Toni Collette

Known for ActingBorn 1972-11-01 (age 53)Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Toni Collette Galafassi (November 1, 1972) is an Australian actress, producer, singer, and songwriter. Known for her work in television and independent films, she has received various accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two British Academy Film Awards. After making her film debut in Spotswood (1992) and being nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, her breakthrough role came in the comedy-drama Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination and won her the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Collette achieved greater international recognition for her role in the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received BAFTA Award nominations for her performances in the romantic comedy About a Boy (2002) and the comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Collette's films include diverse genres, such as the period comedy Emma (1996), the action thriller Shaft (2000), the period drama The Hours (2002), the romantic drama Japanese Story (2003), the comedies In Her Shoes (2005) and The Way, Way Back (2013), the horror films Krampus (2015) and Hereditary (2018), and the mystery film Knives Out (2019). Her Broadway performances include the lead role in The Wild Party (2000), which earned her a Tony Award nomination. In television, she starred in the Showtime comedy-drama series United States of Tara (2008–2011) and the Netflix drama miniseries Unbelievable (2019). For the former, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has won five AACTA Awards, from eight nominations. Collette married Dave Galafassi, drummer of the band Gelbison, in January 2003. The couple have two children together. As the lead singer of Toni Collette & the Finish, she wrote all 11 tracks of their sole album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures (2006). The band toured Australia, but have not performed nor released any new material after 2007. In 2017, Collette and Jen Turner co-founded the film production company Vocab Films.Read more

Movies & web series

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Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

Unbelievable

Mary and Max

Knives Out

The Sixth Sense

Little Miss Sunshine

Big Fat Quiz

Devil's Playground

Miss You Already

Shaft: Still the Man

Rove

Hereditary

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

The Hours

The Graham Norton Show

The Way Way Back

Dream Horse

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The Staircase

Nightmare Alley

Juror #2

United States of Tara

Mickey 17

The Thief and the Cobbler

Hearts Beat Loud

Please Stand By

Goodbye June

Foster

Velvet Goldmine

The Boxtrolls

Enough Said

Hector and the Search for Happiness

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Muriel's Wedding

Hitchcock

About a Boy

The Boys

PIECES OF HER

Storm Surfers

Imperium

Emma

Jasper Jones

The Oscars

The Black Balloon

Unlocked

Like Minds

Wayward