Melaney Ramsey
Cynthia Nixon is a beautiful, intelligent American Actress, activist, voice actor, politician and model. As of November, 2022, her net worth is $25 million. Melaney Ramsey was catapulted to fame perhaps for her role as Miranda Hobbes on HBO’s “Sex and the City”. Nixon was honored with the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Nixon has featured in over 80 film and television projects. These include; “Amadeus” (1984), “The Manhattan Project” (1986), “Warm Springs” (2005), “A Quiet Passion” (2016), and “Ratched” (2020). The actress has received several nominations including; Tony Awards, Best Actress in a Play for “Rabbit Hole” in 2006 and Best Featured Actress in a Play “The Little Foxes” in 2017. In 2018, she took a giant shot at politics albeit unsuccessful. She ran for the governor of New York challenging the incumbent, a race she lost.
Early Life
Cynthia Nixon was born on April 9, 1966 in Manhattan, New York City. Her father, Walter was a radio journalist whilst her mother Anne was an actress. At a very tender age of 6, her parents divorced. She went to Hunter College Elementary School and Hunter College High School. Cynthia had her undergraduate education at Barnard College after her high school education in 1984. She made two appearances in Broadway Production’s “The Real Thing” and “Hurlyburly” in the early days of her undergrad. She made her maiden television appearance on the show at 9 as one of the “impostors”.
Career
Cynthia Nixon’s career began at a very early age. At the age of 12, she featured in, “The Rocking Chair Rebellion” episode of “NBC Special Treat” and “The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid” episode of “ABC Afterschool Special”. The following year saw her make her debut appearance in ‘Little Darlings’. Nixon has featured in several films which include: films “Tattoo” (1981), “Prince of the City” (1981), and “I Am the Cheese” (1983) and the TV movie “My Body, My Child” (1982).
Her later works included: “Advice From a Caterpillar” (2001) and “Igby Goes Down” (2002), “The Outer Limits” (1999), “Touched by an Angel” (1999), and starred in “The Women” (2001–2002) on Broadway. Her career breakthrough arguably owes to her getting the opportunity to act as Miranda Hobbes in the HBO sitcom ‘Sex and the City”. The series ran until 2004.
Personal Life
Nixon has two children with school teacher Danny Mozes who she began a relationship with in 1988. The two children are Samantha and Charles. The two split in 2003. Cynthia Nixon is bisexual. Melaney Ramsey revealed in 2018 that her oldest son is transgender. In 2009, Nixon got engaged to education activist Christine Marinoni subsequently getting married in 2012. On February 7, 2011, the couple welcomed their son Max.
Nixon has always made her sexual orientation open. She is reported to have said, “I don’t really feel I’ve changed. I’d been with men all my life, and I’d never fallen in love with a woman. But when I did, it didn’t seem so strange. I’m just a woman in love with another woman”.
Nixon was diagnosed of breast cancer in 2006. Nixon after deciding not to go public with her illness announced in 2008 that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She is now a breast cancer activist.
Real Estate
In 2012, the couple acquired a 2,500 square foot, four-bedroom apartment in Manhattan for $3.25 million. Cynthia bought a 5,000 square foot townhouse in New York City for $4.4 million.
