Actress Cynthia Nixon revealed that her daughter is transgender. Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) entered into a same-sex marriage, and her daughter turned out to be transgender

52-year-old actress Cynthia Nixon, whom many know as one of the main characters in the TV movie “Sex in big city", published a photo with her transgender daughter on her social network page. Thus, Cynthia decided to draw public attention to the problem of discrimination against transgender people, and also congratulate her daughter on graduating from university.

Touching post by the famous Nixon

This morning for Cynthia's fans began with the fact that they found an interesting photo on her Instagram page. On it, the movie star was depicted hugging his daughter Samantha, who is now 21 years old. It was clear that the girl had become a university graduate, because she was wearing a university uniform. Under the photo, Cynthia wrote the following words:

“I am delighted to announce to all my fans that my son Samuel Joseph Moses graduated from university today. For me this is a very important event, which shows that he has grown. We all still call him Sef, but we understand that soon we will have to use another, more adult name. In addition, I want to congratulate everyone on the 13th year when our country celebrates Trans Day of Action. This is important, because we have a huge number of people who consider themselves transgender. We cannot turn a blind eye to them, because then we will turn from a civilized society into savages. We must help them become full members of our society, because the future of our country depends on it!”

Despite such an eloquent post, fans did not appreciate its content. Here are some words about this that could be found in in social networks: “This woman is running for mayor of New York? I think she's not right in the head. How can you write something like this, calling on society to deal with transgender people? You might think we have no other problems. I don’t agree with her,” “I don’t understand why Cynthia is making some kind of sensation out of her personal life. The interesting thing is that her daughter Samantha now considers herself a guy. It seems to me that this is some kind of nonsense!”, “I do not agree with Nixon that you need to put your personal life on display, especially since in this post she not only congratulates her transgender daughter, but also touches on the interests of the country” etc.

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Almost nothing is known about the Nixon children.

Samantha, 21, who now identifies as a guy named Samuel, spoke about her decision to become a man about 10 years ago. Nixon supported her daughter and every time she is talked about, she says that instead of a girl she is growing up a boy. Sef's dad is the common-law ex-husband of the famous actor and actress Danny Moses, with whom Cynthia was together for 15 years: from 1988 to 2003. In addition to Seph, the couple has another son, whose name is Charles Ezekiel. After Cynthia broke up with Danny, she began to build a relationship with Christine Marinoni. In 2009, the women announced their engagement, and in February 2011, Nixon gave his wife a son, Max. Unfortunately, on this moment Journalists do not have photographs of Charles and his younger brother, so no one knows what the grown-up children of the 52-year-old actress look like.

Cynthia Nixon is an American actress whose name will forever be linked in people's hearts with her on-screen character Miranda Hobbes from the acclaimed TV series Sex and the City. Her acting created an image that the audience instantly fell in love with. Her role seems deep and alive, and therefore these days it is widely believed that Cynthia Nixon, in fact, played herself in the popular television series. But is this really so? This is what we will try to figure out today. What kind of person is Cynthia Nixon off the set? What was her path to fame, and how is her career developing now? Read about all this below.

Childhood and youth of Cynthia Nixon

The future movie star was born in New York. Her family consisted entirely of creative personalities: mother - Anna Knoll - was a popular actress, and father - Walter Nixon - a famous radio journalist.

From the very early years Cynthia Nixon was preparing for a film career. Trying to develop her innate talent, she attended various theater studios and clubs. Here she learned the tricks of the acting profession, learned to transform, trying on dozens of images.

When the little actress was only twelve years old, her parents divorced. The girl remained with her mother - a bright and extraordinary woman who always knew how to accept any twists of fate with a smile. This was the case when Anna Noll was diagnosed with cancer. As Cynthia Nixon recalls, her mother told her about her illness very easily and casually, and therefore in the little girl’s mind the thought did not even arise that at that moment her mother was on the border of life and death.

Although nothing terrible happened in the end. Anna Knoll beat cancer the first time, and then the second time.

