Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who plays Vivian Johnson on Without A Trace, received Academy Award, Golden Globe and British Academy Award nominations for her feature film debut in Secrets and Lies in 1996.
Since then, she has been seen in the films The Cell, 28 Days, The 24 Hour Woman, Mr Jealousy and Spy Games.
Jean-Baptiste's television credits include the movies Silent Hearts, The Murder of Stephen Lawrence and The Man, as well as the miniseries The Wedding.
A writer and composer, Jean-Baptiste wrote the score for Mike Leigh's feature film Career Girls. She has written and performed with British jazz musicians, including Jason Rebello, for whom she wrote and recorded four tracks on his album Keeping Time.
She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions of The Way of the World and Measure for Measure. She starred in Peter Brook's production of Le Costume in Paris.
Jean-Baptiste was born in London, England, where she
lives.
