It is almost 30 years since Jean-Baptiste and Leigh collaborated on a film—the cult 1996 comedy drama Secrets & Lies, which would see her become the first Black British actress nominated for an Oscar.

Jean-Baptiste sits, content, handbag at the ready. “When you can do that,” she adds, “then you’re an artist.” ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste, right, says it was "terrifying ... eventually enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Three years after graduation, she was cast in Leigh’s 1993 stage play ...

In 1997, the actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste became the first Black British woman to receive ... She thinks of a quote she once read by the American installation artist Theaster Gates. “He said that it’s ...