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Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972), credited professionally as Toni Collette, is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film, as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She has received six AACTA Awards, one Primetime Emmy, one Golden Globe and one Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA and once for an Academy Award and a Tony Award.
Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as Spotswood (1992) and Muriel's Wedding (1994). For the latter, she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. In 1999, she achieved international recognition as a result of her Oscar-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense, and a year later made her Tony Award-nominated Broadway debut with the lead role in the musical The Wild Party. In the 2000s, she received acclaim for her roles in independent features such as About a Boy (2002), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and Little Miss Sunshine (2006), which earned her an SAG Award as well as her second Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Her other films include: Emma (1996), Clockwatchers (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Changing Lanes, The Hours (both 2002), In Her Shoes (2005), The Night Listener (2006), Fright Night (2011), Mental, Hitchcock (both 2012), Lucky Them, Enough Said (both 2013), Tammy (2014), Miss You Already, Krampus (both 2015), Imperium (2016), xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and Hereditary (2018).
From 2009 to 2011, she played the lead role on the television series United States of Tara, for which she won Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress. Collette returned to Broadway in 2014 in The Realistic Joneses, for which she earned a Drama Desk Special Award.
Early life
Collette studied acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Kensington, New South Wales
Toni Collett was born in Glebe, a suburb in Sydney, the daughter of Judith (née Cook), a customer-service representative, and Bob Collett, a truck driver.She has two younger brothers, Ben and Christopher.[citation needed]
She was born under the surname "Collett", but added an "e" at the end for her stage name. In an 2015 episode of Who Do You Think You Are? she uncovered that her biological paternal grandfather was an American Chief Petty Officer in U.S. Navy stationed in Australia in World War II whose name Toni does not know. From an early age, Collette showed a talent for acting. She faked appendicitis when she was eleven, and was so convincing that doctors removed her appendix, although tests showed nothing wrong with it.
She attended Blacktown Girls' High School until the age of 16, and later attended both the Australian Theatre for Young People and National Institute of Dramatic Art. Her first acting role was onstage in the musical Godspell in Sydney in her early teens.
Acting career
Collette made her television debut in 1990, in a guest appearance on the Seven Network drama series A Country Practice. In 1992, she made her feature film debut as part of the ensemble comedy-drama Spotswood (known in the U.S. as The Efficiency Expert), which starred Anthony Hopkins and which also featured Russell Crowe. Collette soon rocketed to international notice with her performance in the title role for Muriel's Wedding in 1994, a role for which she gained 18 kg (40 lb) in seven weeks. She won the Australian award for Best Actress as Muriel, her first of five Australian Film Institute awards. In 1996, she was part of the ensemble cast of the comedy, Così, and had a leading role in Emma as the naïve Harriet Smith. In 1998, she appeared in The Boys, based on a Sydney stage play of the same name. Also In Her Shoes (2005) and Fun Moms Dinner (2017) She has also received broad acclaim on Broadway, starring as Queenie in Michael John LaChiusa's musical work, The Wild Party. For this role, Collette was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.
Collette turned down the title role in Bridget Jones's Diary because she was committed to perform on Broadway at the time. In 2000, she was nominated for an Academy Award for her role as the mother of a troubled boy in the 1999 U.S. film The Sixth Sense, which also starred Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment.
2000s
In 2000, she was the voice of Meg Bluegum Bunyip's mother in The Magic Pudding based on the iconic children's book by Norman Lindsay.
In 2003, Collette played the lead role in Japanese Story as an Australian geologist traversing an arc of emotions in the course of an intense relationship with a visiting Japanese businessman, which she captured so powerfully that numerous reviewers made the point of welcoming her back to playing the lead for the first time since Muriel's Wedding and generally scored her performance as riveting. Collette won the Australian Film Institute award for Best Actress for her performance.
In 2004, Collette starred with Nia Vardalos and David Duchovny in the musical comedy Connie and Carla, released by Universal Studios. Collette's only film in 2005 was In Her Shoes, a comedy-drama about the relationship between two uncommon sisters and their estranged grandmother, co-starring Cameron Diaz and Shirley MacLaine. Based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner, the production received generally positive reviews from critics, and became a moderate independent success, earning a total of US$82.2 million worldwide. Collette was subsequently nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Actress for her performance of a successful-but-lonely lawyer with low self-esteem, which Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle noted the focus of the film: "As usual, Collette's face is a fine-tuned transmitter of her emotions, moment by moment, and she becomes the locus of audience feeling."
