Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress best known as Miranda Hobbes in Sex and the City (HBO, 1998–2004; revivals And Just Like That, 2021–). She came out as in a relationship with education activist Christine Marinoni in 2004; the two married in 2012 and have a son together. Nixon ran as the progressive Democratic candidate for Governor of New York in 2018, centering LGBTQ+ equality, marijuana legalization, and criminal justice reform in her campaign. She has also been open about her experiences as a bisexual woman, noting that her relationships with both men and women are valid expressions of who she is, and has pushed back against media attempts to label or define her identity.