NEW YORK -- Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" on Broadway has died after falling from a fire escape, ...

In 1997, the actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste became the first Black British woman to receive an Oscar nomination, for Mike Leigh’s suburban gut punch Secrets & Lies. She was heartbreaking in it, as a ...

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.” Pansy, a middle-aged woman in contemporary London, is foul ...

Sitting at an outdoor table near the pool at the Beverly Hills Hotel in oversized sunglasses, sipping on English Breakfast Tea and nibbling on a Caesar salad with chicken, Marianne Jean-Baptiste ...

Actors on a Mike Leigh film set don’t talk about motivation, and that’s fine by “Hard Truths” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who relishes the rehearsal process on his movies. In the latest film from the ...

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." Mike ...