Cynthia Nixon confirms engagement

Sex And The City star Cynthia Nixon has confirmed that she is engaged to long-time girlfriend Christine Marinoni.

The actress, who plays lawyer Miranda Hobbs in the franchise, announced the news at a rally for gay marriage in New York yesterday.

Speaking to Access Hollywood, last year, the star said: "I think we would definitely [get married] if it became legal in New York.

"I don’t really want to get married to get married pretend. I think we’d like to do it in a real, actual, legal way that the state would recognise."

Nixon began dating the education activist in 2003 after ending her 15-year marriage to Danny Mozes, the father of her two children.

Other celebrities attending the rally included Nixon's Sex And The City co-star Kristin Davis, former Frasier actor David Hyde Pierce and Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz.