by Nathaniel R
A very happy birthday to Toni Collette today. We discussed this once on the blog a year or two ago but let's update our list of favorite Collette performances on her birthday since she was absolutely slaying the multiplex this past summer in the demonic horror flick Hereditary. She's currently up for a Gotham award for Best Actress for that role.
She's also starring in the new Netflix series Wanderlust about a married couple trying an open marriage though I haven't yet watched it (it's on the queue). My list of Toni's best work goes like so. Yours?
12 LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (BAFTA nomination, SAG ensemble nomination)
Warm, worried, winning.
11 IN HER SHOES
Not everything about this works but she's wonderful in it...
10 ABOUT A BOY (BAFTA nomination, BSFC win)
Delightful oil & water chemistry with Hugh Grant in this charmer.
09 GLASSLAND
Searing portrait of alcoholism and a woman who has given up
08 MURIEL'S WEDDING (Globe nomination)
The film that made her a star, zeroing in on that impish unicorn charisma. "You're terrible, Muriel!"
07 UNITED STATES OF TARA (Emmy & Globe wins, SAG nomination)
Split personality disorder has never been so, uh, fun.
06 JAPANESE STORY
Underseen but impressive work.
05 THE HOURS (BSFC win, SAG ensemble nomination)
One of the best movie cameos ever. She's giving so much in such a little scene.
04 THE SIXTH SENSE (Oscar nomination)
Surely her most beloved role... and with good reason.
03 WILD PARTY (Tony nomination)
If only they'd made a movie adaptation of this stage musical.
02 HEREDITARY (Gotham nomination)
The Oscar nomination might be a long shot for this harrowing funny scary complicated out-there work, but we're still dreaming that deserves got something to do with it.
01 VELVET GOLDMINE
One of her most prismatic creations, and perfectly attuned to Todd Haynes dreamy glam rock opus with its glittery decadent surface, and troubling multiple undertows.