No family should ever experience the last two years of our lives. This is the worst kind of fame. We have been brought into the public spotlight not by our own acts, but by the failure of others who were under a public duty to act... Doreen Lawrence Stephen's mother Marianne Jean-Baptiste showed an aptitude for music as a child and later became interested in acting. She lives in South London with her husband Evan, a former dancer, and their two children. Her acting credits include the films Secrets & Lies (1996) with Brenda Blethyn, for which she received an Oscar nomination, and The Cell (2000). She has also appeared on stage in It's a Great Big Shame (1993) and Measure for Measure (1994) and on television in The Wedding (1998), an adaptation of the novel by Dorothy West.