NEW YORK – In “Hard Truths,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the best performance you may not have seen yet. “For me, it means a lot,” says the acting veteran, sipping green tea on a recent ...

In Mike Leigh's newest film, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an overly critical woman struggling with her mental health. Leigh and Jean-Baptiste talk with NPR's Scott Simon about "Hard Truths.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste's performance in "Hard Truths" has earned her best reviews since she starred in Mike Leigh's “Secrets & Lies” nearly 30 years ago. Of all the movie protagonists you ...

It's no surprise that British powerhouse actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste is getting a lot of praise for her latest role in the Mike Leigh film Hard Truths. Already Oscar-nominated for another Mike ...

In the spring of 2023, Marianne Jean-Baptiste was on a flight from Los Angeles to London, feeling “petrified.” The actress was off to spend the next five months working with the veteran ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars in one of the strongest films of the year, Hard Truths, and it could be an Oscar contender despite being ignored by the Golden Globes. Hard Truths is a film playing in ...

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.” Pansy, a middle-aged woman in contemporary ...