Cynthia Nixon herself was distinguished by her innate tenacity of character. At the age of twelve she appeared before the audience with her debut role, and three years later she received her first theater award. At the age of fourteen, the girl played her first serious film role, making her mark in the film “Little Charms,” and at eighteen she simultaneously played two roles in Broadway musicals, for which she was soon nicknamed the “Broadway miracle.” While systematically building her acting career, Cynthia at the same time managed to study well in school and then in college.

Cynthia Nixon's career in theater and film

In the early years of her acting career, Cynthia Nixon often played on Broadway, usually relegating filming and various television projects to the background. The actress often returned to the theater stage even after fame and popularity had overwhelmed her.

Cynthia Nixon on video

The most striking and remarkable works of Cynthia Nixon during the “Broadway” period of her career were roles in the plays “The Heidi Chronicles”, “The Last Night of the Absurd”, “Angels in America”, as well as “A Reckless Step” (Tony Award nomination) and “The Philadelphia Story” (for this acting work the girl received the World Theater Award).

The actress's career on television and film was no less bright and successful. Thus, Cynthia Nixon’s filmography includes such films as “Prince of the City,” “Amadeus,” “Hot Spring” (in which she played Eleanor Roosevelt), “ Luxurious life", "The Case of the Pelicans", "Crash Unacceptable: Saving Wall Street." Each of these works brought her well-deserved fame and recognition.

As for television work, the actress has also achieved impressive success in this field. The films “That Scary Letter “R”” (in which Cynthia Nixon played Rebecca), “House” (where the actress appeared as a guest star), as well as the film “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit” became extremely popular. Filming in the last of these series brought the red-haired diva an Emmy Award.

However, the most striking role in the television series for Cynthia Nixon is certainly the role of Miranda Hobbs in the acclaimed project “Sex and the City.” This role made the actress popular in all corners of our vast planet, and also brought her several personal awards (including an Emmy Award for Best female role background). In total, Cynthia Nixon gave six years of her life to the legendary “female” series. Although these figures could be higher if we take into account the time that the actress spent filming two full-length films, “Sex and the City” and “Sex and the City 2.”

In such a context, what is especially noteworthy is the fact that the red-haired beauty might not have appeared in this show at all. Initially, the producers planned to cast another actress for the role of Miranda and were already in full negotiations with her. However, they changed their decision after her longtime friend Jessica Parker insisted on auditioning Cynthia. After reading a short monologue, Nixon so impressed the producers of the TV show that they gave her the role without hesitation. And they were right. Currently, Cynthia Nixon is the “leader” among all other participants in the series in terms of the number of personal awards collected.

Personal life of Cynthia Nixon

The story of the actress’s personal life is no less remarkable than the story of her acting career. For fifteen years (from 1988 to 2003), the actress was in a civil marriage with English philologist Danny Moses. During this period, the couple had two children - daughter Samantha and son Charles (born during the filming of the series). Despite having children together, at the end of 2003 the couple announced their separation.

In 2004, the girl began dating her friend Christine Marinoni, an ardent activist in the educational movement. According to one legend, two women met in a prison station, where they were sent for participating in a protest against budget cuts in American public schools.

Cynthia and Christine dated for five years, and in 2009 they announced their engagement. In the winter of 2011, as a result of artificial insemination, their son Max Nixon-Marinoni was born, whom both girls consider their common child. In May 2012, the women legalized their relationship and got married.

Admitting to being gay in front of the public is now in fashion. World stars do not lag behind mere mortals, believing that with their coming out they can serve good example indecisive.

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Once upon a time, recognition of a non-traditional sexual orientation could ruin a life and cause a flurry of bewilderment and disapproval from more than half of humanity. Nowadays, it’s difficult to surprise people with coming out. Every year there are more and more daredevils who decide to admit their homosexuality.

What motivates celebrities to choose same-sex love and which stars were caught being gay:

Rupert Everett

2015
Famous films: « Ideal husband", "The importance of being serious", "Best friend", "Wedding best friend", "Shakespeare in Love", "Stardust", "Quiet Don", "Wild Thing".

