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  • Collette reunites with Muriel's Wedding director Hogan - 30 May 2011
    -Aussie actress Toni Collette is reuniting with the man who made her a star for a new project - she'll team up with Muriel's Wedding director P.J. Hogan for the first time in 17 years.-The beloved 1994 comedy launched Collette into the bigtime and started her and co-st


  • Collette pregnant - 26 October 2010
    -Actress Toni Collette is set to become a mum again in the New Year (11) - she's pregnant with her second child.- -The Sixth Sense star and her husband, musician Dave Galafassi, have confirmed they will become parents next spring (11).- - They tell People.com, "(We) a


  • Collette set for Murial reunion with Hogan - 14 May 2010
    -Toni Collette is preparing to reunite with Muriel's Wedding director P.J. Hogan for a second big-screen collaboration.- -Collette shot to fame playing the title role in the 1994 Australian film, which won her a Golden Globe Award nomination, while Hogan has gone on to

Toni Collette - what members say


  • Muriel's Wedding
  • Muriel's Wedding review by camy from cambridgeshire
    Rated - 4.0 stars You're terrible Muriel 12 May 2005
    ...Amazingly funny but tender as well. Toni Collette is fantastic in this gem of a movie that is highly entertaining and dares to be different....   Read customer review
  • Shaft
  • Shaft review by wikkidsmyle from Newmarket, Suffolk
    Rated - 0.0 stars A Total Insult To The Original!! 23 February 2007
    ...What on earth possessed Samuel L Jackson, Christian Bale and Toni Collette to star in this pile of garbage? The storyline is juvenile TV detective show; the racism worse tha...   Read customer review
  • The Sixth Sense
  • The Sixth Sense review by A customer from LONDON
    Rated - 5.0 stars BRILLIANT 29 July 2004
    ... hit me like a ton of bricks. Acting throughout is terrific and in particular, Toni Collette and Haley Joel Osment give extraordinary performances. The story of a child ...   Read customer review

