Editing Toni Collette (section)

===2005–2011: Supporting roles and ''United States of Tara''===
Collette's only film in 2005, ''[[In Her Shoes (film)|In Her Shoes]]'', was a comedy drama about the relationship between two sisters (Rose and Maggie Feller) and their estranged grandmother, co-starring [[Cameron Diaz]] and [[Shirley MacLaine]]. Based on the 2002 novel [[In Her Shoes (novel)|of the same name]] by [[Jennifer Weiner]], the film received "mixed or average" reviews from critics.<ref name="MC Shoes">{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-her-shoes | title = ''In Her Shoes'' Reviews | publisher = Metacritic | access-date = 7 December 2020 | archive-date = 27 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127191956/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/in-her-shoes | url-status = live }}</ref> She was subsequently nominated for a [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Satellite Award for Best Actress]] for her performance of Rose, a successful-but-lonely lawyer with low self-esteem, which [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' noticed, "As usual, [her] face is a fine-tuned transmitter of her emotions, moment by moment, and she becomes the locus of audience feeling."<ref>{{cite news | last = LaSalle | first = Mick | author-link = Mick LaSalle | title = Oh, grow up. And move out of here while you're at it. | url = http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Oh-grow-up-And-move-out-of-here-while-you-re-at-2565906.php | access-date = 11 December 2013 | newspaper = San Francisco Chronicle | date = 7 October 2005 | issn = 1932-8672 | oclc = 8812614 | archive-date = 30 December 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141230203911/http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Oh-grow-up-And-move-out-of-here-while-you-re-at-2565906.php | url-status = live }}</ref>

[[File:ToniCollettOrangeBritishAcademyFilmAwards07.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Upper body shot of 24-year-old Collette. She has black hair and is shown in left profile and facing slightly to her right. The straps of her dress are encrusted with shiny, coloured beads.|Collette at the [[60th British Academy Film Awards]] in 2007, where she was nominated for the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for her performance in ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'' (2006)]]

In 2006, she starred in ''[[Little Miss Sunshine]]'', a comedy drama [[road movie]] about a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant. It premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] in January of that year, and its distribution rights were bought by [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] for one of the biggest deals in the history of the festival.<ref name="RTBiggest">{{cite web | last = Duong | first = Senh | title = Sundance: Searchlight Spends Big for ''Little Miss Sunshine'' | url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646244/sundance-searchlight-spends-big-for-little-miss-sunshine/ | access-date = 11 December 2013 | work = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | date = 21 January 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121105163935/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1646244/sundance-searchlight-spends-big-for-little-miss-sunshine/ | archive-date = 5 November 2012 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> [[Sharon Waxman]] of ''The New York Times'' called her "funny and believable", while Stella Papamichael of [[BBC]] felt that she was "underused".<ref>{{cite web|last=Papamichael|first=Stella|date=5 September 2006|title=Movies - review - ''Little Miss Sunshine''|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/02/little_miss_sunshine_2006_review.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113205430/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/08/02/little_miss_sunshine_2006_review.shtml|archive-date=13 November 2012|access-date=8 February 2020|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{cite news | last = Waxman | first = Sharon | author-link = Sharon Waxman | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/movies/07waxm.html | title = Toni Collette, Lovely When Necessary but Vulnerable Always | date = 7 May 2006 | work = The New York Times | access-date = 4 March 2020 | issn = 0362-4331 | archive-date = 11 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200411202641/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/movies/07waxm.html | url-status = live }}</ref> The film had positive reception, resulting in her second BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.<ref name="Flint Marx"/> It grossed US$100.5&nbsp;million worldwide and became one of the most successful independent films of the mid-2000s.<ref>{{cite web | title = ''Little Miss Sunshine'' (2006) | url = https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/LMSUN.php | work = The Numbers | access-date = 3 May 2010 | archive-date = 4 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090404073923/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/LMSUN.php | url-status = live }}</ref> Also in that year the actor took supporting roles in the [[thriller film|thriller]]s ''[[The Night Listener (film)|The Night Listener]]'' and ''[[The Dead Girl]]''. The latter was released to "generally favorable" reviews,<ref name="Metacritic film list"/><ref>{{cite web | title = ''The Dead Girl'' (2006) | url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_girl/ | work = Rotten Tomatoes | date = 19 January 2007 | access-date = 5 May 2010 | archive-date = 9 June 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100609090056/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dead_girl/ | url-status = live }}</ref> while ''The Night Listener'' was higher earning with a revenue of US$10.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web | title = ''The Night Listener'' (2006) | url = https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/NTLIS.php | work = The Numbers | access-date = 6 May 2010 | archive-date = 11 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611063338/http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/2006/NTLIS.php | url-status = live }}</ref>

