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.

Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh for the first time since her Oscar-nominated performance in “Secrets & Lies” nearly 30 years ago, is loudly apoplectic yet also magnificently subtle in ...

No one last year gave a performance that comes close to what Marianne Jean-Baptiste does in Hard Truths. Photo: Simon Mein/Thin Man Films Pansy Deacon, the London woman played by Marianne Jean ...

I’ll leave the cliff-hanger for you to discover and debate (Jean-Baptiste gave her own reading of it). It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many ...

As a result, Jean-Baptiste's performance, electrifying as it is, is also steeped in emotional complexity; the more time we spend with Pansy, the more we see that her rage against the world arises ...

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 ...

I’ll leave the cliffhanger for you to discover and debate (Jean-Baptiste gave her own reading of it). It is a truly blistering performance from Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh after many ...