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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste with Claire Rushbrook in Secrets ... As a child, she would watch the Gran­ada TV series Crown Court and dream of becoming a barrister. “I loved the drama.

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.

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 ...

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 ...