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Cynthia Nixon
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April 9, 1966 in New York City, NY
Biography:A true-blue New York actress who has worked on the stage and screen since her adolescence, "Cynthia Nixon" is probably best known to pop culture aficionados as Miranda Hobbes, the high-powered lawyer who has dated some of New York City's most dysfunctional men on HBO's Sex and the City. Although Nixon's starring role on the hugely popular series may have brought her to the attention of a new audience, observers of the New York theater had been watching the actor on and off Broadway since 1980, where she had performed in productions that included "David Rabe"'s Hurlyburly, "Tom Stoppard"'s The Real Thing, Angels in America, and Indiscretions, for which she earned a Tony nomination.

Born in New York City on April 9, 1966, Nixon made her film debut in the 1980 movie "Little Darlings". She worked steadily through the rest of the decade, appearing in films ranging from "Sidney Lumet"'s "Prince of the... Full Biography

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