Marianne Jean-Baptiste
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About
Academy Award-nominated actress who played Hortense Cumberbatch in the 1996 drama Secrets & Lies and Vivian Johnson on Without a Trace. She played Pansy in the 2024 movie, Hard Truths.
Before Fame
She earned a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for her role in Secrets and Lies, in addition to the first Academy Award earned by a black Briton.
Trivia
She was cast as Karen Dean, the Detroit chief of police, in the 2013 reboot of RoboCop. She has amassed over 60 acting credits throughout her long career.
Family Life
She married husband Evan Williams, a ballet dancer, in 1997; they had two children together.
Associated With
Mike Leigh wrote and directed Secrets and Lies, the drama that brought her much critical acclaim.
