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Collette

British  
/ kɒˈlɛt /

noun

  1. Toni , full name Antonia Collette . born 1972, Australian film actress. Her films include Muriel's Wedding (1994), The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

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It has sold more than half a million copies, is often a set text in schools and was made into a film starring Toni Collette in 2017.

From BBC

Collette McKnight is a mother of three who lives in rural County Down.

From BBC

Toni Collette often plays the mother, whether it’s the overwhelmed non-pageant mom Sheryl Hoover in “Little Miss Sunshine,” the matriarch of a cultlike camp for troubled teens in “Wayward” or the tormented force of nature in the horror movie “Hereditary,” where her “I Am Your Mother” monologue was so ferocious that it sparked a meme.

From The Wall Street Journal

Collette, who has two teenage children and lives in Sydney, discusses the altar she keeps at home, the power of birth order and the mohair sweater that nearly undid her.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Collette’s Helen burns sage and totes around a yoga mat; Ms. Riseborough’s Molly is unpleasant for no apparent reason and schedules her time in the hospital never to overlap with Julia’s, though a late monologue tries, limply, to explain the character’s grievances.

From The Wall Street Journal