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Cynthia Nixon, who played Miranda in the popular tv-series Sex in the City, is in a relationship with another woman according to recent newspaper articles. The woman she's dating is education activist Christine Marinoni. New York Daily News, September 24th, 2004: (excerpt from article) "Miranda switches sides" Cynthia Nixon is trying a different kind of sex in the city, the Daily News has learned. For almost 10 months now, the Emmy-winning actress has been dating another woman, sources say. Back in June of 2003, Nixon split with Danny Mozes, the father of her two children. Last January, according to friends, she began a lesbian relationship. Right now, Nixon, 38, does not want to be as outspoken as Rosie O'Donnell, the sources say. But Nixon did not flinch when we asked her yesterday whether she is involved with another woman. Speaking exclusively with the Daily News, she said, "My private life is private. But at the same time, I have nothing to hide. So what I will say is that I am very happy." Word is that Nixon's partner is not in show business. "She's just a private citizen who would like to remain private," says a friend. Nixon, whose portrayal of marriage-wary lawyer Miranda on the HBO hit "Sex and the City" earned her her first Emmy last Sunday, began a 15-year relationship with photographer Mozes in high school. Nixon told one interviewer she and Mozes never wed because "marriage isn't something that appeals to me. Danny was fine with it, so it wasn't an issue." Nixon and Mozes, who share custody of their children, are said to have remained friendly. One pal says that, although she's committed to her new lover, "She doesn't live with her." Nixon has managed to keep the new romance under wraps by going alone, or with her mother, to media-magnet events. Nixon's real-life romantic switcheroo runs counter to her "Sex and the City" character, Miranda Hobbes, who had a baby, married her bartender boyfriend and settled down in a Brooklyn fixer-upper. While she had her share of flings in the series, Miranda kept things mostly heterosexual, except for one episode. In the first season, her boss mistook her for a lesbian and set her up with a woman. But after one kiss, Miranda realized she was strictly an opposite-sex type of girl. Miranda, a serious law-firm partner, generally was the voice of reason on the show, leaving the lesbian love roles and uninhibited sexcapades to pal Samantha Jones. In the series, it was Jones, played by Kim Cattrall, who briefly carried on a love affair with a female artist. New York Daily News, September 28th, 2004: (excerpt from article) "Cynthia Nixon's mystery girlfriend is a mystery no more " Education activist Christine Marinoni is the lady who captured the heart of the "Sex & the City" star, sources tell us. Friends say Marinoni, the New York City director of the Alliance for Quality Education, and the Emmy-winning actress fell in love while fighting for increased funding and smaller classes in public schools. "They share a strong commitment to improving the lives of children in the city and the state," said a friend. Nixon, who sends her two children to public schools, has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Marinoni at several Alliance events. Friends say Nixon divides her time between Marinoni's pad and her own upper West Side apartment, where her children live and where "Christine sometimes comes along on playdates," says a pal. New York Daily News, October 4th, 2004: (excerpt from article) "Cynthia says this is the happiest relationship she has ever had" The switch-hitting actress, 38, and Marinoni, 37, an education activist and a former Seattle homecoming queen, are said to be getting "very serious" and want to build a two-mommy family unit. "Cynthia says this is the happiest relationship she has ever had," an unidentified friend told the Mail.