Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005

No, This Is Not Charlie's Angels 3

By Sora Song

TONI COLLETTE, 32, center, has spent her career playing unstrung women on the verge, like the despairing mom in About a Boy. "I find myself falling into a niche," says Collette. "I want to expand it." As Rose in In Her Shoes, with CAMERON DIAZ, left, who plays her pretty but flaky sister, and SHIRLEY MACLAINE, her long-lost grandmother, Collette starts out frumpy, overworked and overweight (she gained 25 lbs. for the role) but eventually blossoms. Says Collette: "Her name, Rose, says it all."