Cynthia Nixon walks well-trodden path from stardom to politics
The Sex And The City star is not the first actor to seek political office.
Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon has held her first rally in her bid to become governor of New York.
The actress, who has echoed Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in her call for a New York “for the many, not just the few” is not the first celebrity to make a foray into the world of politics.
Here are some of the others who swapped stardom for public life.
Donald Trump
He made his name for himself in New York property and became a media personality and regular on the US news, particularly as a perpetrator of the “birther” conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was not born in America.
He reportedly contemplated running for office numerous times before eventually winning against Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ronald Reagan
He was even president of the Screen Actors Guild before he entered politics, serving as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and president from 1981 to 1989.
Shirley Temple
She began her diplomatic career in 1969 when she was appointed to represent the United States at a session of the United Nations General Assembly and was named United States ambassador to Ghana and to Czechoslovakia, and also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States.
Stacey Dash
She has filed paperwork to run as a Republican in California’s 44th congressional district.
Sonny Bono
He also appeared in films like Hairspray and Airplane II: The Sequel before he was elected to the US House of Representatives for California from 1995 until he was killed in a skiing accident in 1998.
Fred Thompson
Glenda Jackson
She stood down in the 2015 general election and returned to the stage for an award-winning performance as King Lear at The Old Vic after a 23-year absence.
She is now on Broadway with Oscar nominee Laurie Metcalf and The Newsroom star Alison Pill in Three Tall Women.
Dave Rowntree
He had already unsuccessfully run to be a Labour MP in the 2010 election.