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Cynthia Nixon

Awards

Cynthia Nixon

18 wins & 55 nominations

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • James White (2015)
    2015 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

Primetime Emmy Awards

  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    2008 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series
    • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    For playing "Janis Donovan". For episode: "Alternate".
  • Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)
    2005 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
    • Warm Springs
    For playing: "Eleanor Roosevelt".
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2004 Winner Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    For playing "Miranda Hobbes".
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2003 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    For playing: "Miranda Hobbes".
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2002 Nominee Primetime Emmy
    • Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    For playing: "Miranda Hobbes".

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee FFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion

GLAAD Media Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon
    2010 Winner Vito Russo Award

Golden Globes, USA

  • Sarah Paulson in Ratched (2020)
    2021 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Supporting Role
    • Ratched
  • Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)
    2006 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Warm Springs
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2004 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Sex and the City
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2003 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Sex and the City
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2001 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Sex and the City

Satellite Awards

  • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
    2023 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    • The Gilded Age
  • Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
    2016 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Stockholm, Pennsylvania
  • Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)
    2005 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Warm Springs
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2003 Nominee Golden Satellite Award
    • Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Comedy or Musical
    • Sex and the City

Grammy Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon
    2009 Winner Grammy
    • Best Spoken Word Album
    For "An Inconvenient Truth"
    Shared with: Beau Bridges · Blair Underwood · Elisa Shokoff · Rick Bradley

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • James White (2015)
    2016 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Supporting Female
    • James White

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2018 3rd Place NSFC Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
    Tied with Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) in 3rd place.

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
  • James White (2015)
    2015 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

People's Choice Awards, USA

  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (2008)
    2009 Nominee People's Choice Award
    • Favorite Cast
    • Sex and the City
    Shared with: Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Chris Noth

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Cynthia Nixon
    2016 Winner Faith Hubley Memorial Award

Razzie Awards

  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
    2011 Winner Razzie Award
    • Worst Actress
    • Sex and the City 2
    Shared with: Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
    2011 Winner Razzie Award
    • Worst Screen Couple/Worst Screen Ensemble
    • Sex and the City 2
    Shared with: Kristin Davis · John Corbett · Kim Cattrall · Sarah Jessica Parker · Chris Noth

Actor Awards

  • Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Denée Benton in The Gilded Age (2022)
    2024 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • The Gilded Age
    Shared with: Erin Wilhelmi · John Douglas Thompson · Morgan Spector · Douglas Sills · Jeremy Shamos · Blake Ritson · Taylor Richardson · Harry Richardson · Patrick Page · Kelli O'Hara · Kristine Nielsen · Donna Murphy · Debra Monk · Audra McDonald · Robert Sean Leonard · Matilda Lawler · Nathan Lane · Celia Keenan-Bolger · Sullivan Jones · Simon Jones · Louisa Jacobson · Ward Horton · Jack Gilpin · David Furr · Taissa Farmiga · Kelley Curran · Carrie Coon · Michael Cerveris · Nicole Brydon Bloom · Denée Benton · Christine Baranski · Ashlie Atkinson · Ben Ahlers
  • Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)
    2006 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
    • Warm Springs
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2005 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    Shared with: Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2004 Winner Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    Shared with: Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Sarah Jessica Parker
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2003 Nominee Actor
    • Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
    Shared with: Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis · Sarah Jessica Parker

ShoWest Convention, USA

  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City 2 (2010)
    2010 Winner ShoWest Award
    • Ensemble Award
    • Sex and the City 2
    Shared with: Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis

Women in Film Lucy Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon
    1999 Winner Lucy Award
    Shared with: Sarah Jessica Parker · Kim Cattrall · Kristin Davis

Young Artist Awards

  • The Manhattan Project (1986)
    1987 Nominee Young Artist Award
    • Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Supporting Role in a Feature Film - Comedy, Fantasy or Drama
    • The Manhattan Project

Gracie Allen Awards

  • Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
    2016 Winner Gracie
    • Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role- Drama
    • Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Chlotrudis Awards

  • James White (2015)
    2016 Winner Chlotrudis Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

TV Land Awards

  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2007 Nominee TV Land Award
    • Most Beautiful Braces
    • Sex and the City

New York Women in Film & Television

  • Cynthia Nixon
    2008 Winner Muse Award

FilmOut San Diego, US

  • John Hurt in An Englishman in New York (2009)
    2010 Winner FilmOut Festival Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • An Englishman in New York

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2018 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
  • James White (2015)
    2016 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • James White (2015)
    2015 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

Critics Choice Television Awards

  • Tim Matheson, Cynthia Nixon, and Kyle S. More in Killing Reagan (2016)
    2016 Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Actress in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series
    • Killing Reagan
  • Saoirse Ronan in Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)
    2015 Nominee Critics' Choice TV Award
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Movie/Limited Series
    • Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
    Tied with Anne Hathaway for Colossal (2016) in 10th place

Online Film & Television Association

  • Kenneth Branagh and Cynthia Nixon in Warm Springs (2005)
    2005 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries
    • Warm Springs
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2004 Nominee OFTA Television Award
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2002 Winner OFTA Television Award
    • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
    • Sex and the City

Village Voice Film Poll

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 3rd Place VVFP Award
    • Best Lead Performance
    • A Quiet Passion
    3rd place.
  • James White (2015)
    2015 Nominee VVFP Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White
    7th place.

Women's Image Network Awards

  • Tim Matheson, Cynthia Nixon, and Kyle S. More in Killing Reagan (2016)
    2018 Nominee WIN Award
    • Actress MFT Movie / Mini-Series
    • Killing Reagan

Women Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee WFCC Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee Invisible Woman Award
    • A Quiet Passion

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee Halfway Award
    • Best Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
  • James White (2015)
    2016 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White
    5th place.
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    2008 Nominee INOCA TV
    • Best Guest Actress in a Drama or Comedy Series
    • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Indiewire Critics' Poll

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 3rd Place ICP Award
    • Best Lead Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
    3rd place.
  • James White (2015)
    2015 3rd Place ICP Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White
    3rd place.

Gold Derby Awards

  • Laura Linney in The Big C (2010)
    2012 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Guest Actress
    • The Big C
  • Too Big to Fail (2011)
    2011 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • TV Movie/Mini Supporting Actress
    • Too Big to Fail
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Drama Guest Actress of the Decade
    • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon in Sex and the City (1998)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby TV Award
    • Comedy Supporting Actress of the Decade
    • Sex and the City
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    2008 Winner Gold Derby TV Award
    • Drama Guest Actress
    • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • James White (2015)
    2016 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Supporting Actress
    • James White

British LGBT Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon
    2019 Winner British LGBT Award
    • LGBT+ Celebrity

Días de Cine Awards

  • Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion (2016)
    2017 Nominee Días de Cine Award
    • Best Foreign Actress
    • A Quiet Passion
    4th place

The Ambies

  • Hot White Heist 2 (2024)
    2025 Nominee Ambie
    • Best Performance in Audio Fiction
    • Hot White Heist 2
    Shared with: Jesse James Keitel · Jane Lynch · Sarah Steele · Bowen Yang · Ian McKellen · Shannon Woodward · Sara Ramirez · Raúl Esparza · Joel Kim Booster

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