Cynthia Nixon
When we think of Cynthia Nixon, we thing of “Sex and the City.” The uptight Miranda Hobbes was one of the fabulous four in the New York City based HBO hit and hit movies. But now, we think her next role will be just as memorable– atleast for our eyes.
Nixon now takes on a role that is quite different from her roll in SATC– and one that relates directly to her life. She will be playing Vivian Bearing, a professor who has terminal cancer in the new Broadway production, “Wit.” Nixon is jumping head first into her new role– literally.
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes in "Sex and the City"
She stopped in to ABC’s Live with Kelly this week and she was glowing, and not just with happiness. The 45-year-old star revealed a shaved head and a happy, confident smile. Although she is happy with the way it looks, it’s much more work than the star had originally thought. “I thought it was kind of gonna be no muss-no fuss, but I have to shave it every day!” Nixon laughed. “It’s got kind of a five o’clock shadow, and you don’t want to go on with that.”
That’s right, you definitely don’t want 5 o’clock shadow on your head! Nixon goes on to tell Kelly, in a more serious matter, about the character she plays. “She goes through this really heavy-duty chemo and she meets that challenge, but she learns a lot about herself.” Nixon battled cancer herself in 2008, and is Ambassador for “Susan G. Komen for the Cure.”
“I was always kind of curious to see what it would be like,” Nixon talks of her new haircut. ”I like it; I don’t think I’m gonna keep it forever.” The star has been in the spotlight before for doing out of the ordinary things. The proud, lesbian actress has been an activist for many.
Last week Nixon was in the news for what she had told the New York Times in a pretty controversial interview about her sexuality:
“I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line ‘I’ve been straight and I’ve been gay, and gay is better.’ And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice. I understand that for many people it’s not, but for me it’s a choice, and you don’t get to define my gayness for me. A certain section of our community is very concerned that it not be seen as a choice, because if it’s a choice, then we could opt out. I say it doesn’t matter if we flew here or we swam here, it matters that we are here and we are one group and let us stop trying to make a litmus test for who is considered gay and who is not.”
