Celebrate Cynthia Nixon With a Look at Her Career Onstage

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*

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

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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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

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