It’s done in isolation with each actor. Then Michele Austin will come into the rehearsal, and Mike will say, “Aha! Surprise, surprise, you’re playing sisters in this world!” When she ...

Longtime Mike Leigh collaborators Michele Austin and Marianne Jean-Baptiste reunite in the director’s Hard Truths, playing two very different sisters living in north London. Jean-Baptiste plays ...

Founder Michele Austin says the program continues to grow, and they are now seeking more space. "Because the community has been so fabulous, we actually are outgrowing our space and we are ...

and her younger sister (Michele Austin, from Leigh’s Another Year), a single mother with a life as different from Pansy’s as their temperaments. As Pansy increasingly nears a her snapping ...

Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths is a study in contracts. At the center of the tale are two sisters, Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Chantelle (Michele Austin), who are as dissimilar as possible. While ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Michele Austin, as well Best Director for All We Imagine as Light‘s Payal Kapadia and Best Screenplay for A Real Pain‘s Jesse Eisenberg. The organization also ...

Her co-star, Michele Austin, who plays her sister in the film and also played opposite her in Leigh’s 1996 family drama “Secrets & Lies,” also managed to secure Best Supporting Actress — her first ...

It’s done in isolation with each actor. Then Michele Austin will come into the rehearsal, and Mike will say, “Aha! Surprise, surprise, you’re playing sisters in this world!” Read more: ...