Updates Cynthia Nixon ’84 Plays Emily Dickinson in the Trailer for Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion AAlum Highlights Cynthia Nixon ’84 Plays Emily Dickinson in the Trailer for Terence Davies’ A Quiet Passion August 16, 2016 0 Shares 0 0 0 0 Cynthia Nixon ’84 stars as the legendary poet Emily Dickinson in this luminous biopic from director Terence Davies (The Deep Blue Sea, Sunset Song).