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    Toni Collette

    1972-11-01 (52 years old) in 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.

    Movies

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    Juror #2
    70.1 %|Oct 30, 2024
    Drama, Thriller, Crime
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    Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
    73 %|Jun 28, 2023
    Animation, Family, Fantasy, Comedy
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    The Estate
    54 %|Nov 4, 2022
    Comedy, Drama
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    A Long Way Down
    62.370000000000005 %|Mar 20, 2014
    Comedy, Drama
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    Storm Surfers
    65 %|Aug 13, 2012
    Adventure, Documentary
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    Jesus Henry Christ
    62 %|May 4, 2012
    Comedy, Family, Drama
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    Fright Night
    62.29 %|Aug 18, 2011
    Horror, Comedy
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    Foster
    67.84 %|Feb 10, 2011
    Comedy, Drama, Family
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    Mary and Max
    79 %|Apr 9, 2009
    Animation, Comedy, Drama
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    Towelhead
    62 %|Sep 12, 2008
    Drama
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    Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
    58 %|Mar 20, 2008
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Black Balloon
    64.88000000000001 %|Mar 8, 2008
    Drama
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    Evening
    58.52 %|Jun 9, 2007
    Drama, Romance
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    The Dead Girl
    60.27 %|Nov 7, 2006
    Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller
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    Like Minds
    63 %|Aug 3, 2006
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Crime
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    Little Miss Sunshine
    77 %|Jul 26, 2006
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Night Listener
    56 %|Feb 12, 2006
    Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    In Her Shoes
    62 %|Oct 7, 2005
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Last Shot
    57 %|Sep 24, 2004
    Action, Comedy
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    Connie and Carla
    58.83 %|Apr 16, 2004
    Comedy, Crime, Music
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    Japanese Story
    64 %|Aug 30, 2003
    Drama, Romance
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    The Hours
    72.84 %|Dec 27, 2002
    Drama
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    Dirty Deeds
    57 %|Jul 18, 2002
    Crime, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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    About a Boy
    67 %|Apr 26, 2002
    Drama, Comedy, Romance
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    Changing Lanes
    63 %|Apr 7, 2002
    Thriller, Action, Drama
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    Dinner with Friends
    54 %|Aug 11, 2001
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Magic Pudding
    54 %|Dec 14, 2000
    Animation, Music, Family
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    Hotel Splendide
    56 %|Sep 21, 2000
    Comedy
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    Shaft
    60 %|Jun 15, 2000
    Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
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    The Sixth Sense
    79.56 %|Aug 6, 1999
    Mystery, Thriller, Drama
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    8 ½ Women
    56 %|May 22, 1999
    Drama, Comedy
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    Velvet Goldmine
    69 %|Aug 28, 1998
    Drama, Music
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    The Boys
    63 %|May 7, 1998
    Drama
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    Clockwatchers
    61 %|Jun 12, 1997
    Drama
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    Emma
    67 %|Aug 2, 1996
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    Lilian's Story
    52 %|May 9, 1996
    Drama
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    The Pallbearer
    48.9 %|May 3, 1996
    Comedy, Romance
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    Cosi
    63 %|Mar 4, 1996
    Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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    Muriel's Wedding
    68 %|Sep 29, 1994
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    The Prima Donna
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Thriller
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    Mickey 17
    0 %|Apr 16, 2025
    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy
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    Mafia Mamma
    61 %|Apr 13, 2023
    Comedy, Crime, Action
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    Nightmare Alley
    70 %|Dec 2, 2021
    Crime, Drama, Thriller
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    Stowaway
    60 %|Jun 24, 2021
    Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller, Adventure
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    Dream Horse
    70 %|May 21, 2021
    Comedy, Drama
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    I'm Thinking of Ending Things
    66 %|Aug 28, 2020
    Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
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    Knives Out
    78 %|Nov 27, 2019
    Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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    Velvet Buzzsaw
    53.64 %|Feb 1, 2019
    Thriller, Mystery, Horror
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    Let's Dance
    62 %|Dec 6, 2018
    Music
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    Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
    87 %|Oct 8, 2018
    Documentary
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    Hearts Beat Loud
    70.24 %|Jun 8, 2018
    Music, Drama, Comedy, Family
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    Hereditary
    73 %|Jun 7, 2018
    Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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    The Yellow Birds
    60.21 %|May 24, 2018
    War, Drama
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    Birthmarked
    58 %|Mar 30, 2018
    Comedy
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    Please Stand By
    68 %|Jan 26, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Making Muriel
    0 %|Dec 31, 2017
    Documentary
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    Madame
    59 %|Aug 17, 2017
    Romance, Comedy, Drama
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    Fun Mom Dinner
    58 %|Aug 4, 2017
    Comedy
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    Unlocked
    63 %|Apr 27, 2017
    Action, Thriller
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    Jasper Jones
    64 %|Mar 2, 2017
    Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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    xXx: Return of Xander Cage
    61.34 %|Jan 13, 2017
    Action, Adventure, Crime
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    Imperium
    64.56 %|Aug 19, 2016
    Crime, Drama
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    The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
    33 %|Mar 8, 2016
    Documentary
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    Krampus
    62 %|Nov 26, 2015
    Horror, Comedy, Fantasy
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    Miss You Already
    74.07 %|Sep 12, 2015
    Comedy, Drama
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    Blinky Bill the Movie
    54 %|Aug 21, 2015
    Family, Animation, Adventure
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    Glassland
    50.08 %|Apr 17, 2015
    Drama
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    The Boxtrolls
    66.82000000000001 %|Sep 10, 2014
    Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
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    Hector and the Search for Happiness
    67.1 %|Aug 14, 2014
    Adventure, Drama, Comedy
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    Tammy
    53.419999999999995 %|Jul 2, 2014
    Comedy
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    Enough Said
    67 %|Sep 18, 2013
    Comedy, Drama, Romance
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    Lucky Them
    61 %|Sep 6, 2013
    Drama
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    The Way Way Back
    71 %|Jun 6, 2013
    Comedy, Drama
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    Hitchcock
    65.59 %|Nov 22, 2012
    Drama
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    Mental
    56 %|Oct 4, 2012
    Comedy, Drama
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    How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
    60.05 %|Oct 2, 2008
    Comedy, Romance, Drama
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    Shaft: Still the Man
    60 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary, Action
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    Diana & Me
    60 %|Dec 4, 1997
    Comedy, Romance
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    A French Pursuit
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Comedy, Romance
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    Under The Stars
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Romance, Comedy
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    The James Gang
    50 %|Nov 7, 1997
    Crime, Comedy
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    The Thief and the Cobbler
    71 %|Sep 23, 1993
    Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romance
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    Spotswood
    55 %|Jan 23, 1992
    Comedy, Drama

