Cynthia Nixon, known for her varied roles on film, television and theater, has won various accolades including two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Tony Awards as well as nominations for two Critics' Choice Television Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award.
For her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series Sex and the City (1998–2004), she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and reprised the role in the films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the television show And Just Like That... (2021–2025). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2008 and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for An Inconvenient Truth in 2009.
Nixon also received two Tony Awards, the first for the Best Actress in a Play for playing a greiving mother in the David Lindsay-Abaire play Rabbit Hole (2006) and for Best Featured Actress in a Play for playing an alcoholic wife in the revival of the Lillian Hellman play The Little Foxes (2017). Her other Broadway credits include the Tom Stoppard play The Real Thing (1983), the David Rabe play Hurlyburly (1983), the Jean Cocteau play Indiscretions (1995), the Clare Boothe Luce play The Women (2001), and the Margaret Edson play Wit (2012).
Major associations Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Television Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Stockholm, Pennsylvania 2016 Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries Killing Reagan
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Sex and the City (episode: "My Motherboard, My Self" + "Change of a Dress") 2003 Sex and the City (episode: "Anchors Away" + "Cover Girl") 2004 Sex and the City (episode: "One" + "The Ick Factor") 2005 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Warm Springs 2008 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (episode: "Alternate")
Golden Globe Award Year Category Nominated work Result 2000Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film Sex and the City 2001 2003 2004 2006 Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film Warm Springs 2021 Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film Ratched
Grammy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2009 Best Spoken Word Album An Inconvenient Truth
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2000 Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series Sex and the City 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Outstanding Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Warm Springs 2023 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series The Gilded Age
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1995 Best Featured Actress in a Play Indiscretions 2006 Best Actress in a Play Rabbit Hole 2012 Wit 2017 Best Featured Actress in a Play The Little Foxes
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Nominated work Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2016 Best Supporting Actress James White Chicago Film Critics Association 2015 Best Supporting Actress James White Chlotrudis Awards 2016 Best Supporting Actress James White Detroit Film Critics Society 2015 Best Supporting Actress James White Dorian Award2026Outstanding Featured Performance in a Broadway PlayMarjorie Prime Drama Desk Award 2017 Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play The Little Foxes FilmOut San Diego 2010 Best Supporting Actress An Englishman in New York Florida Film Critics Circle 2017 Best Actress A Quiet Passion Gold Derby Awards 2004 Comedy Supporting Actress Sex and the City 2005 Television Movie/Miniseries Lead Actress Warm Springs 2005 Drama Guest Actress ER 2008 Drama Guest Actress Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2011 TV Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actress Too Big to Fail 2012 Comedy Guest Actress The Big C Golden Raspberry Awards 2011 Worst Actress (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis) Sex and the City 2 Gracie Allen Awards 2016 Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama Stockholm, Pennsylvania Independent Spirit Awards 2015 Best Supporting Female James White International Cinephile Society Awards 2016 Best Supporting Actress James White 2018 Best Actress A Quiet Passion International Online Cinema Awards 2016 Best Supporting Actress James White 2017 Best Actress A Quiet Passion National Society of Film Critics 2018 Best Actress A Quiet Passion OFTA Television Awards 2000Best Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesSex and the City 2002Best Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesSex and the City 2002Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesSex and the City 2004Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesSex and the City 2004Best Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesSex and the City 2005Best Actress in a Motion Picture or MiniseriesWarm Springs Online Film Critics Society Awards 2015Best Supporting ActressJames White 2017Best ActressA Quiet Passion People's Choice Awards 2009Favorite Cast (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Chris Noth)Sex and the City Satellite Awards 2003Best Supporting Actress in a Series — Comedy or MusicalSex and the City 2005Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionWarm Springs 2015Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionStockholm, Pennsylvania 2023Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television FilmThe Gilded Age ShoWest Convention Awards 2010Ensemble Award (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis)Sex and the City 2 Theatre World Awards 1981Outstanding IndividualThe Philadelphia Story TV Land Awards 2007Most Beautiful BracesSex and the City Village Voice Film Poll 2015Best Supporting ActressJames White 2017Best Lead PerformanceA Quiet Passion Women Film Critics Circle 2017Best ActressA Quiet Passion 2017Invisible Woman AwardA Quiet Passion Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards 1999Lucy Award (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis)Sex and the City Young Artist Awards 1987Best Young Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film — Comedy, Fantasy or DramaThe Manhattan Project
Honorary awards 2008: Received the Muse Award presented by the New York Women in Film & Television. 2010: Received the Vito Russo Award presented by the GLAAD Media Awards. 2013: Received the Yale University Artist for Equality award in 2013 2016: Received the Faith Hubley Memorial Award during the Provincetown International Film Festival.
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