In her first television engagement in five years, the HBO-BBC joint miniseries ''[[Tsunami: The Aftermath]]'' (2006), she played an Australian government employee who tries to cope with the events following the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]] and the resulting [[tsunami]] in Thailand. The film received mixed reviews from critics. Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' said that it was, "inexcusably tasteless, tone deaf... and dull", and Brian Lowry of ''Variety'' remarked that the film, "[grasps] for higher ground that it never reaches."<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/tsunami-the-aftermath-1200511645/ | title = ''Tsunami, the Aftermath'' | last = Lowry | first = Brian | date = 6 December 2006 | journal = Variety | access-date = 9 February 2020 | issn = 0042-2738 | oclc = 810134503 | archive-date = 9 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809214954/https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/tsunami-the-aftermath-1200511645/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2006-12-07-tsunami_x.htm | title = HBO's 'Tsunami' is itself a disaster, and just wrong | work = [[USA Today]] | access-date = 9 February 2020 | archive-date = 11 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160311131607/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/reviews/2006-12-07-tsunami_x.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> Despite this, praise was given to the performances of the cast.<ref>{{cite news | last = Heffernan | first = Virginia | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/arts/television/08tsun.html | title = Melodrama and, Oh Yes, a Tsunami | date = 8 December 2006 | work = The New York Times | access-date = 9 February 2020 | issn = 0362-4331 | archive-date = 5 March 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180305163111/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/arts/television/08tsun.html | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27874/tsunami-the-aftermath/ | title = ''Tsunami: The Aftermath'' | website = DVD Talk | access-date = 9 February 2020 | archive-date = 9 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809132503/https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/27874/tsunami-the-aftermath/ | url-status = live }}</ref> For her role, Collette earned her first [[Primetime Emmy Award|Primetime Emmy]] nomination and third Golden Globe nomination.<ref name="Flint Marx"/><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/toni-collette | title = Toni Collette | work = Television Academy | access-date = 18 September 2015 | archive-date = 4 October 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004174515/http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/toni-collette | url-status = live }}</ref> At a ceremony in August 2006, Collette inducted [[Helen Reddy]] into the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) [[ARIA Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] and described her song, "[[I Am Woman]]" (1971) as "timeless".<ref name="Adams Aug2006">{{cite web | url = http://ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,20156660%255E10388,00.html | title = ARIA Hall of Fame honours rock greats | author = Adams, Cameron | work = [[Northern Territory News]] | date = 17 August 2006 | via = National Library of Australia | archive-url = https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060822093125/http://ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,7034,20156660%255E10388,00.html | archive-date = 22 August 2006 | access-date = 13 September 2020 }}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

