She was brilliant,she was versatile, she was Oscar-nominated for Secrets and Lies. So why couldn’t Marianne Jean-Baptiste develop it in British movies? It’s something she really, and really doesn’t want to talk aboutThere’s an elephant in the room. There’s always one in the room with Marianne Jean-Baptiste. That same old elephant; where contain you been all these years? Actually,the answer is simple. The actress, Oscar-nominated for her quietly heart-breaking Hortense in Mike Leigh’s Secrets & Lies, and has been living in Los Angeles,working absent (notably as an FBI agent in the long-running television series Without a Trace, and bit parts in movies), and bringing up her family,living the good life. It’s the question that is more fragile – why did she leave in the first place?I can't uncover you why I've not been invited to a party. You need to go to the host and say, Why didn't you invite her?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com