Marianne Jean-Baptiste has gained severe momentum towards a lead actress Oscar nomination along with her efficiency as a depressed, caustic Londoner in “Hard Truths,” her second heart-wrenching collaboration with filmmaker Mike Leigh.
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For “Hard Truths,” Jean-Baptiste already has obtained a Golden Globe nomination, a British Impartial Movie Award and New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco critics group awards, amongst different honors.
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A 2025 Oscar nod can be Jean-Baptiste’s second, after a supporting nomination …
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years in the past for her efficiency in Leigh’s “Secrets & Lies” as a self-possessed younger girl who tracks down her anxious beginning mom (Brenda Blethyn). However extra folks possible know …
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Jean-Baptiste for enjoying an FBI particular agent on “Without a Trace” throughout its 2002-09 run. That critically acclaimed CBS procedural drew …
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viewers for some episodes, whereas “Secrets & Lies” introduced in about …
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viewers throughout a North American theatrical run that topped out at $13.4 million. However Leigh’s ”kitchen sink”-style British dramas have obtained …
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… earlier Oscar nominations. If she wins,
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Jean-Baptiste can be the primary above-the-line Academy Award for a Leigh movie. To this point …
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Oscars have been awarded to Leigh films, for make-up and costume design for the 1999 musical theater-based interval piece “Topsy-Turvy.”
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Earlier Leigh-directed lead actress nominees Blethyn and (particularly) Imelda Staunton (“Vera Drake”) have been favored earlier than Frances McDormand (“Fargo”) and Hilary Swank (“Million Dollar Baby”), respectively, received as an alternative. Swank …
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… had gained an edge as a mid- to late-awards season favourite — the identical vibe Jean-Baptiste is giving along with her December critics group successes this 12 months.
