Cynthia Nixon is famed for playing lawyer Miranda Hobbs on HBO’s Sex and the City – and, in the show, viewers witnessed how becoming a mother to son Brady impacted her career.

Now, speaking in a new interview, the 50-year-old has revealed that “being no longer fertile” has had an impact on her acting career, namely the roles she now gets offered.

Speaking to Metro, Nixon – who has children Samantha, 20, and Charles, 14, with ex-husband Danny Mozes, and Max, six, with wife Christine Marinoni – says: “I am supposed to be of an age where I've raised my children already – the fact I haven't isn't nature's fault, it was my decision.”

Cynthia Nixon explains how “being no longer fertile” affects her career