Marianne Jean-Baptiste ... after Whoopi Goldberg, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Angela Bassett. “It’s really exciting,” Jean-Baptiste admits of all the buzz, when we meet several days ...

Cynthia Erivo made Oscar history on Thursday morning with her Best Actress bid for Wicked. She is now only the second Black ...

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 ...

It may be awards season, but for Marianne Jean-Baptiste, family always takes center stage. During a recent interview with USA TODAY, the Oscar-nominated actress shared a personal update after her ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor have never worked together before, but the two bonded like old friends in the latest installment of TheWrap’s longform series Visionaries ...

For Britain’s Marianne Jean-Baptiste, her 30-years-later reunion with the legendary filmmaker Mike Leigh as the star of “Hard Truths,” in theaters now, has been a remarkable triumph.

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 ridiculous,” ...