It’s amazing watching Mike Leigh’s film Hard Truths, starring the extraordinary Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, in ...
To say that the British actor and director Mike Leigh have given us their best collaboration to date is too mild a sentiment. They've gifted us with a masterpiece of bruised humanity ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste is giving a family update after her daughter was forced to evacuate during the Los Angeles wildfires.
Mike Leigh’s latest comedy-drama considers what it’s like to live a life entirely of grievance.
"I'm not too worried about her not being likable, but I was worried about people not having compassion for her." N early 30 ...
Though it would seem like Leigh is trying to get his actors to become their characters, Jean-Baptiste believes he has no interest in working with whoever she’s supposed to be playing.
“The idea that you could arrive at ‘Hard Truths’ that way is impossible,” Leigh tells me, sitting in StudioCanal’s London office with frequent collaborator Marianne Jean ...
Marianne Jean-Baptiste first got a taste of this experience working with Leigh on his London stage play “It’s a Great Big Shame” in 1993 and earned an Oscar nomination in 1997 for her portrayal of ...
English actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste, best known for her role in the 1996 film Secrets & Lies - for which she earned nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA and Golden Globe for Best Supporting ...
the newest film from seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Mike Leigh that reunited him with his Secrets & Lies star Marianne Jean-Baptiste. After its world premiere at the Toronto Film ...