Welcome to Toni Collette Online, an unofficial information resource on the Australian act-ress and singer, best known from "Muriel's Wedding", "The Sixth Sense" and "Little Miss Sunshine". This site offers all essential info on her life and career with a comprehensive archive of press articles, news, images and video clips. Enjoy your stay!

UPDATES ARCHIVE | NOVEMBER 2006 SECOND "THE DEAD GIRL" TRAILER Posted: 2006-11-29 AOL/Moviefone has launched the theatrical trailer for "The Dead Girl", which is quite similiar to the teaser but features a bunch more scenes with Toni, so have a look by clicking below. A direct-download link can be found in the video archive. INDIE AWARDS SPREAD "SUNSHINE" Posted: 2006-11-29 Little Miss Sunshine just racked up another superlative: most nominated. The Sundance fave turned sleeper hit received a leading five nominations for the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards, pitting it nod for art-house nod with Half Nelson. While the darkly comic tale of a dysfunctional family's quest to get their daughter enrolled in the titular pageant is vying for Best Feature against Half Nelson, American Gun, The Dead Girl and Pan's Labyrinth, its most famous faces didn't register in the individual categories. Steve Carell, Greg Kinnear and Toni Collette came up empty, with the film's only acting nods going to Paul Dano and Alan Arkin, who go head to head in the Best Supporting Male race. Little Miss Sunshine helmers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris round out the film's five nominations with a joint nod for Best Director. Congratulations to Toni for having two ambitious projects in the Best Film category running! "TSUNAMI" AIR DATES & PICTURES Posted: 2006-11-28 "Tsunami: The Aftermath" is having its world premiere this evening on BBC2, all airdates for the UK, USA and Germany (what a stupid translated title?!) can be found below alongside some new production sitlls. Tsunami: The Aftermath Part 1: BBC2, November 28 2006, 9:00 pm Part 2: BBC2, December 05 2006, 9:00 pm Tsunami: The Aftermath Part 1: HBO, December 10 2006, 8:00 pm Part 2: HBO, December 17 2006, 8:00 pm Tsunami - Die Killer-Welle Part 1: ProSieben, December 28 2006, 20:15 pm Part 2: ProSieben, December 29 2006, 20:15 pm "TSUNAMI" TRAILER, TEASERS Posted: 2006-11-26 Here's a trailer for "Tsunami: The Aftermath" by HBO as well as two teasers for each part. THE MAKING OF "TSUNAMI: THE AFTERMATH" Posted: 2006-11-26 HBO is currently airing a documentary on the making of "Tsunami: The Aftermath" including a look behind the scenes and interviews with the cast and crew. A full schedule can be found here. Also, don't forget that the two parts world premiere this coming and the next Tuesday on BBC2 in the UK and will later be aired on December 10/17 on HBO in the USA. TONI COMES OF AGE Posted: 2006-11-20 Article courtesy News.com.au: Toni Collette's latest film project, Hey, Hey It's Esther Blueburger, has begun filming in Adelaide. The coming-of-age comedy is about a young Jewish girl's adventures as she navigates the pressures of family, school and her impending Bat Mitzvah. Also starring Whalerider's Keisha Castle-Hughes and Essie Davis, the film will introduce unknown 13-year-old actor Danielle Catanzariti to the big screen. Catanzariti was picked from 3000 hopefuls to portray Esther in the $6 million film. Collette, who recently released her debut album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures, plays Mary, the unconventional mother of Esther's best friend Sunni, played by Castle-Hughes. Catanzariti said she hoped to get some acting tips from critically acclaimed Colette and Castle-Hughes. "I knew both of them were going to be in it (the film) and that made me more determined to get (the part)," she said recently. "I am very excited to see them both. I hope to learn about their experiences on what they have done and how they started to learn to act." BLACK+WHITE MAGAZINE SCANS Posted: 2006-11-18 Many thanks to Rebecca for contributing these great scans from the Black+White Magazine (Australia, October issue). COLLETTE TAKES STAGE Posted: 2006-11-15 Article courtesy Sky News Australia: Toni Collette says she is feeling confident about her singing and now she is working on her stage persona as she continues to perform her new album. The Oscar-nominated actor released her much anticipated debut album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures, last month and has been performing live gigs for the first time. 