CYNTHIA NIXON
From "Sex And The City"

April 11, 2006
7:30 p.m. Civic Memorial Auditorum, Fargo

Nixon will speak on her life, career, and balancing work and family.

Cynthia Nixon has completed her final season of HBO's celebrated series, Sex and the City, in which she played "Miranda Hobbes," a role that garnered her 2002 and 2003 Emmy nominations. The cast was honored with the 2001 and 2004 SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In addition, Nixon recently received her third consecutive Golden Globe for her role in the show.

Whether on television or on stage, Nixon is known for her superb characterizations in diverse roles. She was last seen onstage in her acclaimed performance as "Mary Haines" in The Roundabout's revival of The Women, which has been broadcast on PBS's Stage To Screen series. She received much acclaim and a Tony nomination for her role in the Broadway hit "Indiscretions," as "Madelaine," the vivacious bohemian Parisian bookbinder who had simultaneous affairs with a quirky inventor and his son. Nixon also appeared in Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues" at both the Westside Arts Theater, and in the historic Valentine's Day performance at Madison Square Garden.

At the young age of 14, Nixon won a Theater World Award for her stage debut as "Dinah Lord" in Ellis Rabb's production of "The Philadelphia Story." At 15, she was directed by acclaimed filmmaker Louis Malle in the title role of John Guare's Lydie Breeze. Most remarkably, at age 18, she appeared simultaneously in two Broadway productions, David Rabe's "Hurlyburly" and Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing," both directed by Mike Nichols. She balanced the rigorous schedule of two productions with her college course load as a first semester freshman at Barnard College. She acted throughout her college career, and a few months before graduation did double-duty again by starring as "Juliet" in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Romeo and Juliet" and as "Alex Tanner" in HBO's Tanner '88.

As one of the founding members of the theater company, The Drama Dept., Nixon has appeared in their productions of Beane's "The Country Club," Ring Lardner and George S. Kaufman's "June Moon," Tennessee Williams' "Kingdom of Earth," and Beane's "As Bees in Honey Drown," as well as other plays.

Nixon began her film career at age 12 with the role of "Sunshine," the flower child in Little Darlings, and went on to appear in Amadeus, The Manhattan Project, Let It Ride, The Pelican Brief, The Out-Of-Towners, and a plethora of other films.

Having appeared in dozens of plays, television shows and movies, Nixon is recognized within the acting industry as a woman who has the courage and ability to conquer any role. A true inspiration for young people everywhere, she has proven that if you work hard no goal is unattainable.

Nixon is a strong supporter of the New York City public schools and is actively working with the Alliance for Quality Education, a group that fights for funding and quality public education across the state.