Of Mothers and Madwomen: Mining the Emotional Terrain of Toni Collette's Anti-Star Persona

Fincina Hopgood

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Of Mothers and Madwomen: Mining the Emotional Terrain of Toni Collette's Anti-Star Persona

Fincina Hopgood

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Since her breakthrough role in Muriel's Wedding in 1994, Toni Collette has forged a career spanning the Australian and American screen industries. Favoring emotionally and physically challenging parts rather than glamorous roles, Collette has crafted an anti-star persona by playing women living with mental illness or psychological trauma, or mothers caring for family members with mental health issues. Chapter 4 discusses key films that helped establish Collette's anti-star persona and explores the thematic and cultural resonances across these films, which share an interest in mental health and complex portrayals of motherhood. Toni Collette's career offers a case study of the role (and roles) that Australian actors play in global Hollywood cinema and how these performances influence and shape contemporary Australian film.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	American-Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections
Editors	Adrian Danks, Stephen Gaunson, Peter C Kunze
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	91-114
Edition	1
ISBN (Print)	9783319666761, 9783319666754, 9783319882987
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66676-1_5
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Of Mothers and Madwomen: Mining the Emotional Terrain of Toni Collette's Anti-Star Persona. / Hopgood, Fincina.
American-Australian Cinema: Transnational Connections. ed. / Adrian Danks; Stephen Gaunson; Peter C Kunze. 1. ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. p. 91-114.

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