Early in the new Mike Leigh film Hard Truths, actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers a ferocious monologue about the uselessness of the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals. “It’s ...

NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste ... USA TODAY's movie and TV recommendations right in your inbox. “Hard Truths” reunites Jean-Baptiste with Leigh, 81, after 1996 ...

Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of ... While rarely straying from an overarching “How dare you?” demeanor, Jean-Baptiste shows glimmers of affection and appreciation and even ...

Whether that’s in a film, or in a TV show, or at my sewing machine, or in a dish that I’m cooking.” Jean-Baptiste sits, content, handbag at the ready. “When you can do that,” she adds, ...

It is almost 30 years since Jean-Baptiste and Leigh collaborated on a film—the cult 1996 comedy drama Secrets & Lies, which would see her become the first Black British actress nominated for an Oscar.

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy ... variety of projects including the TV series “Without a Trace,” “Blindspot ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, 57, was born in south London ... She has lived in Los Angeles since 2003, starring in TV series like Without a Trace, but she has now reunited with Leigh for the critically ...

She’s played by the great Marianne Jean-Baptiste, whose powerhouse performance could very well win her the Best Actress Academy Award. Like his other films, including 1996’s “Secrets & Lies ...

NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance ... and their two daughters. She was a series regular for seven seasons of CBS’ police procedural “Without ...

In 1997, the actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste became ... For much of the Noughties, though, Jean-Baptiste solved missing person cases on US TV’s Without a Trace. She’d get a bit bored.

She was a series ... Marianne Jean-Baptiste is also an accomplished musician who composed the score for Mike Leigh's 1997 film "Career Girls." The genial actress has worked primarily in TV for ...