Diane Cilento

Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Rabaul Papua New Guinea) is a theater and film actress.

Born to Raphael and Phyllis Cilento, both highly respected medical practitioners, Cilento and her family settled in Brisbane, Australia. She decided at a young age to follow a career as an actress and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. She quickly secured work in British films and steadily worked until the end of the decade without making a major impression with film audiences.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery.

Cilento continued working as an actress both in films and television, and in the 1980s settled near Cairns Australia, where she built her own outdoor theater, named "Karnak", in the rainforest. The venture allows her to participate in experimental theater.


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The venture allows her to participate in experimental theater. Collette, who shares her birthdate with Jenny McCarthy, married Dave Galafassi on January 11, 2003. Cilento continued working as an actress both in films and television, and in the 1980s settled near Cairns Australia, where she built her own outdoor theater, named "Karnak", in the rainforest. She is probably best known for her Academy Award nominated role as the mother of troubled boy Cole in the film The Sixth Sense. They are the parents of the actor Jason Connery. She has won three Australian Film Institute awards, including Best Actress in a Lead Role for Muriel's Wedding, in 1994, a role for which she gained 40 lb (18 kg) in seven weeks. Connery was the second of Cilento's three husbands, and they were married from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. She has been married to Dave Galafassi since January 11th, 2003.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Tom Jones (1963), but allowed her film career to decline following her marriage to actor Sean Connery. She has appeared in many Australian and American movies. She quickly secured work in British films and steadily worked until the end of the decade without making a major impression with film audiences. Antonia 'Toni' Collette (born November 1, 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian actress. She decided at a young age to follow a career as an actress and moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. Born to Raphael and Phyllis Cilento, both highly respected medical practitioners, Cilento and her family settled in Brisbane, Australia.

Diane Cilento (born October 5, 1933 in Rabaul Papua New Guinea) is a theater and film actress.