In 2006, Collette starred in Little Miss Sunshine, a comedy-drama-road movie about a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2006, and its distribution rights were bought by Fox Searchlight Pictures for one of the biggest deals made in the history of the festival.Released in July 2006, the film received major critical acclaim, resulting in several accolades such as four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, whilst Collette herself earned her second BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for her portrayal of the family's worn-out matriarch. A box office success, Little Miss Sunshine went on to gross US$100.5 million worldwide and became one of the most successful independent films of the mid-2000s.
Also in 2006, Collette played supporting roles in the thriller films Like Minds, The Night Listener and The Dead Girl. Although the latter was released to positive response during its limited North American run, none of these films fared generally well at the box office, with Robin Williams-featuring The Night Listener emerging as the biggest-selling production with global gross revenue of US$10.5 million. In her first television engagement in five years, the HBO-BBC joint miniseries Tsunami: The Aftermath (2006), Collette played an Australian government employee who tries to cope with the events following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the resulting tsunami in Thailand. Broadcast to controversial critics, her performance of an aid worker garnered Collette her first Primetime Emmy nomination and third Golden Globe nomination.
In 2008, Collette accepted the leading role in the Showtime comedy-drama series, United States of Tara. Created by Steven Spielberg and Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody, the show revolves around a wife and mother of two with dissociative identity disorder, coping with her seven alternate personalities. Originally planned for a twelve episode season, the series was picked up for a second and third season, broadcast in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Collette won both the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and the Best Actress in a TV Comedy for her performance on the show.
2010s
In 2011 and 2012, Collette took on a slew of supporting roles in independent films, as well as the 2011 remake of Fright Night. She also appeared in, among others, Jesus Henry Christ and Mental, which reunited her with Muriel's Wedding director P. J. Hogan.
In 2013, Collette earned critical acclaim for her work in the acclaimed independent films The Way, Way Back as Pam, opposite Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell, and Enough Said as Sarah, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini in one of his final film roles. In particular, for her work in Way, Way Back, Collette received several glowing notices. Andrew O'Heir of Salon Magazine praised her "brilliant, understated performance"; Peter Travers of Rolling Stone dubbed her work "stellar"; James Berardinelli described Collette as a "chameleon" and said that she gives a performance far and above what the role requires; and Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times wrote that through Collette's performance, "Pam ... comes alive."
In the fall of 2013, Collette headlined the CBS event drama Hostages to solid reviews albeit weak ratings. RedEye described her performance as "fascinating",Newsday as "superb",and USA Today as "nuanced" and "grounded."The series aired fifteen episodes and, due to a combination of low ratings and a closed narrative, will not return for a second cycle.
Collette again had the lead role in the Joanne Woodward-produced Lucky Them, which debuted at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically on 30 May 2014. The film earned strong reviews, with Collette receiving the bulk of the praise. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the movie was "centered by smart, soulful work by the wonderful Toni Collette" and that she plays her character, Ellie, "with warmth, realness and emotional transparency that make you stay with her even when she's pushing people away." Variety said that "it's Collette's show, and the actress fully conveys the brittle, hard-edged cynicism of someone who's been around the block a few times, jaded by years of exposure to the empty promises and broken dreams that proliferate on her chosen beat ... it generates a surprising degree of suspense as it barrels toward its final revelations, culminating in an unexpectedly emotional payoff played with piercing delicacy by Collette." The film played the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where Joe Bendel of Libertas Film Magazine ranked Collette's leading performance as the fourth-best of the festival.Upon release, Mike D'Angelo of The Dissolve wrote that "Toni Collette is capable of anything" and other raves came from The Village Voice, the New York Post and the Los Angeles Times.Lucky Them received a mixed response from publications such as The New York Times, Slant and PopMatters, though Collette's performance was consistently praised despite varied reactions to the movie. Overall, the film was designated "fresh" by Rotten Tomatoes with 76 percent of critics positively reviewing it, and it received a weighted score of 65 by Metacritic, equating to "generally positive reviews."