    Series

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    The Power
    62 %|Mar 30, 2023
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
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    Sherri
    42 %|Sep 12, 2022
    Talk
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    The Staircase
    68 %|May 5, 2022
    Drama, Crime
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    PIECES OF HER
    63 %|Mar 4, 2022
    Crime, Mystery, Drama
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    Unbelievable
    80 %|Sep 13, 2019
    Drama, Crime
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    Wanderlust
    64 %|Sep 4, 2018
    Drama
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    Blue Murder: Killer Cop
    57 %|Aug 6, 2017
    Drama
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    66 %|Sep 8, 2015
    Comedy, Talk
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    Devil's Playground
    74 %|Sep 9, 2014
    Drama
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    Hostages
    59 %|Sep 23, 2013
    Drama
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    The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch
    0 %|Apr 6, 2011
    Animation
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
    49 %|Jul 16, 2009
    Talk, Comedy
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    United States of Tara
    70 %|Jan 18, 2009
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Graham Norton Show
    72 %|Feb 22, 2007
    Comedy, Talk
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    The Graham Norton Show
    72 %|Feb 22, 2007
    Comedy, Talk
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    Tsunami: The Aftermath
    62 %|Dec 10, 2006
    Drama
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    Big Fat Quiz
    76 %|Dec 27, 2004
    Comedy
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    The Ellen DeGeneres Show
    57.77 %|Sep 8, 2003
    Comedy, Talk
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    Sucré salé
    93 %|Jun 3, 2002
    Talk
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    Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
    58 %|Nov 2, 2001
    Comedy, Talk
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    Rove
    80 %|Sep 22, 1999
    Comedy
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    TRL
    55 %|Sep 14, 1998
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    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
    53.730000000000004 %|May 25, 1992
    Talk, Comedy
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    Wetten, dass..?
    55 %|Feb 14, 1981
    Drama, Reality, Comedy, Talk
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
    actor
    Wayward
    0 %|Invalid Date
    Mystery, Drama