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 ...

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 ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste describes her collaboration with director ... The actress previously worked with Leigh on 1996’s drama Secrets and Lies and has now reconnected with him for Hard Truths.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is taking awards recognition in her stride.. The Hard Truths actress, fresh off the back of a best lead performance win at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Sunday ...

Mike Leigh's drama, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a woman at war with the world, draws out compassion you might not have ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste is taking awards recognition in her stride.. The Hard Truths actress, fresh off the back of a best lead performance win at the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) Sunday ...

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, a cast member in the film "Hard Truths," poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto.

Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin in HARD TRUTHS. Courtesy of Simon Mein. She's a complicated character, one that is difficult to like sometimes.

The polar opposite of "Happy-Go-Lucky," "Hard Truths" stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a woman at war with the world and everyone in it. In 2008, Mike Leigh made a movie called “Happy-Go-Lucky ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste in 'Hard Truths' TIFF. Right at the end credits of Hard Truths it says “any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.” ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, a cast member in the film "Hard Truths," poses for a portrait during the Toronto International Film Festival, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Toronto.