Toni Collette - filmography


  • Foster (2011)
    Starring: Maurice Cole,  Toni Collette,  Ioan Gruffudd
    Director: Jonathan Newman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrison's lives are turned upside down when a 7 year old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep.
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 4 members
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  • Fright Night on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Anton Yelchin,  Colin Farrell,  Christopher Mintz-Plasse
    Director: Craig Gillespie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin) guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Farrell) is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent (Tennant), the opportunistic host of his favorite TV show, to help him take down Jerry and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 65% from 9,211 members
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  • Black Balloon on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Rhys Wakefield,  Luke Ford,  Toni Collette
    Director: Elissa Down
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Life with an autistic brother is tough for Thomas when all he wants is to be a normal teenager. His girlfriend Jackie tries to help Thomas, but he has to take a long hard look at himself in order to accept his brother.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,345 members
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  • Evening on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Claire Danes,  Toni Collette,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Lajos Koltai
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 5,323 members
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  • Towelhead (2007)
    Starring: Aaron Eckhart,  Toni Collette,  Maria Bello
    Director: Alan Ball
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jasira wants something she can't define: attention, love, acceptance or a normal life. Unfortunately, she doesn't know the right way to find it. When Jasira's mother exiles her to Houston to live with her strict, quick-to-anger Lebanese father, she quickly learns what aspects of herself to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 26 members
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  • The Dead Girl on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Piper Laurie,  Don Smith
    Director: Karen Moncrieff
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When a young girl is found murdered, the lives of several different individuals are impacted. Some of these connections are peripheral, while many others are painfully direct. The film is broken up into five distinct chapters, each with its own title. In "The Stranger," Arden (Toni Collette) finds ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,507 member
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  • Like Minds on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Eddie Redmayne,  Tom Sturridge
    Director: Gregory J. Read
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    A forensic psychologist, Sally Rowe, is appointed by police to determine whether there's enough evidence to lay murder charges against 17 year old Alex, accused in the shotgun death of his school mate Nigel. With no tangible evidence, the detective on the case is under pressure from Alex's ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 55% from 4,313 members
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  • In Her Shoes on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Cameron Diaz,  Toni Collette,  Shirley MacLaine
    Director: Curtis Hanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In this screen adaptation of Jennifer Weiner's bestselling novel, Toni Collette (MURIEL'S WEDDING) is Rose Feller, an overweight, overworked, and painfully undersexed lawyer who fills an emotional void with pints of Haagen-Dazs and a closetful of expensive shoes that she never wears. Little sis ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 54,118 members
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  • The Last Shot on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Matthew Broderick,  Alec Baldwin,  Toni Collette
    Director: Jeff Nathanson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Alec Baldwin and Matthew Broderick make a fine comedy team in this true story which plays like a combination of THE PRODUCERS and THE SOPRANOS. FBI mob-buster Joe Devine (Baldwin) is sent to Rhode Island to get the goods on Teamster racketeer Tommy Sanz (Tony Shalhoub). In order to do so, he sets ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 1,027 member
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  • Connie And Carla (2004)
    Starring: Guy Fauchon,  Nia Vardalos,  Toni Collette
    Director: Michael Lembeck
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Reminiscent of SOME LIKE IT HOT, VICTOR VICTORIA and TOOTSIE, CONNIE AND CARLA is a musical comedy in drag written by and co-starring Nia Vardalos of MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING. Best friends since their school days, Connie (Vardalos) and Carla (Toni Collette) are airport lounge singers with dreams of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,597 members
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  • Japanese Story (2004)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Gotaro Tsunashima,  Matthew Dyktynski
    Director: Sue Brooks
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy, a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback. Ostensibly he's there to visit the various mines his company co-owns, but his real motives are mysterious and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 7,076 members
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  • Changing Lanes on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Dylan Baker,  Bradley Cooper,  Jennie Dundas
    Director: Roger Michell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two cars collide on the FDR expressway. Their drivers--two seemingly opposite men--are Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck), a young white partner in a powerful law firm, and Doyle Gipson (Samuel L. Jackson), a meek working class black man. At the scene of this fender bender Gavin, who is busy trying to make ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,264 members
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  • About A Boy - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Nicholas Hoult,  Toni Collette
    Director: Chris Weitz,  Paul Weitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Will Freeman, a shallow thirty-something bachelor, lives a carefree life courtesy of his deceased father's fortune. Will is terrified of commitment and so decides that single mothers will make the easiest romantic targets... His world is turned around when he meets Marcus, a twelve year old boy. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 143 members
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  • Dirty Deeds on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Bryan Brown,  John Goodman,  Toni Collette
    Director: David Caesar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    DIRTY DEEDS is an Aussie gangster flick set against the booming casino underworld of late 1960s Sydney. Bryan Brown (COCKTAIL, THE THORN BIRDS) stars as Barry Ryan, an Australian mobster who controls the city's gambling scene and is making a killing from the casino slot machines. His profitable ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 1,161 member
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  • The Hours - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Nicole Kidman,  Allison Janney
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 50 members
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  • About A Boy on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Nicholas Hoult,  Toni Collette
    Director: Chris Weitz,  Paul Weitz
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Will Freeman, a shallow thirty-something bachelor, lives a carefree life courtesy of his deceased father's fortune. Will is terrified of commitment and hence decides that single mothers will make the easiest romantic targets. His world is turned around when he meets Marcus, a twelve year old boy. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 32,307 members
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  • The Hours on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Meryl Streep,  Nicole Kidman,  Allison Janney
    Director: Stephen Daldry
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 22,813 members
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  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Geoffrey Rush,  Sam Neill
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 25 members
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  • Shaft on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Vanessa Williams,  Richard Roundtree
    Director: John Singleton
