Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives the performance of the year as an explosive volcano of a woman in “Hard Truths.” She tells us ...

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.

Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), protagonist of Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” opening Friday in Houston, is not the first ...

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 ...

In Mike Leigh’s new film Hard Truths, Marianne Jean-Baptiste basically plays my grandmother.

Baptiste, known for roles in "How to Get Away with Murder" and "Without a Trace," is receiving serious Oscar buzz for her performance in "Hard Truths." Reuniting with director Mike Leigh, ...

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 ...

Jean-Baptiste, reuniting with Leigh for the first ... sufficient intellectual stimulation in her role as homemaker and wife to the taciturn Curtley. But we do not know what Curtley was like ...

You might know Jean-Baptiste from Leigh's wonderful 1996 film, Secrets & Lies, in which she played a shy, unassuming London optometrist seeking out her birth mother. But there's nothing unassuming ...