Power Women Cynthia Nixon Letitia James Lisa Bloom Ibtihaj Muhammad Moj Mahdara Laura Poitras

TheWrap is pleased to welcome a powerful line-up to its Power Women Breakfast in New York City this week, featuring Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon; U.S. Olympic Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad; entrepreneur Moj Mahdara, CEO of Beautycon Media; activist attorney Lisa Bloom, The Bloom Firm; the Public Advocate for the City of New York Letitia James and Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour,” “Risk”).

TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast series brings together women of remarkable achievement from entertainment, media, technology, brands, finance and sports in key cities to inspire, network and connect.

TheWrap in 2017 has shared its successful Power Women franchise in Washington D.C., and San Francisco and will be headed to Los Angeles in October, building a broad network and community of professional women who are decision-makers and mothers, leaders and wives, innovators and activists.

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Hosted by Founder & Editor-in-Chief, TheWrap, Sharon Waxman along with Paula Wagner, Film and Theatre Producer and Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient and Founder, Girls’ Lounge, the breakfast kicks off Thursday, June 29 at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan. It will be streaming live on TheWrap’s Facebook page.

The 2017 Power Women Breakfast New York is sponsored by Lifetime, SAG-AFTRA, HBO, AMC Networks, Rubenstein, Creative Future and Edelman.

This year’s event will host a Live auction to benefit the Joyful Heart Foundation, dedicated to transforming society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, and support survivors’ healing, to end this violence forever.

The Scene With Cynthia Nixon, Lisa Bloom at TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast NYC 2017 (Photos)

Attorney Lisa Bloom, TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman, Emmy-winning actress Cynthia Nixon, actress Judith Light, and producer Paula Wagner attend the Power Women Breakfast NYC on June 29, 2017.
TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad attend Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient and Founder, Girls’ Lounge; TheWrap Editor-In-Chief Sharon Waxman and film and theater producer Paula Wagner co-hosted the 2017 edition of Power Women Breakfast in NYC.
Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient and Founder, Girls’ Lounge moderated a discussion at Power Women Breakfast.
Moj Mahdara, CEO of Beautycon Media, speaks at Power Women Breakfast NYC
Ibtihaj Muhammad, best known as the first U.S. Olympic athlete to wear a hijab during the games, speaks at the Power Women Breakfast in New York.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
"Friends From College" star Annie Parisse and "Sex and the City" alum Cynthia Nixon attend the Power Women Breakfast in New York.
Jenna Leigh Green, star of "Wicked," attends the Power Women Breakfast in NYC.
Letitia James, Public Advocate for New York City, speaks at the Power Women Breakfast in NYC.
Actress Lois Robbins attends the Power Women Breakfast in NYC.
Sharon Waxman, Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, attorney Lisa Bloom, and Oscar-Winning documentarian Laura Poitras pose on the red carpet of the Power Women Breakfast NYC.
"Orange Is the New Black" star Emma Myles attends the Power Women Breakfast in NYC.
Charity representatives Lisa Winjum and Sarah Haacke Byrd attend Power Women Breakfast benefiting Joyful Heart Foundation.
Rachel Bay Jones, a recent Tony winner for "Dear Evan Hansen," attends the Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Producer and Co-host of the Power Women Breakfast Paula Wagner stops for a photo on the step and repeat.
Muhammad at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
U.S. fencer and Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad talks about being a Muslim woman in a post-Obama world.
Cynthia Nixon and others at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Moj Mahdara, CEO of Beautycon Media, talks why she doesn't need to wear make-up to run a beauty business.
Beautycon Media CEO Moj Mahdara chats about why Generation Z is so important to brands.
Shelley Zalis chats one on one with Moj Mahdara.
Beautycon Media CEO Moj Mahdara at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Cynthia Nixon, currently starring on Broadway in "The Little Foxes," compared her play with the Trump family.
Cynthia Nixon revealed she would "of course" be interested in another "Sex and the City" movie.
Megan Mack
TheWrap founder ttSharon Waxman interviews Cynthia Nixon at the Power Women Breakfast NYC on Thursday.
Attendees at the Power Women Breakfast.
Women at the Power Women Breakfast NYC
A SAG-AFTRA board member attends Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Power Women Breakfast NYC.
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Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Gail Becker reacts to Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attorney Lisa Bloom said she receives death threats for standing up for women's rights.
Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras talks about being on the NSA watch list.
Activist and attorney Lisa Bloom joins the game-changers panel at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
"Citizenfour" filmmaker Laura Poitras talks fear and being on the right side of history.
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James hinted at a future mayoral run.
Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attorney Lisa Bloom and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James speak at Power Women Breakfast NYC on Thursday.
Lisa Bloom with daughter attorney Sarah Bloom at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Power Women Breakfast NYC, game-changers panelists: Sharon Waxman, Lisa Bloom, Letitia James, and Laura Poitras.
Sarah Haacke Byrd attends as representative of Joyful Heart Foundation, beneficiary of TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast.
Charity auction at Power Women Breakfast NYC with designer Rachel Simone
Charity auction at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Charity auction at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendee at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Charity auction at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Documentarian Aviva Kempner gets a Blushington touch-up at Power Women
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
SCAD Film School Dean Andra Reeve-Rabb at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
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Sharon Waxman at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
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Judith Light at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Attendees at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Lisa Bloom and Cynthia Nixon at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
The scene at Power Women Breakfast NYC.
Lisa Bloom and author and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson
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Attorney Lisa Bloom, TheWrap founder Sharon Waxman, Emmy-winning actress Cynthia Nixon, actress Judith Light, and producer Paula Wagner attend the Power Women Breakfast NYC on June 29, 2017.

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