After working as a juror at the [[2007 Cannes Film Festival]], she starred in two releases of 2007, ''[[Towelhead (film)|Towelhead]]'' and ''[[Evening (film)|Evening]]''. [[Clint Eastwood]] has planned to cast [[Nicholas Hoult]] & Collette in Juror No. 2.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Mia Galuppo,Borys |last2=Galuppo |first2=Mia |last3=Kit |first3=Borys |date=2023-04-14 |title=Clint Eastwood Sets New Movie, 'Juror No. 2,' With Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/clint-eastwood-direct-juror-no-2-nicholas-hoult-toni-collette-1235353258/ |access-date=2023-04-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>  hey received "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="Metacritic film list"/> Kelly Vance of ''[[East Bay Express]]'', called ''Towelhead'' "one of the most intelligent films of the year" and praised the artist's performance.<ref name="Vance">{{cite news | url = https://www.eastbayexpress.com/eastbay/there-goes-the-neighborhood/Content?oid=1091720 | title = There Goes the Neighborhood | last = Vance | first = Kelly | work = [[East Bay Express]] | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 19 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200819095048/https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/there-goes-the-neighborhood/Content?oid=1091720 | url-status = live }}</ref> In her review of ''Evening'', Putman called it "flawed in more ways than one" but lauded her for "[enlivening] her scenes with pathos".<ref name="Putman 2">{{cite web | url = http://www.thefilmfile.com/reviews/e/07_evening.htm | title = Dustin's Review – ''Evening'' (2007) | last = Putman | first = Dustin | work = TheFilmFile | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 9 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809145045/http://www.thefilmfile.com/reviews/e/07_evening.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2008 she played a small role in ''[[Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger]],'' and also served as an [[executive producer]].<ref name="Flint Marx"/> Her scenes were shot in a week.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/movies/burger-with-the-lot/news-story/6022f9b9b91a33426510f5e729597d20 | title = Danielle Catanzariti Prepares to Play Big | date = 9 January 2008 | work = [[Herald Sun]] | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 19 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200819095110/https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/movies/burger-with-the-lot/news-story/6022f9b9b91a33426510f5e729597d20?nk=4b2bf93c49eb74b0f0f48325d2dd86be-1597830670 | url-status = live }}</ref> The film received tepid reviews and failed to recoup its $6 million budget. Bernadete McNulty, writing for ''The Daily Telegraph'', wrote, "[her] presence may have got this Australian debut from writer/director Cathy Randall off the ground [but] her slight role is insufficient to make it fly the distance."<ref name="McNulty">{{cite news | last = McNulty | first = Bernadette | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/dvd-reviews/5394834/DVD-review-Hey-Hey-Its-Esther-Blueburger.html | title = DVD review: ''Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger'' | journal = Daily Telegraph | date = 28 July 2009 | access-date = 10 February 2020 | issn = 0307-1235 | archive-date = 2 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180202052453/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/dvd-reviews/5394834/DVD-review-Hey-Hey-Its-Esther-Blueburger.html | url-status = live }}</ref> Her other 2008 film, ''[[The Black Balloon (film)|The Black Balloon]]'', was better received, for which she was also co-executive producer.<ref name="Flint Marx"/> Frank Hatherley of ''Screen Daily'' praised the film and her acting, "[she] gives another of her warm, full-blooded portraits" and [[Roger Ebert]] venerated her performance as being the heart of the film.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-black-balloon-2009 | title = ''The Black Balloon'' Movie Review (2009) | last = Ebert | first = Roger | author-link = Roger Ebert | website = www.rogerebert.com | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191205231832/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-black-balloon-2009 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.screendaily.com/the-black-balloon-2007/4036868.article | title = ''The Black Balloon'' (2007) | last = Hatherley | first = Frank | work = Screen Daily | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 9 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809121817/https://www.screendaily.com/the-black-balloon-2007/4036868.article | url-status = live }}</ref> She won her fifth AACTA Award for the role of Maggie Mollison in ''The Black Balloon''.<ref name="2008 Australian Film Institute Awards">{{cite web | url = https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/past-awards/range/2000-2010/year/2008/ | title = The 50th Australian Film Institute Awards (2008) Nominees and Winners | publisher = Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181224174151/https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/past-awards/range/2000-2010/year/2008/ | archive-date = 24 December 2018 | url-status = live | access-date = 15 April 2020 }} Note: from 1958 to 2010 these awards were known as Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards.</ref>

