As the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards draw near, we look back at the careers of the lead acting nominees.

Collette got her big break in this 1994 comedy, playing the titular character, an ugly ducking who dreams of a glamorous wedding. She won an Australian Film Institute award for her performance.

The Aussie co-starred as the unsophisticated Harriet Smith in this 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel.

Collette earned a supporting actress Oscar nomination for her turn as Haley Joel Osment's mother.

Collette earned a BAFTA nomination for her performance as Fiona Brewer, mother of Marcus Brewer, the young boy Hugh Grant's character, Will, befriends in this adaptation of Nick Hornby's book.

In yet another film adaptation of a book, Collette played Rose Feller, a lawyer who has nothing in common with her free-spirited sister, Maggie (Cameron Diaz), except for their shoe size.

Collette earned Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for her performance as overworked matriarch Sheryl Hoover. The cast, which included fellow 2010 Emmy nominee Steve Carell, won the SAG award for best ensemble.

Collette received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her work in this 2006 miniseries that focused on the events following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.

Collette has won multiple awards — an Emmy and a Golden Globe — for her role as Tara Gregson, a housewife with dissociative identity disorder.