Cynthia Nixon (Credit: Getty/Jenny Anderson) On NBC’s “Today” show yesterday, actor, activist and education advocate Cynthia Nixon gave a noncommittal response to the rumors she may be mulling a run for New York governor in 2018. “I think there are a lot of people who would like me to run, and I think for a variety of reasons,” said the actor who famously played Miranda on “Sex and the City” from 1998 to 2004 and reprised the role in two films.