After a 14-year absence, Collette returned to Broadway in the spring of 2014, starring in Will Eno's play The Realistic Joneses. She co-starred with Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts and Marisa Tomei in the production examining a couple who projects their insecurities and fears onto their next-door neighbors of the same last name. The play opened on 6 April to strong reviews, with Collette and the entire cast earning top notices. A rave review from The New York Times included that "Ms. Collette exudes a touching, exasperated dignity as Jennifer." Variety called her work "terribly funny," while The Hollywood Reporter claimed that "Collette, whose naturalness can cut through even the very deliberate theatrical artifice of Eno's dialogue and scene construction, anchors the play with her somber restraint and deadpan delivery." The New York Post, more critical of the play, highlighted Collette's performance: "Collette does some heavy lifting to fill in Eno's blanks. You can read deep sadness in the wide planes of her expressive face, in her lost, unfocused eyes." Other strong reviews for the play and her performance came from USA Today, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and The Economist. Collette won a Drama Desk Special Award along with her co-stars for Best Ensemble Performance.
In 2014, Collette starred in the negatively received tragi-comedy A Long Way Down, with Pierce Brosnan and Aaron Paul, had a cameo in the poorly received Melissa McCarthy vehicle Tammy, and appeared in Hector and the Search for Happiness opposite Simon Pegg. Her subsequent roles included the drama Miss You Already opposite Drew Barrymore and the drug drama Glassland with Will Poulter.
In September 2015, Collette joined the cast for the film adaption of Craig Silvey's Australian novel Jasper Jones, and performed the voice of the two emus Beryl and Cheryl in Blinky Bill the Movie.
In June 2018, Collette gave an acclaimed performance in the A24 horror film Hereditary. The film scored a 89% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an 87/100 score on Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim." Entertainment Weekly praised Collette for her "real dramatic power and force," while the Chicago Tribune compliments her "fierce performance with a human pulse".
Production career
In 2017, she formed a production company, Vocab Films, with Jen Turner and acquired the rights to Graeme Simsion's novel and screenplay The Best of Adam Sharp. In July 2017, it was announced that Vocab Films would team with RadicalMedia to develop Julia Dahl's novel Invisible City for Television.
Music career
In October 2006, she began touring Australia to promote her first vocal album Beautiful Awkward Pictures, released on Hoola Hoop Records under the name Toni Collette & the Finish, a band for which her husband plays drums. Collette appeared on the Australian television show Cool Aid and performed the song "Look Up" from the album. In July 2007, Collette and the Finish were a headlining act at the Sydney show of Live Earth. She sang a cover of T. Rex's "Children of the Revolution" with The Finish.
Personal life
Collette married musician Dave Galafassi on 11 January 2003.[62] The couple have a daughter, Sage Florence, born on 9 January 2008, and a son, Arlo Robert, born on 22 April 2011.
She is a supporter of animal rights and PETA. She urged former Prime Minister John Howard to end the Australian sheep farming practice of mulesing, which many animal rights activists consider cruel. She later revised her position after doing her own research of the Australian wool industry.
