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By Playbill Staff
April 09, 2020
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Two-time Tony Award winner Cynthia Nixon celebrates her birthday April 9. The actor, known for her Emmy Award–winning performance as Miranda on Sex in the City, made her Broadway debut in The Philadelphia Story in 1980, playing Dinah Lord. Throughout her four-decade career on the Great White Way, Nixon earned a Tony nomination for performance as Madeline in Indiscretions in 1995, won the Tony Award in 2006 for her performance as Becca in Rabbit Hole, and garnered a 2012 Tony Award nomination for her turn as Vivian Bearing, PhD in Wit. Her other Broadway credits include The Women, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Angels in America, and The Real Thing, among others.

Nixon was last on Broadway in the 2017 production of The Little Foxes, alternating in the roles of Regina Hubbard Giddens and Birdie Hubbard with Laura Linney in the revival of Lillian Hellman’s drama, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.

Celebrating Cynthia Nixon Onstage

William Hurt and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>Hurlyburly</i>, 1984

Celebrating Cynthia Nixon Onstage

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Nixon won a 1980-1981 Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in <i>The Philadelphia Story</i>
Nixon won a 1980-1981 Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in The Philadelphia Story
William Hurt and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>Hurlyburly</i>, 1984
William Hurt and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's Hurlyburly, 1984
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Ron Silver, William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Sigourney Weaver, Jerry Stiller, Cynthia Nixon and Judith Ivey in Broadway's <i>Hurlyburly</i>, 1984
Ron Silver, William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Sigourney Weaver, Jerry Stiller, Cynthia Nixon and Judith Ivey in Broadway's Hurlyburly, 1984
Joan Allen, Joanne Camp, Anne Lange and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>The Heidi Chronicles</i>, 1989
Joan Allen, Joanne Camp, Anne Lange and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's The Heidi Chronicles, 1989
Jude Law, Cynthia Nixon, Eileen Atkins and Roger Rees in Broadway's <i>Indiscretions</i>, 1995
Jude Law, Cynthia Nixon, Eileen Atkins and Roger Rees in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
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From top: Kathleen Turner, Jude Law, Eileen Atkins, Cynthia Nixon and Roger Rees in Broadway's <i>Indiscretions</i>, 1995
From top: Kathleen Turner, Jude Law, Eileen Atkins, Cynthia Nixon and Roger Rees in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
Jude Law and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>Indiscretions</i>, 1995
Jude Law and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>Indiscretions</i>, 1995
Roger Rees and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's Indiscretions, 1995
Nixon in Broadway's <i>The Women</i>, 2001
Nixon in Broadway's The Women, 2001
Amy Ryan, Jennifer Coolidge, Lisa Emery, Cynthia Nixon and Lynn Collins in Broadway's <i>The Women</i>, 2001
Amy Ryan, Jennifer Coolidge, Lisa Emery, Cynthia Nixon and Lynn Collins in Broadway's The Women, 2001
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Nixon in Broadway's <i>The Women</i>, 2001
Nixon in Broadway's The Women, 2001
Tyne Daly and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>The Rabbit Hole</i>, 2006
Tyne Daly and Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's The Rabbit Hole, 2006
John Slattery, Cynthia Nixon, Tyne Daly and Mary Catherine Garrison in Broadway's <i>The Rabbit Hole</i>, 2006
John Slattery, Cynthia Nixon, Tyne Daly and Mary Catherine Garrison in Broadway's The Rabbit Hole, 2006
Cynthia Nixon and John Slattery in Broadway's <i>The Rabbit Hole</i>, 2006
Cynthia Nixon and John Slattery in Broadway's The Rabbit Hole, 2006
Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's <i>The Rabbit Hole</i>, 2006
Cynthia Nixon in Broadway's The Rabbit Hole, 2006
Halley Wegryn Gross, Sarah Steele, Zoe Kazan, Betsy Hogg and Cynthia Nixon in <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i> Off-Broadway, 2006
Halley Wegryn Gross, Sarah Steele, Zoe Kazan, Betsy Hogg and Cynthia Nixon in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Off-Broadway, 2006
Cynthia Nixon and Lisa Emery in <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i> Off-Broadway, 2006
Cynthia Nixon and Lisa Emery in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Off-Broadway, 2006
Cynthia Nixon in <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i> Off-Broadway, 2006
Cynthia Nixon in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Off-Broadway, 2006
John Pankow and Cynthia Nixon and Lisa Emery in <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</i> Off-Broadway, 2006
John Pankow and Cynthia Nixon and Lisa Emery in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Off-Broadway, 2006
Cynthia Nixon in Off-Broadway's <i>Distracted</i>, 2008
Cynthia Nixon in Off-Broadway's Distracted, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Josh Stamberg in Off-Broadway's <i>Distracted</i>, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Josh Stamberg in Off-Broadway's Distracted, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Matthew Gumley in Off-Broadway's <i>Distracted</i>, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Matthew Gumley in Off-Broadway's Distracted, 2008
Cynthia Nixon, Peter Benson and Josh Stamberg in Off-Broadway's <i>Distracted</i>, 2008
Cynthia Nixon, Peter Benson and Josh Stamberg in Off-Broadway's Distracted, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Matthew Gumley in Off-Broadway's <i>Distracted</i>, 2008
Cynthia Nixon and Matthew Gumley in Off-Broadway's Distracted, 2008
Cynthia Nixon in <i>Wit</i> on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon in Wit on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon in <i>Wit</i> on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon in Wit on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon in <i>Wit</i> on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon in Wit on Broadway, 2012
Cynthia Nixon and Carra Patterson in <i>Wit</i>, 2012
Cynthia Nixon and Carra Patterson in Wit, 2012
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Ewan McGregor, Cynthia Nixon, Josh Hamilton, and Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Real Thing
Cynthia Nixon and Ewan McGregor
Cynthia Nixon and Ewan McGregor
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Cynthia Nixon as Birdie
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Cynthia Nixon as Regina
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Francesca Carpanini and Cynthia Nixon as Regina
Little_Foxes_Broadway_Production_Photo_2017_Cynthia Nixon_Regina_HR
Cynthia Nixon as Regina
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Cynthia Nixon as Regina and Laura Linney as Birdie
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