Cynthia Nixon as Emily Dickinson

Jennifer Ehle as Vinnie Dickinson

Keith Carradine as Edward Dickinson

Emma Bell as Young Emily Dickinson

Sara Vertongen as Miss Lyon

Duncan Duff as Austin Dickinson

Jodhi May as Susan Gilbert

Joanna Bacon as Emily Norcross

Benjamin Wainwright as Young Austin Dickinson

Catherine Bailey as Vryling Buffum

Annette Badland as Aunt Elizabeth

Noémie Schellens as Mabel Loomis Todd

Rose Williams as Young Vinnie Dickinson

Miles Richardson as Pastor

Eric Loren as Reverend Wadsworth

Stefan Menaul as Mr. Emmons

Maurice Cassiers as Photographer

Barney Glover as Dancing Soldier

Simone Milsdochter as Mrs. Wadsworth

Yasmin Dewilde as Maggie Maher

Marieke Bresseleers as Jenny Lind

Verona Verbakel as Margaret Kelley

Turlough Convery as Thomas Kelley

Brandon Tabassi as Emily's Irish Pallbearer

Loïs van Wijk as Classmate of Young Emily

Trevor Cooper as Samuel Bowles

Duncan Duff as austin dickinson