Toni Collete was born in 1972 in Blacktown, a western suburb of Sydney, in Australia.
Daughter of Judy Y Bob collette, has two younger brothers named Ben Y Christopher.
Since I was a child, Toni He proved to have a talent for acting. Attended the Blacktown Girls High and then studied at the Australian Theater for Young People and in the NIDA.
Collette began his career in the early 90’s playing mainly comic roles in films such as “Spotswood” Y “Muriel’s wedding”, For which she was nominated for an award Golden globe in the category Best actress.
She was also seen in countless films such as “Emma“,”Waiting for the time“,”James band“,”Diana & Me“,”The Boys“,”Velvet Goldmine“,”The sixth Sense”, For which she gained international recognition and was nominated for a Academy Award, “To the edge of the truth“,”A big boy”, For which she was nominated for a BAFTA, “The hours“,”The dead girl“,”The sunset“,”The Black Balloon” and in “Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger“, among other.
Collette is currently established as one of the highest paid Australian actresses in Hollywood, and has 5 awards to her name Australian Film Institute.
She was acclaimed on Broadway for starring in the musical of Michael John LaChiussa, “The Wild Party”, For whose role as Queenie received an award Tony, and for which by then he had to reject the role of Bridget jones, which finally went to Renée zellweger, in the saga of “The diaryof Bridget Jones ”, And who later also won him the role of Roxie hart in the film “Chicago ”.
In 2006 she was seen in the role of Sheryl on “Little Miss Sunshine”, For which he received another nomination for Golden globes, this time in the category of Best Actress in a Comedy.
Collette has also devoted herself to music and has to her credit an album entitled “Beautiful Awkward Pictures”, Launched by the company Hoola Hoop Records with the band “Toni Collette & The Finish“, In which her husband plays the drums, and with which he appeared in the famous musical show Live Earth.
Since 2009 she can be seen Toni In the role of Tare in the series of Showtime “United States of Tara“, created by Steven Spielberg, and that he already has an award to his credit Emmy for the artist, in the category Best Comedy Actress.
In regards to your personal life, Collette had a relationship with the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and since 2003 she is married to Dave galafassi, with whom he had his first daughter, Sage florence, in early 2008.
The couple have two homes: one in the Republic of Ireland and one in Australia.
Toni is a fervent defender of animal rights and is a member of the organization PETA.