'The first gig I was completely petrified and I think once I got that out of the way, I have just been enjoying it', she said. Colette released the album independently, funding the project herself. Collette played her first ever live music gig at The Basement in Sydney last week, and will continue to perform around Sydney and Melbourne until next month. Her biggest show will be at Sydney's Homebake music festival on December 2. BEAUTIFUL, AWKWARD TONI Posted: 2006-11-15 Article courtesy The Daily Telegraph: Beautiful and awkward, a nervous Toni Collette charmed a sold-out crowd at her live debut at The Basement on Thursday night. She's used to treading the red carpet in front of the world's media, but when it came to launching her elegant pop album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures, the Hollywood star was shocked by the size of the audience when she took to the stage. "I have never seen this place so packed; I am s...ting myself,'' she giggled before launching into her first track, This Moment Is Golden. With her stellar band including husband Dave Galafassi and Augie March's Glenn Richards, Collette was relaxed enough to not only wow the fans with her pure voice but enjoy her-self. Also cheering her on were her parents and fellow thespians Dan Wyllie and Emma Lung NOW MURIEL'S GIGGING Posted: 2006-11-15 Article courtesy The Daily Telegraph: Toni Collette never wanted to be the crotch-grabbing rock chick when she branched out from acting - but she can't help it. The acclaimed Aussie screen star yesterday completed another step in her musical rise, performing with her band The Finish at the Sydney Opera House for an episode of the Max Sessions concert series on cable network Foxtel. Collette confessed to the small crowd of about 50 that she couldn't hide her inner rock chick on stage, writes our reporter at the show, Lucy Howard. "People always asked what I'd be like on stage, and I said that I'd never grab my crotch like Chrissy Amphlett," Collette said. "That seems to be all I'm doing." MORE "MAX SESSIONS" PHOTOS Posted: 2006-11-14 http://maxtv.com.au has all essential information on Toni's November 13 performance at the Sydney Opera House including many photos and behind the scenes coverage. Thanks to Luke for letting me know! "TSUNAMI" OFFICIAL WEBSITE Posted: 2006-11-14 HBO has launched the Official Website for "Tsunami: The Aftermath", more information on the drama will be posted closer to its airdate in late December. "TSUNAMI" REVIEW BY THE NEW YORK POST Posted: 2006-11-14 Suddenly, tens of thousands disappeared. The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 came out of nowhere, stayed long enough to kill more than 270,000 people in 12 countries, and then receded almost as quickly as it arrived. It is this aftermath that is the focus of the first TV miniseries to come out of the disaster - HBO's two-part, three-hour "Tsunami: The Aftermath" - produced in association with the BBC and scheduled to premiere on consecut-ive Sundays, Dec. 10 and 17, just shy of two years since the story of the deadly tidal waves transfixed the world smack in the middle of the holidays. Read the complete article here. PERFORMANCE PHOTOS Posted: 2006-11-13 The gallery is still not working :-( But since Toni has started touring through Australia, all current images will be temporarily posted on the main page. The below concert photos have been taken on November 09 and 13. November 13 performance at MAX Sessions November 09 performance IMAGE LIBRARY HACKED Posted: 2006-11-08 Maybe you've noticed that the Image Library isn't working - that's because it got hacked yesterday! :-( All the pictures are still stored, so I hope it's not that bad, give me some time to have a look at it. FIRST "THE DEAD GIRL" REVIEW Posted: 2006-11-08 The Hollywood Reporter has a review on "The Dead Girl", which had its world-premiere yesterday at the AFI Film Fest: By the movie's end, writer-director Karen Moncrieff's "The Dead Girl" delivers considerable emotional impact. But that doesn't mean you've enjoyed the journey. Moncrieff chooses to scrutinize highly unpleasant material but, fortunately, she never takes an exploitative or sensationalistic approach. The movie has its integrity. Her female characters are deeply troubled individuals, and there is little to comfort viewers that any of these lives might turn around or improve. Yet Moncrieff views these people, these victims, with compassionate understanding. Read the complete article here. "LIKE MINDS" REVIEW AND NEW PHOTOS Posted: 2006-11-01 Here's a first review on "Like Minds" courtesy InFilm: Every once in a while a great thriller doubles as an extraordinary character study, and every once in a while a filmmaker can plunge their audiences so deeply into the recesses of a character's mind that no amount of cold showers or skin scrubbing can remove the psychological creepy crawlies. If you're not a little rattled by Alex (Eddie Radmayne) and Nigel (Tom Sturridge), the remorseless private school protagonists of Australian writer/director Gregory J. Read's bone chilling Like Minds, it may be time to check your pulse or find the nearest shrink couch to start chatting about your feelings. Tearing away the insignia of private school education and prying into a tangled web of iniquitous plots beneath, Reed's thriller is a supremely unnerving coming-of-age story that delves into some of cinema's darkest no-fly zones. It creates a psychological stratum that would have Sigmund Freud dripping with sweat and reaching for Valium. Read the full review here. Also found a couple of new pictures from the film.