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Marianne Jean-Baptiste Born Marianne Jean-Baptiste
26 April 1967
London, England, United KingdomOccupation Actress, Singer-songwriter, composer Spouse Evan Williams (1997–present) Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste (born in London 26 April 1967) is a British actress and singer of Antiguan and St. Lucian heritage.
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Early life
Jean-Baptiste was classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and performed at the Royal National Theatre. She was nominated for a 1994 Ian Charleson Award for her performance in Measure For Measure with Cheek by Jowl.[citation needed]
Film career
She gained international success of the social drama Secrets & Lies in 1996, receiving Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for her performance, becoming the first black British actress to be nominated for an Academy Award.[citation needed] She also collaborated with director Mike Leigh on stage in It's a Great Big Shame (1993).[citation needed] A writer and composer, Jean-Baptiste has recorded an album of blues songs and composed the musical score for Leigh's 1997 film Career Girls.[citation needed]
In 1999, she performed in a French-language production of The Suit in Paris.[citation needed]
Jean-Baptiste starred in the American television series Without a Trace as FBI agent Vivian Johnson, who has a serious heart disease and a young son to raise while still working at her demanding law enforcement position.
Most recently she has appeared in Takers, Secrets in the Walls and Harry's Law
She is married to British ballet dancer Evan Williams, with whom she has two daughters.[citation needed]
Filmography
- 2011: Harry's Law (TV) .... Judge Patricia Seabrook (1 episode)
- 2010: Secrets in the Walls (TV) .... Belle
- 2010: Takers .... Naomi
- 2009: The Bake Shop Ghost .... Annie Washington
- 2009: Without a Trace .... Vivian Johnson (159 episodes, 2002–2009)
- 2009: Rooms
- 2008: City of Ember .... Clary
- 2006: Jam .... Lorraine
- 2005: Welcome to California .... Tina
- 2003: Loving You (TV) .... Jude
- 2002: Don't Explain .... Elana
- 2001: The Fear TV series .... Storyteller (2001)
- 2001: Spy Game .... Gladys Jennip
- 2001: New Year's Day .... Veronica
- 2001: Men Only (TV) .... Gemma
- 2001: Women in Film .... Sara
- 2000: The Cell .... Dr. Miriam Kent
- 2000: 28 Days .... Roshanda
- 1999: The Man (TV) .... Michelle
- 1999: The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (TV) .... Doreen Lawrence
- 1999: The 24 Hour Woman .... Madeline Labelle
- 1998: A Murder of Crows .... Elizabeth Pope
- 1998: Nowhere to Go .... Lynne Jacobs
- 1998: The Wedding (TV) .... Ellen Coles
- 1998: How to Make the Cruelest Month .... Christina Parks
- 1997: Mr. Jealousy .... Lucretia
- 1996: Sharman .... Precious (1 episode, 1996)
- 1996: Secrets & Lies .... Hortense Cumberbatch
- 1996: Distinction .... Secretary
- 1994: Cracker .... Marcia Reid (1 episode, 1994)
- 1991: London Kills Me .... Nanny
- 1991: Once Upon a Time .... Babysitter
Other projects, contributions
- When Love Speaks (2002, EMI Classics) - "Sonnet 15" ("When I consider everything that grows...")
External links
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste at the Internet Movie Database
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste Biography at CBS - Without a Trace
Categories:- 1967 births
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- Royal National Theatre Company members
- Shakespearean actors
- Living people
- People from London
- English people of Saint Lucian descent
- English people of Antigua and Barbuda descent
- Black British actors
- British expatriates in the United States
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