[Louisa Jacobson]], [[Christine Baranski]], and [[Carrie Coon]].