Toni Collette

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Toni Collette at Comic-Con (2015)

Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972 in Sydney , New South Wales ) is an Australian actress and Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner. She was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Sixth Sense .

Career

Toni Collette is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Art . She made her breakthrough as Muriel in the Australian comedy Muriel's Wedding (1994). She was awarded the Australian Film Prize for this role and was nominated for a Golden Globe in 1996. The success of the film in the United States also drew Hollywood's attention to her, and she received her first roles. She started acting on Broadway , for which she received several Tony Award nominations.

One of her best-known roles is that of the mother of the main character Cole ( Haley Joel Osment ) in the thriller The Sixth Sense , for which she was nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for Best Supporting Actress . At the Golden Globes 2007, Collette was nominated twice, namely for the two-part TV series Tsunami - Die Killerwelle and for the movie comedy Little Miss Sunshine . In 2007 she was appointed to the competition jury at the 60th Cannes Film Festival . From 2009 to 2011, Collette starred in the television series Taras Welten developed by Diablo Cody on the US broadcaster Showtime . The role of a woman suffering from dissociative identity disorder earned her an Emmy, a Golden Globe, and other awards and nominations.

With her band Toni Collette & the Finish , Collette performed on July 7, 2007 at the Live Earth Concert in Sydney and sang the song Children of the Revolution .

Personal

Collette has been married to Dave Galafassi since January 11, 2003. The two have had a daughter since 2008, and a son followed in April 2011.

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

Oscar

Golden Globe Award

Primetime Emmy Award

  • 2007 : Nomination for "Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a TV Movie" for Tsunami - Die Killerwelle
  • 2009 : Award for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for Taras Welten
  • 2010 : Nomination for "Best Actress in a Comedy Series" for Taras Welten

Screen Actors Guild Award

British Academy Film Award

Critics' Choice Movie Award

Web links

Commons : Toni Collette  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ R. Kurt Osenlund: Toni, Collected. Toni Collette Talks Skinny-Dipping & Gay Fandom. Out , October 26, 2015, accessed on November 14, 2015 (English): "But Wikipedia also claims my real name is Antonia, which is absolutely not true."
  2. ↑ Toni Collette at filmreference.com
  3. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: United States of Tara: A son for Toni Colette. Serienjunkies.de , April 26, 2011, accessed April 26, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Collette, Toni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Sydney , New South Wales , Australia