Toni Collette

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1972-11-01

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1992	Spotswood	Wendy Robinson	55
2	1993	The Thief and the Cobbler	Nurse / Mad Holy Old Witch (voice)	71
3	1994	Muriel's Wedding	Muriel Heslop	68
4	1996	Cosi	Julie	63
5	1996	The Pallbearer	Cynthia	49
6	1996	Lilian's Story	Young Lilian Singer	52
7	1996	Emma	Harriet Smith	67
8	1997	Clockwatchers	Iris Chapman	61
9	1997	The James Gang	Julia Armstrong	50
10	1997	Diana & Me	Diana Spencer	60
11	1998	The Boys	Michelle	64
12	1998	Velvet Goldmine	Mandy Slade	69
13	1999	8 ½ Women	Griselda	56
14	1999	The Sixth Sense	Lynn Sear	80
15	2000	Shaft: Still the Man	Self	60
16	2000	Shaft	Diane Palmieri	60
17	2000	Hotel Splendide	Kath	56
18	2000	The Magic Pudding	Meg Bluegum (voice)	54
19	2001	Dinner with Friends	Beth	55
20	2002	Changing Lanes	Michelle	63
21	2002	About a Boy	Fiona Brewer	67
22	2002	Dirty Deeds	Sharon	57
23	2002	The Hours	Kitty	73
24	2003	Japanese Story	Sandy Edwards	64
25	2004	Connie and Carla	Carla	59
26	2004	The Last Shot	Emily French	57
27	2005	In Her Shoes	Rose Feller	62
28	2006	The Night Listener	Donna D. Logand	55
29	2006	Little Miss Sunshine	Sheryl Hoover	77
30	2006	Like Minds	Sally	63
31	2006	The Dead Girl	Arden	60
32	2008	The Black Balloon	Maggie Mollison	65
33	2008	Towelhead	Melina Hines	62
34		The Prima Donna	Livia Angelli	0
35	2007	Evening	Nina Mars	59
36	2008	Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger	Mary	58
37	2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People	Self (uncredited)	60
38	2009	Sound Relief - SCG	Self	0
39	2009	Mary and Max	Mary (voice)	79
40	2011	Foster	Zooey	67
41	2011	Fright Night	Jane Brewster	62
42	2012	Jesus Henry Christ	Patricia Herman	62
43	2012	Storm Surfers	Narrator	65
44	2012	Mental	Shaz	55
45	2012	Hitchcock	Peggy Robertson	66
46	2013	The Way Way Back	Pam	71
47	2013	Lucky Them	Ellie Klug	60
48	2013	Enough Said	Sarah	67
49	2014	A Long Way Down	Maureen Thompson	62
50	2014	Tammy	Missi	53
51	2014	Hector and the Search for Happiness	Agnes	67
52	2014	The Boxtrolls	Lady Cynthia Portley-Rind (voice)	67
53	2015	Glassland	Jean	50
54	2015	Blinky Bill the Movie	Beryl / Cheryl (voice)	54
55	2015	Miss You Already	Milly	74
56	2015	Krampus	Sarah Engel	62
57	2016	The 4%: Film's Gender Problem	Self	33
58	2016	Imperium	Angela Zampino	65
59	2017	xXx: Return of Xander Cage	Jane Marke	61
60	2017	Jasper Jones	Ruth Bucktin	64
61	2017	Unlocked	Emily Knowles	63
62	2017	Fun Mom Dinner	Kate	58
63	2017	Madame	Anne Fredericks	59
64	2017	Making Muriel	Herself	0
65	2018	Please Stand By	Scottie	68
66	2018	Birthmarked	Catherine	58
67	2018	The Yellow Birds	Amy Bartle	60
68	2018	Let's Dance	Segment: "The Heebie-Jeebies"	62
69	2019	Knives Out	Joni Thrombey	78
70	2020	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Mother	66
71	2021	Dream Horse	Jan Vokes	70
72	2021	Nightmare Alley	Zeena the Seer	70
73	2022	The Estate	Macey	54
74	2023	Mafia Mamma	Kristin	61
75	2023	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken	Agatha Gillman (voice)	72
76	2025	Mickey 17	Gwen	0
77		A French Pursuit	Zoe Turner	0
78		Under The Stars		0
79	2018	Hereditary	Annie Graham	73
80	2018	Hearts Beat Loud	Leslie	70
81	2018	Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary	Self - Annie	87
82	2019	Velvet Buzzsaw	Gretchen	54
83	2021	Stowaway	Marina Barnett	60
84	2024	Juror #2	Faith Killebrew	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
2	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	55
3	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
4	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
5	1998	TRL		51
6	1999	Rove	Self	80
7	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest	58
8	2002	Sucré salé	Self	93
9	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
10	2004	Big Fat Quiz	Self - Guest	77
11	2006	Tsunami: The Aftermath	Kathy Graham	61
12	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
13	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	72
14	2009	United States of Tara	Tara Gregson	71
15	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
16	2011	The Gradual Demise of Phillipa Finch	Narrator	0
17	2013	Hostages	Ellen Sanders	60
18	2014	Devil's Playground	Margaret Wallace	74
19	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
20	2017	Blue Murder: Killer Cop	Anne Melocco	57
21	2018	Wanderlust	Joy Richards	64
22	2019	Unbelievable	Detective Grace Rasmussen	80
23	2022	PIECES OF HER	Laura Oliver	64
24	2022	The Staircase	Kathleen Peterson	68
25	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
26	2023	The Power	Mayor Margot Cleary-Lopez	62
27		Wayward	Leanne	0