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Originally from England, Colette earned a B.A. Hons. degree in theatre. She performed in productions across Exeter, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, and Plymouth before joining the New Vic Theatre of London under the direction of Royal National Theatre director Michael Bogdanov. She toured England and the U.S., including an Off-Broadway run in The Canterbury Tales and Dracula or a Pain in the Neck. She then originated the lead role of Reds in Alan Bleasdale's award-winning Are You Lonesome Tonight opposite Martin Shaw, spending over a year in London's West End.
Her British film and TV credits include lead roles in 1914 All Out (Yorks. TV), a film honored at numerous European festivals; Wall of Tyranny opposite Tony Danza (Columbia Pictures); Tears in the Rain (Yorks TV); the series Andy Capp (Thames TV); and recurring roles in All Creatures Great and Small (BBC), Brookside (Mersey TV), and Coronation Street (Granada TV).
After relocating to Canada, she appeared in films such as Promise the Moon (CBC) opposite Henry Czerny, earning a Best Actress Gemini nomination; The Arrow (CBC) opposite Dan Aykroyd; Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (CBC); and Scales of Justice (CBC). She also starred as the lead in 44 episodes of Mysterious Island (Alliance Ent) over more than a year. Her guest appearances include series like Forever Knight, Psi Factor, Earth: Final Conflict, Doc, MythQuest, The Fifth Quadrant, Adventure Inc., Mutant X, Tarzan, Ken Finkleman's Newsroom, This is Wonderland, Transporter (HBO), and a lead role in the independent film Burning, Burning.
