Toni Collette

01.11.1972 (52 years) (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

Toni Collett (born 1 November 1972), credited professionally as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician. One of Australia's most prolific actresses, she is known for her work in independent films as well as supporting roles in studio films. She has received numerous awards, including six AACTA Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated twice for a British Academy Film Award and both once for an Academy Award and a Tony Award. Born in Sydney, she is eldest of three children. Her interest in acting sparked after performing in a high school production of Godspell. She subsequently attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art for 18 months before dropping out to take part in a stage production of Uncle Vanya. She also appeared in stage productions at the Belvoir Street Theatre, under directorship of Geoffrey Rush. She made her feature film debut in 1992 and made her breakthrough with the comedy-drama film Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination. She subsequently achieved critical acclaim for her portrayal of mothers across a wide range of genres such as The Sixth Sense (1999), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, About a Boy (2002), Little Miss Sunshine (2006), The Way, Way Back (2013), Krampus (2015), and Hereditary (2018). Her highest-grossing films came with the thrillers Shaft (2000) and Changing Lanes (2002), the period drama The Hours (2002), the comedy Tammy (2014), and the action thriller XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017). Her Broadway performances include the lead roles in The Wild Party and The Realistic Joneses, the former of which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She played the lead role in the comedy-drama series United States of Tara, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award. In addition to acting, Colette has her own production company, Vocab Films and is the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. In 2006, the band released their debut album Beautiful Awkward Pictures, which contained eleven tracks, all of which were written and composed by Collette. She is married to actor and drummer Dave Galafassi with whom she has two children.

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