About
Emmy, Golden Globe, and five-time AACTA Award-winning Australian powerhouse actress acclaimed for tour-de-force performances in Muriels Wedding, The Sixth Sense (earning an Oscar nomination), Little Miss Sunshine, Hereditary, and Knives Out.
Before Fame
Left school at age 16 to study at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, making her breakout film debut in Spotswood (1992) alongside Anthony Hopkins and Russell Crowe.
Trivia
Won both the Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying a woman with dissociative identity disorder in United States of Tara.
Family Life
Born in Blacktown, Sydney to truck driver Bob Collette and customer service worker Judy. Mother of daughter Sage Florence and son Arlo Robert.
Associated With
Delivered an iconic Oscar-nominated performance opposite Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment in M. Night Shyamalans The Sixth Sense, and starred in Rian Johnsons Knives Out.