The general public remembers the actor in the roles of gay friends in the films “Best Friend,” where he was Madonna’s partner, and “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” in which he played in tandem with Julia Roberts. The actor was never shy about his sexuality, but only decided to come out in 1989. After Rupert's confession, he was criticized "by you and by us."

Sexual minorities did not like the fact that he did not defend his civil rights and was opposed to raising children in same-sex families. Heterosexuals were, in principle, against such revelations in public. It is worth noting that 20 years after his coming out, in 2009, in an interview with The Observer newspaper, Rupert advised gay actors to never openly declare their orientation if they do not want to say goodbye to a successful career.

Jim Parsons

2015
Famous films: Garden Country, The Big Bang Theory, On the Road with Judas, The Gardener of Eden, The Big Year, Wish I Was Here.

Jim's life changed under the influence of Sheldon Lee Cooper, a brilliant physicist whom he played in the TV series "The Big Bang Theory". The actor became popular overnight and attracted the attention of millions of fans. For several years, the media carried on information that Jim might be gay. These speculations turned out to be true: in 2012, Parsons came out, telling the New York Times magazine about his 10-year relationship with art director Todd Spivak. For some time there was information in the press about the secret wedding of Todd and Jim, but this information was not confirmed.

Andrew Scott

2015
Famous films:“Band of Brothers”, “Lennon Unvarnished”, “Sherlock”, “Locke”, “Victor Frankenstein”, “007: Spectre”.

Andrew began his career in 1995, but gained recognition and popularity relatively recently - thanks to the role of Professor Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock. The Irish actor has never hidden his sexual orientation and in 2013 openly announced his love for men in an interview with The Independent. Andrew also said that people close to him understood this choice and did not condemn him at all. True, no one has yet been able to find out anything from Scott other than his sexuality - after all, he is quite careful in his statements about his partners.

Jodie Foster

2015
Famous films:“The Accused”, “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Anna and the King”, “Panic Room”, “Nim’s Island”, “Elysium: Heaven Not on Earth”.

Hannibal Lecter’s “beloved woman” came out in 2007, when at one of the award ceremonies she told the whole world that she had been living with a woman for 14 years. Her girlfriend at the time was producer Cydney Bernard. Jodie's fans thought that it would come to a wedding, but this did not happen... Cindy and Jodie broke up. Then Cindy Mort and Sophie B. Hawkins ran through Jodie's life. And in April last year, Jodie legalized her relationship with actress Alexandra Hedison. But there were not always women in the actress’s personal life - she has two sons, but Jodi does not disclose the details of the children’s father.

It is interesting that Foster’s mother, Evelyn, after divorcing her husband, was depressed and found solace in the fragile arms of a woman, becoming a lesbian. So, same-sex love in the Foster family is passed down from generation to generation.

Kristen Stewart

2015
Famous films:“Panic Room”, “Into the Wild”, “Teleport”, “Twilight”, “On the Road”, “Snow White and the Huntsman”, “Sils Maria”, “American Ultra”.

The most famous “vampire’s girlfriend” and part-time bisexual is in no hurry to admit her orientation. But Kristen no longer hides her relationships with girls. So, after breaking up with Robert Pattinson, the actress switched to her former assistant Alicia Kardzhayl. The couple was seen together on vacation in Malibu, they were caught walking holding hands. There were rumors that Alicia and Kristen were going to move in together at Stewart's Los Angeles mansion. The girls did not become a happy married couple and they soon broke up. Currently, Kristen is alone - only her beloved wolf cub consoles her. Or again, we don’t know something yet.

Cara Delevingne

2015
Famous films:"Anna Karenina", "Angel's Face", "London Fields", "Paper Towns", "Pan: Journey to Neverland".

One of the most crazy models, extraordinary actresses and favorite muses of Karl Lagerfeld admitted her bisexuality in 2014. At the age of 18, Cara dated Tyrone Wood, but this relationship lasted only a few months. The model's next choice was Harry Styles, but he couldn't stay in the beauty's heart for long. As a result, Kara realized that she wanted to experiment and switched to girls. So, her first (though maybe not first) girlfriend was the brawler Michelle Rodriguez.

