Toni Collette is an Australian actress. She attended college at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art. Collette starred in the series United States of Tara, for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, and appeared in the series The Staircase. She has starred in films such as Hereditary, Muriel's Wedding, About a Boy, The Sixth Sense, Knives Out, and Juror No. 2.