Filmography
Film
Film
Spotswood 1992 Wendy Robinson
The Thief and the Cobbler 1993 Mad Holy Old Witch Voice
This Marching Girl Thing 1994 Cindy Short film
Muriel's Wedding 1994 Muriel Heslop Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Clockers 1995 Virginia Martin
Così 1996 Julie
The Pallbearer 1996 Cynthia
Emma 1996 Harriet Smith
Lilian's Story 1996 Young Lilian Singer
Clockwatchers 1997 Iris Chapman
The James Gang 1997 Julia Armstrong
Diana & Me 1997 Diana Spencer
The Boys 1998 Michelle
Velvet Goldmine 1998 Mandy Slade
8½ Women 1999 Griselda / Sister Concordia
The Sixth Sense 1999 Lynn Sear Nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Shaft 2000 Diane Palmieri
Hotel Splendide 2000 Kath
The Magic Pudding 2000 Meg Bluegum Voice
Changing Lanes 2002 Michelle
About a Boy 2002 Fiona Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (also for The Hours)
Nominated for Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Dirty Deeds 2002 Sharon
The Hours 2002 Kitty Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with cast)
Japanese Story 2003 Sandy Edwards
The Last Shot 2004 Emily French
Connie and Carla 2004 Carla
In Her Shoes 2005 Rose Feller
Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Sheryl Hoover Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (shared with cast)
Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
Nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
The Night Listener 2006 Donna D. Logand
Like Minds 2006 Sally
The Dead Girl 2006 Arden
Este - Evening 2007 Nina Mars
Towelhead 2007 Melina Hines
The Black Balloon 2008 Maggie Mollison
Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger 2008 Mary
Mary and Max 2009 Mary Daisy Dinkle Voice
Jesus Henry Christ 2011 Patricia Herman
Fright Night 2011 Jane Brewster
Foster 2011 Zooey
Hitchcock 2012 Peggy Robertson
Mental 2012 Shaz
The Way, Way Back 2013 Pam
Enough Said 2013 Sarah
Lucky Them 2013 Ellie Klug
A Long Way Down 2014 Maureen
Tammy 2014 Missi
Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014 Agnes
The Boxtrolls 2014 Lady Portley Rind Voice
Glassland 2014 Jean
Blinky Bill the Movie 2015 Beryl and Cheryl Voice
Miss You Already 2015 Milly
Krampus 2015 Sarah
Jasper Jones 2016 Ruth Bucktin
Imperium 2016 Angela Zamparo
XXX: Return of Xander Cage 2017 Jane Marke
The Yellow Birds 2017 Amy Bartle
Fun Mom Dinner 2017 Kate
Unlocked 2017 Emily Knowles
Madame 2017 Anne
Please Stand By 2017 Scottie
Hereditary 2018 Annie Graham Also executive producer
Hearts Beat Loud 2018 Leslie
Birthmarked 2018 Catherine
Velvet Buzzsaw 2019 Gretchen Post-production
Tőrbe ejtve - Knives Out (2019)
Tévéfilmek:
A Country Practice 1990 Tracy Episode: "The Sting: Part 1"
Dinner with Friends 2001 Beth Television movie
Tsunami: The Aftermath 2006 Kathy Graham Television movie
Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
Nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
United States of Tara 2009–11 Tara Gregson 36 episodes
Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress on Television
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress—Television Series Musical or Comedy
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series
Nominated—Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress on Television
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress—Television Series Musical or Comedy (2011)
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2010)
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress—Television Series Musical or Comedy (2009–2010)
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Rake 2012 Claudia Marshall, Premier of New South Wales Episode: "R vs Mohammed"
Hostages 2013–14 Ellen Sanders 15 episodes
Devil's Playground 2014 Margaret Wallace Episode: "I Will Bring Fire onto This Earth"
Wanderlust 2018 Joy Richards
Unbelievable 2019
Díjak és jelölések:
1991 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Spotswood Nominated
1994 Best Actress in a Leading Role Muriel's Wedding Won
1996 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Lilian's Story Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Muriel's Wedding Nominated
1998 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Boys Won
1999 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Supporting Actor – Female Nominated
2000 Academy Awards Best Supporting Actress The Sixth Sense Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nominated
Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical The Wild Party Nominated
2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Supporting Actress – Action Shaft Nominated
2002 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress About a Boy Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress The Hours Won
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actor – Female Dirty Deeds Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress About a Boy Nominated
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
2003 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Japanese Story Won
BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role About a Boy Nominated
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards Best Actor – Female Japanese Story Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Cast The Hours Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture About a Boy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture The Hours Nominated
2004 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Japanese Story Nominated
2005 Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama In Her Shoes Nominated
2006 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Little Miss Sunshine Nominated
Gotham Awards Best Cast Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Cast Won
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
2007 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Tsunami: The Aftermath Nominated
Monte-Carlo Television Festival Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Little Miss Sunshine Won
2008 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Black Balloon Won
2009 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress on Television United States of Tara Won
Film Critics Circle of Australia Best Supporting Actress The Black Balloon Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series United States of Tara Won
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
2010 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Won
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series Nominated
2011 Golden Globe Awards Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Nominated
2013 Australian Film Institute Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Mental Nominated
Discography
Beautiful Awkward Pictures (2006) – Toni Collette & The Finish