TONI COLLETTE (Kitty), born in Sydney, Australia. became an international name in the title role of P.J. Hogan’s 1994 hit "Muriel’s Wedding," for which she received a Golden Globe nomination and won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Actress.
Most recently, she was seen with Hugh Grant in "About a Boy" and with Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson in Paramount’s "Changing Lanes." She also appeared with Jackson in Paramount’s hit action thriller, "Shaft," and shortly afterward, made her New York stage debut in 2000 in the Michael John LaChiusa/George C. Wolfe Broadway musical "The Wild Party," for which she received a Tony nomination.
Her breakthrough American film was M. Night Shyamalan’s "The Sixth Sense," in which she played the mother of Haley Joel Osment. Her performance brought her an Academy Award, nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
She made her film debut in Mark Joffe’s "Spotswood" opposite Anthony Hopkins. She went on to star in "Cosi," "Lilian’s Story," for which she won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, and "Emma," alongside Gwyneth Paltrow, with whom she was reunited in "The Pallbearer." Her other films include "The James Gang," "The Boys," "Hotel Splendide," "Clockwatchers," Todd Haynes’ "Velvet Goldmine" and Peter Greenaway’s "8? Women."
In 2001, she appeared with Dennis Quaid, Greg Kinnear and Andie McDowell in the HBO production of the play, "Dinner with Friends."
Collette has just completed filming the Australian project, "Japanese Story," shot in Western Australia.
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