Who is Toni Collette?
Toni Collette is an Australian actor, born in Sydney in 1972. She became famous for Muriel's Wedding in 1994 and earned an Oscar nomination for The Sixth Sense.
Collette grew up in Blacktown in western Sydney and briefly studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art before her film career took off. Her role as Muriel Heslop, for which she gained weight, won her an Australian Film Institute award.
She received an Academy Award nomination for playing Haley Joel Osment's mother in The Sixth Sense in 1999. Her other films include Little Miss Sunshine, About a Boy and Knives Out.
Horror and television
Her performance in the horror film Hereditary in 2018 drew wide praise. She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for the TV series United States of Tara, playing a woman with dissociative identity disorder.
She has also starred in acclaimed television series such as Unbelievable and The Staircase, and she has worked in both Hollywood and Australian productions throughout her career.
Collette is also a musician and released an album with her band in the 2000s. She is known for transforming herself for each role, changing accents, weight and appearance, and she is regarded as one of Australia's most versatile actors.
Did You Know?
Collette was the lead singer of the band Toni Collette and the Finish.