Miranda Otto
Acting
Born: Dec 16, 1967
From: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967) is an Australian actress. The daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, she began acting at age eighteen, and has performed in a variety of independent and major studio films. Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II. In 1996, director Shirley Barrett cast Otto as a shy waitress in the film Love Serenade. She starred in the 1997 films Doing Time for Patsy Cline and The Well, for which earned her third Australian Film Institute nomination. Her next project was the romantic comedy Dead Letter Office (1998). The film was Otto's first with her father, Barry, who makes a brief appearance. Later that year, she starred in the film In the Winter Dark, directed by James Bogle, for which she was nominated for her fourth Australian Film Institute Award. After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, she gained Hollywood's attention after appearing in supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). In 2001, she was cast as a …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim | Éowyn (voice) | 2024 | 6.545 |
| I, Frankenstein | Leonore | 2014 | 5.377 |
| The Homesman | Theoline Belknap | 2014 | 6.531 |
| The Turning | Sherry | 2013 | 5.697 |
| Reaching for the Moon | Elizabeth Bishop | 2013 | 6.6 |
| South Solitary | Meredith Appleton | 2010 | 6.9 |
| Blessed | Bianca | 2009 | 6.7 |
| In Her Skin | Mrs. Barber | 2009 | 6.0 |
| War of the Worlds | Mary-Ann | 2005 | 6.536 |
| In My Father's Den | Penny Prior | 2004 | 7.0 |
| Flight of the Phoenix | Kelly | 2004 | 6.002 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Éowyn | 2003 | 8.496 |
| Danny Deckchair | Glenda Lake | 2003 | 6.091 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Éowyn | 2002 | 8.416 |
| Doctor Sleep | Clara Strother | 2002 | 5.227 |
| Julie Walking Home | Julie Makowsky | 2002 | 5.619 |
| Human Nature | Gabrielle | 2001 | 6.041 |
| What Lies Beneath | Mary Feur | 2000 | 6.434 |
| Kin | Anna | 2000 | 3.833 |
| The Jack Bull | Cora Redding | 1999 | 6.409 |
| The Thin Red Line | Marty Bell | 1998 | 7.442 |
| In the Winter Dark | Ronnie | 1998 | 5.409 |
| The Well | Katherine | 1997 | 5.75 |
| Doing Time for Patsy Cline | Patsy | 1997 | 6.333 |
| True Love and Chaos | Mimi | 1997 | 3.6 |
| Love Serenade | Dimity Hurley | 1996 | 6.069 |
| The Nostradamus Kid | Jennie O'Brien | 1993 | 4.857 |
| The Last Days of Chez Nous | Annie | 1992 | 5.833 |
| Daydream Believer | Nell Tiscowitz | 1992 | 6.667 |
| Initiation | Stevie | 1987 | 5.5 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1967 |
| From | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |