# List of awards and nominations received by Cynthia Nixon

Cynthia Nixon an American actress of stage and screen. 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–present).
Nixon also received two Tony Awards, the first for the Best Actress in a Play for Rabbit Hole (2006) and for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Little Foxes (2017). Her other Broadway credits include The Real Thing (1983), Hurlyburly (1983), Indiscretions (1995), The Women (2001), and Wit (2012). 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.

## Major associations

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### Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 2002 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2004 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Won |
| 2005 | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | Warm Springs | Nominated |
| 2008 | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Alternate | Won |

### Golden Globe Award

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Film | Warm Springs | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or TV Film | Ratched | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
| 2009 | Best Spoken Word Album | An Inconvenient Truth | Won | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 2000 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Won |
| 2002 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2003 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Won |
| 2004 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2005 | Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries | Warm Springs | Nominated |
| 2023 | Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | The Gilded Age | Nominated |

### Tony Awards

| Year | Category | Work | Result |
| 1995 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Indiscretions | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Actress in a Play | Rabbit Hole | Won |
| 2012 | Best Actress in a Play | Wit | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | The Little Foxes | Won |

## Miscellaneous awards
### AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |

### Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |

### Chlotrudis Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Won |

### Critics' Choice Television Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series | Killing Reagan | Nominated |

### Detroit Film Critics Society

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |

### Drama Desk Award

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2017 | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | The Little Foxes | Won |

### FilmOut San Diego

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2010 | Best Supporting Actress | An Englishman in New York | Won |

### Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2017 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### Gold Derby Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2004 | Comedy Supporting Actress | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2005 | Television Movie/Miniseries Lead Actress | Warm Springs | Nominated |
| 2005 | Drama Guest Actress | ER | Nominated |
| 2008 | Drama Guest Actress | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Won |
| 2011 | Television Movie/Miniseries Supporting Actress | Too Big to Fail | Nominated |
| 2012 | Comedy Guest Actress | The Big C | Nominated |

### Golden Raspberry Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2011 | Worst Actress (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis) | Sex and the City 2 | Won |

### Gracie Allen Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Won |

### Independent Spirit Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Female | James White | Nominated |

### International Cinephile Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### International Online Cinema Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### National Society of Film Critics Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2018 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### OFTA Television Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2000 | Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Won |
| 2004 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | Warm Springs | Nominated |

### Online Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### People's Choice Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2009 | Favorite Cast (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis and Chris Noth) | Sex and the City | Nominated |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2003 | Best Supporting Actress in a Series — Comedy or Musical | Sex and the City | Nominated |
| 2005 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Warm Springs | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Nominated |
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | The Gilded Age | Nominated |

### ShoWest Convention Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2010 | Ensemble Award (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis) | Sex and the City 2 | Won |

### Theatre World Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 1981 | Outstanding Individual | The Philadelphia Story | Won |

### TV Land Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2007 | Most Beautiful Braces | Sex and the City | Nominated |

### Village Voice Film Poll Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2015 | Best Supporting Actress | James White | Nominated |
| 2017 | Best Lead Performance | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### Women Film Critics Circle Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2017 | Best Actress | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |
| 2017 | Invisible Woman Award | A Quiet Passion | Nominated |

### Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 1999 | Lucy Award (shared with Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis) | Sex and the City | Won |

### Young Artist Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 1987 | Best Young Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film — Comedy, Fantasy or Drama | The Manhattan Project | Nominated |

## 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.