Cynthia Nixon: movies and TV shows
Cynthia Nixon has 130 credits in the archive: 75 films and 55 TV series, from 1971 to 2024. Highest rated: House (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2024 · busiest year: 2004 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Seven Year Disappear | Miriam | Film | — | 58 |
| 2022 | The Gilded Age | Ada Brook | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 2022 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Self - Contestant | TV | 6.5 | 56 |
| 2022 | And Just Like That... The Documentary | Self | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 2022 | True Colors: LGBTQ+ Our Stories, Our Songs | Self | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 2022 | Keeping Company with Sondheim | Self | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 2021 | And Just Like That… | Miranda Hobbes | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2021 | And Just Like That… | TV | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 2021 | And Just Like That… | TV | 7.2 | 55 | |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self | TV | — | 54 |
| 2020 | Ratched | Gwendolyn Briggs | TV | 7.6 | 54 |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Claudia | Film | — | 54 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 2019 | Stray Dolls | Una | Film | 4.2 | 53 |
| 2019 | The Lavender Scare | Madeleine Tress (voice) | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 2018 | Survivor's Guide to Prison | Self | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2018 | That's Harassment | Patient | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 2018 | Maybe a Love Story | Toni | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 2018 | The Parting Glass | Mare | Film | 5.4 | 52 |
| 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York | Judith Webb | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 2017 | My Letter to the World: A Journey Through the Life of Emily Dickinson | Emily Dickinson (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 2016 | The Adderall Diaries | Jen Davis | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 2016 | Killing Reagan | Nancy Reagan | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 2016 | A Quiet Passion | Emily Dickinson | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2015 | James White | Gail White | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 2015 | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Marcy Dargon | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 2015 | Rasheeda Speaking | Film | — | 49 | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2014 | The Affair | Marilyn | TV | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 48 |
| 2014 | Broad City | Barb | TV | 7.1 | 48 |
| 2014 | 5 Flights Up | Lily Portman | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 2013 | Hannibal | Kade Prurnell | TV | 8.3 | 47 |
| 2013 | Alpha House | Senator Carly Armiston | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2013 | The Out List | Herself | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 2012 | World Without End | Petranilla | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2012 | Girl Most Likely | Cynthia Nixon | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 2011 | Too Big to Fail | Michele Davis | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 2011 | Rampart | Barbara | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 2010 | The Big C | Rebecca | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are? | Self | TV | 6.9 | 44 |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | Miranda Hobbes | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 43 |
| 2009 | An Englishman in New York | Penny Arcade | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 2008 | The Babysitters | Gail Beltran | Film | 6.0 | 42 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | Film | 6.5 | 42 |
| 2008 | Sex and the City: The Party That Never Was | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 2008 | Live from the Red Carpet: Sex and the City | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 2008 | Lymelife | Melissa Bragg | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 2008 | The Fabulous Fashion of 'Sex and the City' | Self | Film | — | 42 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 41 |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | Cynthia Nixon | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 2006 | Me, Eloise | (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 40 |
| 2006 | 3 lbs | Dr. Karin Hanson | TV | 4.4 | 40 |
| 2005 | Little Manhattan | Leslie | Film | 7.2 | 39 |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Eleanor Roosevelt | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 2005 | One Last Thing... | Karen Jameison | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 2005 | Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today | Additional Voices | Film | — | 39 |
| 2004 | House | Anica Javanovich | TV | 8.6 | 38 |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 38 |
| 2004 | Tanner on Tanner | Alex Tanner | TV | 10.0 | 38 |
| 2004 | On the Set: Elaine’s | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2004 | On the Set: Alex’s Loft | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2004 | The Politics of Docs | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2004 | Why Tanner, Why Now? | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 37 |
| 2003 | The Shakespeare Sessions | Film | 8.5 | 37 | |
| 2002 | Mark Twain | (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2002 | Igby Goes Down | Mrs. Piggee | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 2002 | Mark Twain | Other Voices (voice) | TV | — | 36 |
| 2002 | The Women | Mary Haines | Film | 9.0 | 36 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Amanda Rollins | TV | 7.6 | 35 |
| 2000 | Sex and the Matrix | Miranda Hobbes | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 2000 | Papa's Angels | Sharon Jenkins | Film | — | 34 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Janis Donovan | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1999 | Advice From a Caterpillar | Missy | Film | 4.2 | 33 |
| 1999 | The Out-of-Towners | Sheena | Film | 5.8 | 33 |
| 1998 | Sex and the City | Miranda Hobbes | TV | 7.4 | 32 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 31 |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | TV | 4.3 | 31 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Melissa | TV | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Sheila | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1996 | Marvin's Room | Retirement Home Director | Film | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1996 | The Cottonwood | Donna | Film | 10.0 | 30 |
| 1996 | The 'M' Word | Film | 3.3 | 30 | |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Trudy | TV | 7.7 | 29 |
| 1995 | New York News | TV | 7.0 | 29 | |
| 1995 | Live from Broadway: Hello, Dolly! | Film | — | 29 | |
| 1994 | ER | Ellie Shore | TV | 7.8 | 28 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Melina Richardson / Sarah | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | Gilbertine | Film | 6.4 | 28 |
| 1993 | GMTV | Self | TV | 5.8 | 27 |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self | TV | 4.5 | 27 |
| 1993 | Addams Family Values | Heather | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1993 | The Pelican Brief | Alice Stark | Film | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1992 | Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings | The Granddaughter | Film | 8.0 | 26 |
| 1992 | Through an Open Window | Nancy Cooper | Film | — | 26 |
| 1991 | Love, Lies and Murder | Donna | TV | 4.9 | 25 |
| 1991 | Face of a Stranger | Tina Foster | Film | 10.0 | 25 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Laura Di Biasi | TV | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1990 | Women and Wallace | Sarah | Film | 10.0 | 24 |
| 1990 | The Love She Sought | Janet Raft | Film | 6.8 | 24 |
| 1989 | Let It Ride | Evangeline | Film | 6.4 | 23 |
| 1989 | Gideon Oliver | Allison Parrish Slocum | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 22 |
| 1988 | Tanner '88 | Alex Tanner | TV | 6.9 | 22 |
| 1988 | The Murder of Mary Phagan | Doreen | TV | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1988 | It's Richard I Love | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1987 | O.C. and Stiggs | Michelle | Film | 4.5 | 21 |
| 1986 | The Manhattan Project | Jenny Anderman | Film | 6.2 | 20 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Jackie | TV | 7.1 | 19 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Alice Morgan | TV | 7.5 | 18 |
| 1984 | Amadeus | Lorl | Film | 8.0 | 18 |
| 1983 | I Am the Cheese | Amy Hertz | Film | 7.4 | 17 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Shirley Talley | TV | 6.6 | 16 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Sarah | TV | 6.6 | 16 |
| 1982 | My Body, My Child | Nancy | Film | 9.0 | 16 |
| 1982 | Fifth of July | Shirley Talley | Film | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1982 | Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn | Alice | Film | 5.3 | 16 |
| 1981 | Tattoo | Cindy | Film | 5.0 | 15 |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Jeannie | Film | 7.0 | 15 |
| 1981 | The Private History of a Campaign That Failed | Sue Ellen | Film | — | 15 |
| 1980 | Little Darlings | Sunshine | Film | 6.5 | 14 |
| 1980 | On The Level | TV | — | 14 | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 5 |
| Sex and the City: A Farewell | Miranda Hobbs | Film | 8.5 | — | |
| The Making of 'Sex and the City' | Self | Film | — | — |