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Toni Collette was 16 when she decided to leave school to enter the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 1988. Her parents gave their full approval on the decision, but Toni left NIDA after a year and a half to take her first acting job in Spotswood (1992). The film was led by Sir Anthony Hopkins, but it was rising-star Russell Crowe who caught her eye.
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Toni Collette (born November 1, 1972) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress and musician. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Sixth Sense (1999), and Little Miss Sunshine (2006). She is currently working on her next project in which she will play the title character in the upcoming Showtime series, The United States of Tara.
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The Australian actress Toni Collette had her ways climbing and carving before she finally reached and claimed fame. Officially claimed fame as Muriel Heslop in the 1992 "Muriel's Wedding", Toni played the role as a desperate young lady, Muriel, who is enduring life with a cruel and dominating local politician father in Porpoise Spit. Muriel finds herself cast aside by her friends, so she steals some money and takes off on an exotic holiday, looking for love and marriage.
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This tale of two sisters -- wild-child Maggie (Cameron Diaz) and straight-laced Rose (Toni Collette) -- is based on the theory that they have nothing in common except for their size 8-1/2 feet. Read More
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If, as Toni Collette maintains, "acting is a weird form of torture", she must be a glutton for punishment. The Australian actor who first came to the world's notice in Muriel's Wedding, earned an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense, was up for a Tony (appropriately) for her all-singing, all-hoofing role in The Wild Party on Broadway, and now stars opposite Hugh Grant in About a Boy. In eight years, she has built an enviable career with hardly any time to catch her breath. Little wonder, then, that this dreich Tuesday afternoon, she is a tad tired. Her conversation is peppered with ums, erms and pauses. Every so often, she will lose her train of thought completely and apologise profusely for her weariness.
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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 drums. Collette recently appeared on the Australian television show Cool Aid and performed the song "Look Up" off of her album. Collette and the Finish were a headlining act at the Sydney show of Live Earth. She sang T-Rex's "Children Of The Revolution" with The Finish.
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