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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
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UPDATES ARCHIVE | OCTOBER 2007

TONI COLLETTE RECEIVES AFI NOMINATION
Posted: 2007-10-26 |
Toni has received a nomination by the Australian Film Institute as International Best
Actress for "Little Miss Sunshine". She shares the category with her "Muriel's Wedding"
co-star Rachel Griffith (nominated for "Brothers and Sisters"), Rose Byrne (Damages) and
Jacinda Barrett (The Last Kiss). For a complete list of al nominees, please visit their
official website.
This is Toni's seventh AFI nomination, she received previous nods for "Spotswood"
and "In her Shoes" and won for "Muriel's Wedding", "Lilian's Story",
"The Boys" and "Japanese Story".
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TONI COLLETTE TO STAR IN "THE UNITED STATES OF TARA"
Posted: 2007-10-19 |
Just when you think there are no news, Variety reports the following today:
In what will be her first TV series gig in the U.S., Toni Collette has signed on to star
in Steven Spielberg's Showtime comedy pilot "The United States of Tara." Thesp is aboard
to play Tara Gregor, a wife and mother of two teenage kids who seems normal on the
surface but actually suffers form dissociative identity disorder. Dark half-hour comedy
will follow Tara as she deals with her various personalities - in the pilot, they
include a teen girl and adult man - as they emerge during times of stress. Project came
from an original Spielberg idea, repping his first series project for Showtime and his
first comedy project in TV. Showtime entertainment prexy Robert Greenblatt said Collette
topped his wishlist of actresses to play Tara. "When you're casting a show that requires
an actress to not only play one complex character but in this case several, the road
begins and ends with Toni Collette," said Greenblatt, who called the thesp "one of the
best young actresses of her generation." | 
"EVENING" CLIP AND DELETED SCENE
Posted: 2007-10-18 |
There's little going on with Toni at the moment - actually there's nothing going on at
all. She has emerged the spotlight due to her pregnancy which is, of course, utmost respected ;-)
Added to the video archive are two new files, a scene from Toni's latest drama "Evening"
as well as a deleted scene from the film. Many thanks to
Andrea for contributing them.

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