"You may not immediately remember her presence, but when Nixon was 16, she had a crucial role in the 1984 film Amadeus playing Lorl, a young woman whom F. Murray Abraham's Salieri hires to spy upon his bitter rival, Mozart. In exchange for food and money, Lorl passes along information about Mozart and is frightened by his descent into mania, but in a touching moment at the end of the film, she still shows up at his funeral."
"As a teen actor, she had appeared in the summer-camp movie Little Darlings, and she worked on Broadway in plays such as The Philadelphia Story. (She'll be back there again later this fall in Marjorie Prime.) But Amadeus -based on a play that was a hit on the West End and Broadwayandadapted by the Czech director Miloš Forman - was a major event, and Nixon knew it would be big as she went through several auditions for her role."
Cynthia Nixon began acting as a teenager, appearing in the film Little Darlings and on Broadway in plays such as The Philadelphia Story. At 16 she played Lorl in the 1984 film Amadeus, portraying a German maid who spies on Mozart for Salieri and later attends Mozart's funeral. Nixon negotiated travel so filming in Prague would not derail her studies at Hunter College High School. She worked with Miloš Forman on the Best Picture–winning film, absorbing directorial lessons and experiencing life behind the Iron Curtain, including encounters with government informants and social pressures different from her upbringing.
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