In 2008, Collette accepted the leading role in the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] TV comedy-drama series, ''[[United States of Tara]]''.<ref name="Rothschild"/> Created by [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Diablo Cody]], it revolves around Tara Gregson, a wife and mother of two, who has [[dissociative identity disorder]], and is coping with alternate personalities.<ref name="Rothschild"/> She was given the leading role by Spielberg without auditioning.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/toni-collette-5-things-you-835310/item/forces-auditions-toni-collette-835321 | title = Forces Auditions - Toni Collette: 5 Things You Didn't Know About the Actress | work = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | access-date = 13 March 2020 | archive-date = 19 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170819004423/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/toni-collette-5-things-you-835310/item/forces-auditions-toni-collette-835321 | url-status = live }}</ref> In the role, she portrayed multiple characters and found that it required more preparation than she normally did.<ref name="Rothschild"/> However, after she understood the characters better, she found it easier to play them.<ref name="Rothschild">{{cite web | url = https://www.autostraddle.com/toni-collette-straddles-gender-roles-in-united-states-of-tara-the-autostraddle-interview-38058/ | title = Toni Collette is Queering Gender in ''United States of Tara'': The ''Autostraddle'' Interview | last = Rothschild | first = Jess | date = 22 March 2010 | work = [[Autostraddle]] | access-date = 10 April 2020 | archive-date = 8 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200408180112/https://www.autostraddle.com/toni-collette-straddles-gender-roles-in-united-states-of-tara-the-autostraddle-interview-38058/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The show was originally planned for a twelve-episode season, but was renewed for a second and third season after it gave the network its highest ratings since 2004.<ref>{{cite journal | url = http://www.multichannel.com/article/173970-Showtime_United_With_Tara_For_Second_Season.php | title = Showtime United with Tara for Second Season | last = Umstead | first = Thomas R. | journal = [[Multichannel News]] | date = 10 February 2009 | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090214045815/http://www.multichannel.com/article/173970-Showtime_United_With_Tara_For_Second_Season.php | archive-date  =14 February 2009 }}</ref> The series and her performance received generally favorable reviews.<ref name="Metacritic TV list">{{cite web | url = https://www.metacritic.com/person/toni-collette?filter-options=tv&sort_options=metascore&num_items=100 | title = Toni Collette TV Profile | publisher = Metacritic | access-date = 9 April 2020 | archive-date = 19 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200819095147/https://www.metacritic.com/person/toni-collette?filter-options=tv&sort_options=metascore&num_items=100 | url-status = live }}</ref> Tim Goodman of the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' called her a "tour de force", and Ariana Bacle of ''Entertainment Weekly'' praised the actor's "flawless" transition between personalities that felt so "insanely distinct" that they could have each been a different actor.<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://ew.com/article/2014/02/10/im-still-not-over-united-states-of-tara-cancellation/ | title = I'm Still Not Over... ''United States of Tara'' getting canceled | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | access-date = 10 February 2020 | archive-date = 14 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171214025932/http://ew.com/article/2014/02/10/im-still-not-over-united-states-of-tara-cancellation/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/TV-review-United-States-of-Tara-3254262.php | title = TV review: ''United States of Tara'' | last = Goodman | first = Tim | date = 16 January 2009 | work = San Francisco Chronicle | access-date = 10 February 2020 | issn = 1932-8672 | oclc = 8812614 | archive-date = 2 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200802130054/https://www.sfgate.com/tv/article/TV-review-United-States-of-Tara-3254262.php | url-status = live }}</ref> Collette won both the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series]] and the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe for Best Actress in a TV Comedy]] in 2009 and was nominated for both again in the following year.<ref name="Flint Marx"/> Also in 2009, she provided voice acting as Mary in the animated film ''[[Mary and Max]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pond |first=Steve |date=2009-12-09 |title=The Weird Brilliance of 'Mary and Max' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/weird-brilliance-mary-and-max-11544/ |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=TheWrap |language=en-US}}</ref>

Collette was originally set to star in 2009's ''[[Away We Go]]'', but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. She then starred as a single mother of a precocious child in ''[[Jesus Henry Christ]]'' (2011).<ref name="Metacritic film list"/> The film received "mixed or average reviews";<ref name="Metacritic film list"/> James Plath of ''Movie Metropolis'' called her "terrific" but John DeFore of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' felt that she was severely underutilised.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://moviemet.com/review/jesus-henry-christ-dvd-review | title = ''Jesus Henry Christ'' - DVD Review | date = 3 July 2012 | website = Movie Metropolis | access-date = 11 February 2020 | archive-date = 9 August 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200809210523/https://moviemet.com/review/jesus-henry-christ-dvd-review | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jesus-henry-christ-film-review-183323 | title = ''Jesus Henry Christ'': Tribeca Review | work = The Hollywood Reporter | access-date = 11 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 December 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201121807/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jesus-henry-christ-film-review-183323 | url-status = live }}</ref> She later had a supporting role in the horror-comedy [[Fright Night (2011 film)|''Fright Night'']] (2011). The film reunited her with filmmaker [[Craig Gillespie]] who had directed her in several episodes of ''United States of Tara''.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/fright-night-1117945839/ | title = ''Fright Night'' | last = Koehler | first = Robert | date = 18 August 2011 | journal = Variety | access-date = 11 February 2020 | issn = 0042-2738 | oclc = 810134503 | archive-date = 13 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191113001808/https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/fright-night-1117945839/ | url-status = live }}</ref> Debbie Lynn Elias of ''Behind the Lens'' called her "pitchfork perfect" while Emmet Asher-Perrin of ''[[Tor.com]]'' said that she was "charming as always".<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tor.com/2011/08/23/one-of-lifes-guilty-pleasures-fright-night/ | title = One of Life's Guilty Pleasures: ''Fright Night'' | last = Asher-Perrin | first = Emmet | date = 23 August 2011 | website = [[Tor.com]] | access-date = 11 February 2020 | archive-date = 5 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200605132727/https://www.tor.com/2011/08/23/one-of-lifes-guilty-pleasures-fright-night/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://behindthelensonline.net/site/reviews/fright-night/ | title = ''Fright Night'' | last = Elias | first = Debbie Lynn | website = Behind the Lens | date = 18 August 2011 | access-date = 11 February 2020 | archive-date = 5 June 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200605132731/http://behindthelensonline.net/site/reviews/fright-night/ | url-status = live }}</ref> The film received "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Metacritic film list"/>