Happy 46th Birthday to Cynthia Nixon!

Cynthia Nixon is one of those amazing people who seems to just get better with age.

The Tony, Grammy and two-time Emmy winning actress turns 46 today and is at the peak of her profession with acclaimed roles on television, movies and stage – most recently starring on Broadway in the play Wit.

She, of course, is best known for her role as Miranda on Sex and the City and has twice reunited with her TV co-stars for feature films based on the much-loved series.

Cynthia caused a it of a furor earlier this year when she talked about becoming a lesbian midlife. Instead of simply saying she is bisexual, she said that for her being gay is a choice.

She finally cleared it all up and we were able to get on with our lives:  ‘While I don’t often use the word, the technically precise term for my orientation is bisexual,’ Nixon said in a statement to The Advocate. ‘I believe bisexuality is not a choice, it is a fact. What I have ‘chosen’ is to be in a gay relationship.’

Cynthia had spent more than a decade with the man who is the father of her two children but she came out publicly in 2006 after falling in love with activist Christine Marinoni.