The girls didn't meet for long - Michelle went to Zac Efron, and Kara found solace in Annie Clark. Recently, Kara and Annie are increasingly appearing together in public and do not hide their feelings. The model has admitted more than once that she feels much more confident in relationships with girls. True, maybe this is another quirk of Kara’s and she will gradually return to the traditional ranks?

Cynthia Nixon

2015
Famous films:“Amadeus”, “Baby Walking”, “Sex and the City”, “Bastion”, “An Englishman in New York”.

Having become famous thanks to her role as Miranda in the cult series Sex and the City, Cynthia looked at many things differently. For example, she realized that she was closer in spirit to women than to men, and that she was drawn to the fair sex. But she once lived for 15 years with English professor Danny Mozes, to whom she gave birth to two children. In 2004, at a protest against the school, Cynthia met her fate. She turned out to be Christine Marinoni. Since then, the women have not separated. They got married in 2011 and do not know grief, because a woman will always understand a woman.

Interestingly, Cynthia and Christine have a child together, Max Ellington. They also raise Cynthia’s children together from her professor husband.

Wentworth Miller

2015
Famous films:“Dinotopia”, “Underworld”, “Escape”, “Resident Evil 4: Afterlife 3D”, “Loft”.

For a long time, the girls could not believe the news that such a handsome man could be gay. Alas, this is true. The star of the TV series Prison Break, Wentworth came out in 2013. He even refused to visit St. Petersburg in protest against homophobic laws that infringe on the rights of sexual minorities. In an interview, Wentworth also admitted that he realized his gayness in his youth, which is why he tried to take his own life, since no one understood him. Well, we're glad Miller is alive, well, and happy in his blue dreams.< strong>

Ian McKellen

2015
Famous films:“Hamlet”, “Six Degrees of Separation”, “X-Men”, “The Lord of the Rings”, “The Hobbit”, “The Da Vinci Code”, “The Golden Compass”, “Mr. Holmes”.

Well, you would never have thought that this venerable British actor - a master of the Shakespearean repertoire, a real knight and a white Magician from the film adaptation of Tolkien's novels - could be gay. But no, that’s how it happens! In 1988, Ian announced his homosexual orientation during an interview with the BBC, although the actor prefers not to talk about his personal life. It is only known that one of his life partners was the little-known actor Sean Mathias, then Ian switched to teacher Brian Taylor.

Currently, Sir McKellen is single, he is fighting with all his might for the rights of sexual minorities and does not lose hope of reaching out to Russian government in order to repeal the law on gay propaganda.

Ricky Martin

2009
Famous compositions:“Maria”, “Private Emotion”, “I Don’t Care”, “Juramento”, “Come with Me”, “The Best Thing About Me Is You”, “Tu Recuerdo”, “Tal Vez”.

The sexy Puerto Rican macho singer both surprised and disappointed his loyal fans when he openly announced his non-traditional sexual orientation on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2010. This bold confession caused a flurry of indignation, but Ricky did not take back his words: he seemed to exhale - he felt so at ease after his confession. For some time, the singer dated economist Carlos Gonzalez Abella. The lovebirds' relationship ended in January last year.

Well, don’t forget that Ricky had a full-fledged heterosexual relationship - for 14 years he dated Mexican TV presenter Rebecca de Alba. The singer even planned to propose to his beloved, but something went wrong and the couple broke up. In addition, Ricky has twin sons Valentino and Matteo, born in 2008 by a surrogate mother. While the singer is single, raising children, fans do not lose hope that Ricky will come to his senses and return to the ranks of straight men.

