Cynthia Nixon

Nixon, who is bisexual, entered into a relationship with Christine Marinoni, an education activist in 2004 and married her in 2012. The couple has one son.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, a fact she revealed after she was cured in 2008. Today, she is a breast cancer activist.

She was born to Anne Knoll and Walter Nixon in New York City. Her mother was an actress while her father was a radio journalist.

She went to Hunter College High School before joining Barnard College. She studied with Semester at Sea in 1986.

She first appeared as an imposter on the television game show, ‘To Tell the Truth’ where her mother worked. Her first acting role was at the age of 12 in the ABC Afterschool Special, ‘The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid’ in 1979.

In 1980 she made her film debut in ‘Little Darlings’ in which she played the role of Sunshine. The film also had other teen actresses like Kristy McNichol and Tatum O’Neal.

She appeared in two of Mike Nichols’ hit Broadway plays in 1984 while she was still a college student. The plays were ‘The Real Thing’ and ‘Hurlyburly’.

After playing small roles in films she landed in a major supporting role in the movie, ‘The Manhattan Project’ in 1986 in which she helps her boyfriend in building a nuclear bomb.

In 1988, she appeared in the two-part TV miniseries ‘The Murder of Mary Phagan’, which is the story of a factory worker who is accused of murdering a 13 year old girl.

She is best known for playing Miranda Hobbes, a successful lawyer who is cynical of men in the HBO series ‘Sex and the City’. This role made her a really popular actress and won her several awards and nominations.