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Cynthia Nixon defends 'messy' queer Miranda on And Just Like That…
Cynthia Nixon on And Just Like That season 3.
Her Sex and the City character, Miranda Hobbes, came out in the sequel series.
The Advocate's Pride issue cover star, Cynthia Nixon, revealed the large role she played in advocating for her iconic Sex and the City character, Miranda Hobbes, to embrace her queer identity in And Just Like That….
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The Emmy, Grammy, and Tony winner previously talked about conversations she had with AJLT creator Michael Patrick King about Miranda already being a "homegrown queer character" in the franchise. "Why not go there?" she asked the showrunner ahead of the SATC sequel series.
The actor, who is queer and has been with her wife Christine Marinoni for over 20 years, acknowledged negative response to the character's coming out. That response to Miranda's AJLT storyline was spurred by her leaving her beloved husband and entering into a roller-coaster relationship with Sara Ramirez's Che. Unlike critics of that storyline, Nixon "really liked the fact that it was messy."
"That's part of it. Just because we're queer doesn't mean we have to be perfect too," she added. "Miranda had these experiences a lot later in life than I did, but it wasn't a kind of, 'Oh, I've always been this thing, and I can't believe all the time I've wasted before discovering this one true part of myself.'"
A lifelong activist, Nixon has fought for LGBTQ+ causes and recently delivered a powerful speech calling for trans rights such as gender-affirming care.
Nixon explains that embracing her queerness "was a very happy evolution," and sees Miranda's AJLT journey similarly. Except for the fact that Miranda's queer awakening had "a lot more drama and mess" than the actor experienced in her personal life.
And Just like That… season 3 premieres May 29 on HBO Max.
Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out. He's also a staff contributor to The Advocate, PRIDE, and other equalpride publications. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
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Bernardo Sim is the deputy editor of Out. He's also a staff contributor to The Advocate, PRIDE, and other equalpride publications. Born in Brazil, he currently lives in South Florida.
You can follow Bernardo Sim on Instagram. Otherwise, you can find him on Bluesky, Threads, X/Twitter, and TikTok.
