Editing Cynthia Nixon (section)

===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>