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Samuel L. Jackson stars as detective John Shaft, a new-generation "black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks" in this stylish, action-packed update of the classic blaxploitation trilogy (SHAFT, SHAFT'S BIG SCORE!, and SHAFT IN AFRICA) from the early 1970s. Shaft's nemesis this time ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,841 members
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  • Hotel Splendide (2000)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Daniel Craig,  Katrin Cartlidge
    Director: Terence Gross
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Hotel Splendide is on a remote and cold island, accessible only by a once-a-month ferry. It's a dark and dreary spa created by the late Dame Blanche, whose grown children now run the hotel according to her specifications, serving up ghastly seaweed and fish-based food and enema treatments. Kath,..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 11 members
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  • The Sixth Sense on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Haley Joel Osment,  Toni Collette
    Director: M. Night Shyamalan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    In this chilling psychological thriller, eight-year-old Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret: He is visited by ghosts. A helpless and reluctant channel, Cole is terrified by threatening visitations from those with unresolved problems who appear from the shadows. Confused by his paranormal powers, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 63,933 members
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  • The Sixth Sense - Blu-ray (1999)
    Starring: Bruce Willis,  Haley Joel Osment,  Toni Collette
    Director: M. Night Shyamalan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Willis) is a successful child psychologist who is shaken by the sudden reappearance and suicide of a former patient. Months later Crowe encounters Cole Sear (Osment), a troubled young boy who bears a similarity to his earlier patient. Dr. Crowe must try to save Cole, not only for ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 2,116 members
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  • 8.1/2 Women on DVD (1999)
    Starring: John Standing,  Matthew Delamere,  Vivian Wu
    Director: Peter Greenaway
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Another erotic comedy from Peter Greenaway, 8 1/2 WOMEN takes its inspiration from one of cinema's greatest films. After a businessman (John Standing) tragically loses his wife, his son (Matthew Delamere) returns to Geneva from managing a series of Pachinko Parlors in Kyoto, Japan. When the pair ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 999 members
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  • Velvet Goldmine on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ewan McGregor,  Toni Collette,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: Todd Haynes
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Loosely based on the experiences and personalities of David Bowie and Iggy Pop, VELVET GOLDMINE is a wild, glitter-laced trip through the 1970s era of glam rock. Fictional characters Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) and Curt Wild (Ewan McGregor) are personifications of glam rock's ideals, with ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 4,776 members
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  • Clockwatchers (1997)
    Starring: Lisa Kudrow,  Parker Posey,  Alanna Ubach
    Director: Jill Sprecher
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A black comedy about four young women - shy Iris (Collette), brash Margaret (Posey), wannabe starlet Paula (Kudrow), and pampered Jane (Ubach) - who become fast friends while temping at a big company where looking busy is a full time occupation. But when their boss hires a new assistant, their jobs ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 30 members
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  • The Boys (1997)
    Starring: John Polson,  Toni Collette,  David Wenham
    Director: Rowan Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Harrowing drama about three Australian brothers, Brett, Stevie, and Glenn, one of whom, Brett (Wenham), has just returned home from prison. Angry that neither his family nor his girlfriend bothered to write or visit him in prison, Brett soon starts to assert his old control over his family. ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 181 members
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  • Emma on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Toni Collette,  Alan Cumming
    Director: Douglas McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Douglas McGrath's film is an elegant and entertaining adaptation of Jane Austen's 1816 novel about Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a well-to-do young woman whose kindhearted attempts at matchmaking mask her own lack of romantic attachment. She takes it upon herself to find the perfect man for her friend ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7,177 members
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  • Emma - Blu-ray (1996)
    Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,  Toni Collette,  Alan Cumming
    Director: Douglas McGrath
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Douglas McGrath's film is an elegant and entertaining adaptation of Jane Austen's 1816 novel about Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a well-to-do young woman whose kindhearted attempts at matchmaking mask her own lack of romantic attachment. She takes it upon herself to find the perfect man for her friend ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 49 members
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  • The Pallbearer on DVD (1996)
    Starring: David Schwimmer,  Gwyneth Paltrow,  Barbara Hershey
    Director: Matt Reeves
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom has no job, no girlfriend, no appartment and lives with his parents. Out of the blue he is asked to be a pallbearer at the funeral of a schoolfriend and give the eulogy. Some people can do this sort of thing - others just can't...
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 1,093 member
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  • Cosi (1996)
    Starring: Ben Mendelsohn,  Barry Otto,  Toni Collette
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A first-time director is thrilled to land a job with a small show ... until he meets the outrageous "performers" he'll be working with! An offbeat group with big-time ambitions that far outweigh their talents, these nutty friends are nonetheless determined to overcome the odds!
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 24 members
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  • Lilian's Story (1995)
    Starring: Ruth Cracknell,  Barry Otto,  Toni Collette
    Director: Jerzy Domaradzki
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Lilian Singer has just been released from a mental institution where she has spent the last 40 years. Now an elderly lady, Lilian looks back at her youth in a series of flashbacks as she adjusts to life on the outside.
    2 stars out of 5 32% from 5 members
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  • Muriel's Wedding on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Toni Collette,  Rachel Griffiths,  Bill Hunter
    Director: P.J. Hogan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A socially inept young woman slowly learns to overcome her insecurities in this sleeper hit from Australia. The unconventional Muriel (Toni Collette) is deeply unsatisfied with her life, stuck in the nowhere town of Porpoise Spit and feeling rejected by her friends and family. Believing herself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 18,444 members
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  • Spotswood on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Anthony Hopkins,  Russell Crowe,  Ben Mendelsohn
    Director: Mark Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernisation he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 376 members
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Toni Collette facts

5 most recent films

Foster - 4.5 stars
Fright Night - 3D Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Fright Night - 3.0 stars
Fright Night - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Mary and Max - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Sixth Sense - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Mary and Max - 4.0 stars
Little Miss Sunshine - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Sixth Sense - 4.0 stars
Little Miss Sunshine - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Lilian's Story - 2.0 stars
The Magic Pudding - 3.0 stars
Clockwatchers - 3.0 stars
Emma - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Towelhead - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Haley Joel Osment - 5 times - show films
Mischa Barton - 5 times - show films
Glenn Fitzgerald - 5 times - show films
Bruce Willis - 5 times - show films
Olivia Williams - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

M. Night Shyamalan - 5 times - show films
Craig Gillespie - 4 times - show films
Stephen Daldry - 3 times - show films
Douglas McGrath - 3 times - show films
Sue Brooks - 2 times - show films