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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Example Sentences

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

Films like “The Witch,” “The Babadook” and “It Follows” pushed this resurgence even further throughout the 2010s, with Collette’s performance in “Hereditary” bringing the genre back into awards conversation and further cementing A24, the movie’s distributor, as a huge theatrical power player.

From Salon

Dear reader, I’m delighted to tell you that, if you’ve ever been at a social function and had to hear someone utter the words, “Toni Collette should’ve been nominated for an Oscar for ‘Hereditary,’” you may be entitled to compensation.

From Salon