Cynthia Nixon’s Wife Knew Her ‘And Just Like That’ Sex Scene Was ‘Going to Be Hot’

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Steamy! Cynthia Nixon‘s wife, Christine Marinoni, knew the Sex and the City alum’s erotic scenes in And Just Like That would be authentic.“[Writer] Samantha Irby was telling us all about that scene before we ever got to read it,” Nixon, 56, told Bowen Yang in a conversation for Variety on Saturday, June 18. “Having a queer woman in the writers’ room writing this queer sex scene, my wife was like, ‘I know it’s going to be hot, and I know it’s going to be real.'”In the SATC spinoff series, the New York native’s character, Miranda, falls for nonbinary comedian Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) despite still being married to Steve (David Eigenberg).

Nixon told Variety that she doesn’t think Miranda entering a queer relationship was a shock to fans of the show.“Even though she was only really interested in men, I think that Miranda had many other queer and frankly, lesbianic qualities about her,” the Emmy winner said, adding that her character was “a stand in for the gay women we didn’t have” in the original SATC series.“Miranda has always grappled with power, and female power versus male power, and women getting the short end of the stick and that’s a big issue for women who are queer.

I think not having to be under a man’s thumb has always been one of the very appealing things that being with another woman has to offer,” Nixon explained.The Quiet Passion actress’ real-life experience is not dissimilar to Miranda’s.

She was married to a man, Danny Mozes, from 1998 to 2003 before she met and fell in love with Marinoni. The couple exchanged vows in New York City in May 2012 after welcoming their son, Max, in February 2011.