Antonia Collette
,
Plumpton, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday
1972-11-01
Occupation
Actress
Spouse(s)
Dave Galafassi (2003–present)
Years Active
1992–present
Biography
Born in Sydney, she is oldest of three children. Her interest in acting sparked after performing in a high school production of Godspell. She subsequently attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art for 18 months before dropping out to take part in a stage production of Uncle Vanya. She also appeared in stage productions at the Belvoir Street Theatre, under directorship of Geoffrey Rush. She made her feature film debut in 1992 and made her breakthrough with the comedy-drama film Muriel's Wedding (1994), for which she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination.
She subsequently achieved international recognition for her role in The Sixth Sense (1999), which became the highest grossing horror movie at the time and for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She subsequently took on roles in independent films, such as the period-drama The Hours (2002), the drama Japanese Story (2003), the comedy-dramas The Way, Way Back, Enough Said and Lucky Them (all 2013), the horror-drama Hereditary (2017) and the mystery Knives Out (2019). She received a BAFTA Award nomination for her role in About a Boy (2002) and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). Her Broadway performances include the lead roles in The Wild Party (2000) and The Realistic Joneses (2014), the former of which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. On television, she has played the lead roles in the Showtime comedy series United States of Tara (2008-11) and the Netflix miniseries Unbelievable (2019). For the former, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
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