Cynthia Nixon: filmography and personal life of the actress (photo)

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Today, the heroine of our story will be the American theater and film actress Cynthia Nixon. Most viewers know her for her role as lawyer Miranda Hobbs in the hit HBO television series Sex and the City. We offer you to get to know the actress better by reading the details of her career and personal life.

Cynthia Nixon: biography

The future Hollywood celebrity was born on April 9, 1966 in the American metropolis of New York. Her mother, Anna Knoll, was an actress, and her father, W alter Nixon, worked as a radio journalist. When she was still just a girl, her parents decided to divorce, and the cheerful, energetic and cheerful Anna took up the upbringing of her daughter. When Cynthia was thirteen, her mother confessed to her that she was ill. She has breast cancer. However, she broke the news casually, without attaching much importance to it.

Theatre

Cynthia's acting talent was noticed from a very young age. She began to play on the theater stage from the age of 12. When the girl was fifteen, she won her first theater award. And three years later, they spoke of her only as a "Broadway miracle", since the young actress at that time played the main roles in two musicals on Broadway. At the same time, Cynthia Nixon, whose biography was very difficult, not only did not leave high school (as most girls in her position would have done), but also decided to continue her education in college. Her career in the theater developed well, the girl played in productions such as "Angels in America", "Last Night of the Absurd", "Reckless Step" and "Philadelphia Story".

Cynthia Nixon: the first steps in the movie

The debut of the actress in the movie took place in 1981. It was a picture called "Little Charmers", where she got the role of a heroine named Sunshine. Cynthia liked acting so much that she decided to do everything in order to become a film actress in the future. In 1981, she was again offered a role in the film Prince of the City, directed by Cindy Lumet. The next few years, Cynthia starred in several more films, including "My child, my body", "The Fifth of July" and others. Young Nixon's film career gradually went uphill, and in 1984 she took part in the filming of the historical drama Amadeus directed by Milos Forman. The film was a great success at the box office and brought popularity to all the actors involved in it.

Continuing a film career

Cynthia Nixon's first big-screen success was the 1986 Manhattan Project, where she brilliantlyplayed the role of Jenny Anderman. Two years later, she again appeared before the audience, taking part in the filming of the historical film The Murder of Mary Fagan. In the same year, she starred in another film called "Tanner 88", playing the role of Alex Tanner. This was followed by another successful work of Cynthia in the light comedy directed by Joe Pitka "Ride at full speed!".

As for television, in the late 80s, Nixon got only small roles in the series. The most notable were such projects with her participation as "Murder, She Wrote" and "The Equalizer".

1990s

In the last decade of the 20th century, Cynthia was quite active in television series. So, she took part in such projects as "Ambulance", "Law and Order", "Detective Nash Bridges", "Touched by an Angel", "Beyond the Possible" and others.

In addition, Cynthia often appeared on the big screen. She played several minor roles in such films as "Values of the Addams Family", "The Case of the Pelicans", "Together at the Open Window" and "Monty". In 1994, director Patrick Reid Johnson approached Nixon to play one of the main characters in the comedy adventure Baby Walk.

In 1995, she did a brilliant job in the drama New York News. The following year, Cynthia was lucky to be on the same set with a stellar cast. We are talking about the family drama "Marvin's Room" directed by Jerry Zaks. Two more successful works of the actress in the cinema can be called such films of 1999 as"The Visitors" and "Council of the Caterpillar".

In the late 90s, the popularity of Cynthia Nixon instantly soared to unprecedented heights, and all thanks to the performance of one of the main roles in one of the most popular TV shows of all time, Sex and the City. The actress got a character named Miranda Hobbs. The series itself tells about the life and adventures of four unlike each other, but invariably charming girlfriends.

2000s

In parallel with the filming of "Sex and the City" (1998-2004), Cynthia also appeared on the big screen. During this period, there are such films with her participation as "Daddy's Angels", "Sex and the Matrix", "Tanner vs. Tanner".

Then followed the shooting in the films "Little Manhattan" (2005), "Nannies" (2007), "Luxury Life" (2008), "An Englishman in New York" (2009). Also in 2008 and 2010, Cynthia took part in the work on the continuation of the Sex and the City series, which was decided to be transferred to the big screens. Both films were enthusiastically received by the audience and were a huge success at the box office, both in the United States and in other countries, including Russia.

As for the latest works, in 2014 the release of a picture called "Hannibal" is expected, where Nixon plays one of the main roles.

Cynthia Nixon: photo, personal life

For 15 years, the actress was in a relationship with the Englishman David Moses. However, in 2003 they broke up. Cynthia gave birth to Moses twochildren - daughter Samantha (b. 1996) and son Charles (b. 2002).

Since 2004, Cynthia has been in a relationship with one of the activists of the educational movement, Christine Marinoni. They met during a picket protesting against the reduction in funding for public schools. In July 2009, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Marinoni announced their engagement to the press. Three years later, they got married in New York.

Cancer

The actress is a very masculine woman and she guards her privacy very jealously. So, the information that Cynthia Nixon was sick (she was also diagnosed with breast cancer) leaked to the press only when the Hollywood star was already on the mend. She was diagnosed in 2006. Fortunately, thanks to timely diagnosis, Cynthia managed to defeat a terrible disease.