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Sade Adu and Isaac Teo

The daughter of singer Sade Mikhaila (Ila) declared herself transgender in 2016. The 20-year-old girl was an open lesbian and decided to change her gender. Long haul Transformation into a man took almost three years, and Sade visited the child in the hospital for almost six months.

They made no secret of the operation, talking in detail about the transition on Instagram and a video blog. Isaac Teo (as Ilu is now called) expressed gratitude to his mother for her support and lives in London with his girlfriend.

Cynthia Nixon and Samuel Moses

The "Sex and the City" actress revealed in 2018 that her child is transgender: "I'm so proud of my son Samuel Joseph Moses (they call him Seph), who is graduating from college this month." No details about the transition were forthcoming.

Previously, the actress's child's name was Samantha Moses, and Cynthia also has a son, Ezekiel, from ex-husband Danny Moses. In 2012, Cynthia Nixon tied the knot with Christine Marinoni. They are raising a son, Max, born to Christine in 2011.

Cher and Chaz

The famous singer and actress Cher, since 1969, raised her daughter Chastity, born in a marriage with Sonny Bono, who then became a transgender son, Chaz Bono.

Unlike others star parents Cher did not immediately come to terms with her choice of child. However, she admitted that they are now creating new memories and are very happy together.

Chaz began the process of gender reassignment in 2008 and even made a documentary, Becoming Chaz. He also wrote the book Passing: The Story of How I Became a Man and became the first transgender person to play a man in film. “I was born this way, and I have no doubt about it,” he admits in an interview.

Cindy Barshop and Jesse

The Real Housewives of New York City actress accepted her son's choice immediately. He is only 9 years old - and he has a twin sister, Zoe, who easily accepted that her sister wanted to be a brother.

In an interview with People, the actress said: “Transgender children are aware of their identity. It's not about sexuality - and that's the most important thing. This is precisely a change in gender identity, not sexual orientation... Children have the right to admit this early, but they are not listened to. Half of transgender teenagers try to commit suicide! Listen to your children."

Charlize Theron and Jackson

The actress said that she adopted child Jackson is actually a daughter when the baby was three years old: “I have two beautiful daughters (Augusta is also adopted) that I want to protect. They have the right to be whoever they want, it’s not up to me to decide... My job is to love and accept them, to know that they have everything they need.”

In August 2019, Theron showed Jackson on Instagram for the first time in three years, and then posted a photo of the child in a pink swimsuit, for which

Of course, it is practically impossible to hide anything from the press, especially when it comes to such high-profile news as orientation or gender reassignment. At one time, the situation of actress Cynthia Nixon, whose name has long been associated not with, but with her personal life, was not spared. And both her and her son...

Samantha Moses in the past

On her account, proud mother Cynthia posted a photo with 21-year-old Samuel, congratulating him on graduating from university. She expressed pride in the boy, whose short name in the family is Sef. The actress also showed respect to those who celebrate Trans Day of Action on this very day, graduation day, as it is directly related to the date.

The fact is that in 1996, in November, Cynthia Nixon and Danny Moses (first husband, editor's note) had a daughter, who was given the name Samantha Moses. However, after some time it became clear that the gender was determined incorrectly. The child was born, and as he grew up, he realized that he was closer to masculine qualities.

As a result, by adjusting her genitals, Samantha became Samuel. Cynthia did not disclose information about this. But the valiant media still managed to penetrate the woman’s personal life and find out some details. But only now the actress spoke about it publicly.

Cynthia Nixon now

By the way, Cynthia herself found herself in a scandalous situation when she announced her engagement to a woman. After bad marriage With her first husband, whom she divorced in 2003, she announced her engagement to one of the activists against budget cuts in schools. The woman's name is Christine Marinoni. In 2011, the couple had a son, Max Elington Nixon-Marinoni, and in 2012, Cynthia and Christine got married.

Now the couple live in perfect harmony, they are united by a common cause, both of them are activists. Moreover, at the moment, Cynthia Nixon has completely left cinema, devoting herself and her career to politics. She is running for mayor of New York.

Photo source, including the main one: @cynthiaenixon