Adam & Steve 2005 - After getting together for a calamitous one-night stand in the 1980s, single gays Adam and Steve don't see each other again until they cross paths 17 years later.

For Eli and Tom, a set-up first date goes horribly awry.

It would become a regular family event, her little lullabies in the hallway darkness.

Now, two decades later, the 34-year-old actress seems to be doing much the same thing - but on a far bigger scale.

On her debut album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures, Collette says she tried to avoid "a big loud statement".

"It's like there are people who talk a lot and need a lot of attention and then there is someone who is really quiet," she says. The more you get to know it, the more you like it." Acting and singing are often intertwined but for the most part it's a matter of entertainment skills that sometimes translate into pop success (a la Kylie Minogue) or embarrassing indulgences destined for the pop graveyard.