Biography

Ingrid Jean-Baptiste is an Actor, Producer and the Creator of the Chelsea Film Festival in New York. She was born and raised in Paris, speaks fluent French, English, German and Creole.

She was recently cast in Season 8 of The Blacklist (2013) that can be seen on Netflix, opposite Homeland's star Diego Klattenhoff, as well as other leading roles that were acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival.

Ingrid made her TV debut on French Television: Bien agités! (2004) aka Totally Nuts directed by César Academy Award filmmaker Patrick Chesnais, alongside veteran actor Darry Cowl.

She attended La Sorbonne University in Paris and started working as a journalist specializing in the Arts both in Paris and Los Angeles. She then moved to New York where she is a graduate of The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.

In 2012, Ingrid had a major car accident in which 7 other people got involved, included her mother Sonia Jean-Baptiste. A year later, Sonia and Ingrid co-founded the Chelsea Film Festival in New York, which became one of the biggest festivals in America (selected as #6 in the Top 10 Best Film Festivals in North America by USA Today).
- IMDb mini biography by: Sonia Jean-Baptiste

Niece of Cesar Nominated Actor/Director Lucien Jean-Baptiste.

She is the Founder of the Chelsea Film Festival in New York.