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Miranda Otto

Born 16/12/1967 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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 naturalist in the comedy Human Nature and appeared in the BBC adaptation of Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now, as a strong-willed American Southerner. Her breakthrough role came in 2002, when she portrayed Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Her character was introduced in the trilogy's second film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in 2002 and appeared in the third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the following year. Her performance earned her an Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Director Steven Spielberg, impressed by Otto's performance in The Lord of the Rings, called her to ask if she would play opposite Tom Cruise in the big-budget science fiction film War of the Worlds (2005). Otto, pregnant at the time, believed she would have to turn down the role, but the script was reworked to accommodate her.

Her next project was playing the lead in the Australian film Danny Deckchair (2003). She then took on the Australian television miniseries Through My Eyes: The Lindy Chamberlain Story (2004). At the 2005 Logie Awards, Otto won Most Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series for her role.

In 2007, Otto starred as Cricket Stewart, the wife of a successful director, in the television miniseries The Starter Wife. She had a starring role in the 2008 American television series Cashmere Mafia, and Australian films such as In Her Skin and Blessed (2009). She starred opposite Stephanie Sigman and Anthony LaPaglia in the horror prequel Annabelle: Creation. She portrayed Zelda Spellman in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018-2020).

She made her theatrical debut in the 1986 production of The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant for the Sydney Theatre Company.[28] Three more theatrical productions for the Sydney Theatre Company followed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2002, she returned to the stage playing Nora Helmer in A Doll's House opposite her future husband Peter O'Brien. Otto's performance earned her a 2003 Helpmann Award nomination and the MO Award for "Best Female Actor in a Play". Her next stage role was in the psychological thriller Boy Gets Girl (2005).

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Filmography (Movies)

The Pout-Pout Fish

Character:(voice)

Release Date:01/01/2026

The Fox

Character:Liz

Release Date:19/10/2025

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

Character:Éowyn (voice)

Release Date:05/12/2024

Revealed: Otto By Otto

Character:Self

Release Date:16/06/2024

My Freaky Family

Character:Aneska Flood (voice)

Release Date:25/04/2024

At the Gates

Character:Marianne Barris

Release Date:03/11/2023

In the Grip of Terror: Making Talk To Me

Character:Self

Release Date:03/10/2023

Talk to Me

Character:Sue

Release Date:26/07/2023

The Portable Door

Character:Countess Judy

Release Date:23/03/2023

Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

Character:Self

Release Date:23/10/2020

Downhill

Character:Charlotte

Release Date:06/02/2020

The Silence

Character:Kelly Andrews

Release Date:16/05/2019

The Chaperone

Character:Ruth St. Dennis

Release Date:29/03/2019

Zoe

Character:The Designer

Release Date:19/07/2018

The Raid

Character:Rebecca Ingram

Release Date:12/12/2017

Annabelle: Creation

Character:Esther Mullins

Release Date:03/08/2017

Dance Academy: The Movie

Character:Madeline Moncur

Release Date:06/04/2017

The Daughter

Character:Charlotte

Release Date:09/10/2015

The Homesman

Character:Theoline Belknap

Release Date:18/05/2014

I, Frankenstein

Character:Leonore

Release Date:22/01/2014

The Turning

Character:Sherry

Release Date:25/09/2013

Reaching for the Moon

Character:Elizabeth Bishop

Release Date:09/02/2013

Mabo

Character:Margaret White

Release Date:10/06/2012

Locke & Key

Character:Nina Locke

Release Date:01/01/2011

South Solitary

Character:Meredith Appleton

Release Date:29/07/2010

Blessed

Character:Bianca

Release Date:10/09/2009

In Her Skin

Character:Mrs. Barber

Release Date:14/03/2009

Schadenfreude

Character:Waitress

Release Date:21/02/2009

War of the Worlds

Character:Mary-Ann

Release Date:28/06/2005

Flight of the Phoenix

Character:Kelly

Release Date:17/12/2004

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'

Character:Self

Release Date:14/12/2004

In My Father's Den

Character:Penny Prior

Release Date:11/06/2004

The Making of 'The Return of the King'

Character:Self

Release Date:01/04/2004

The Three-Legged Fox

Character:Ruth

Release Date:01/02/2004

The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision

Character:Self

Release Date:26/12/2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Character:Éowyn

Release Date:17/12/2003

Danny Deckchair

Character:Glenda Lake

Release Date:16/05/2003

The Making of 'The Two Towers'

Character:

Release Date:01/04/2003

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Character:Éowyn

Release Date:18/12/2002

Julie Walking Home

Character:Julie Makowsky

Release Date:04/09/2002

Doctor Sleep

Character:Clara Strother

Release Date:16/08/2002

Human Nature

Character:Gabrielle

Release Date:12/09/2001

What Lies Beneath

Character:Mary Feur

Release Date:21/07/2000

Kin

Character:Anna

Release Date:05/07/2000

The Jack Bull

Character:Cora Redding

Release Date:17/04/1999

The Thin Red Line

Character:Marty Bell

Release Date:23/12/1998

In the Winter Dark

Character:Ronnie

Release Date:10/09/1998

Dead Letter Office

Character:Alice Walsh

Release Date:20/08/1998

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

Character:Patsy

Release Date:25/09/1997

True Love and Chaos

Character:Mimi

Release Date:22/05/1997

The Well

Character:Katherine

Release Date:14/05/1997

Love Serenade

Character:Dimity Hurley

Release Date:10/10/1996

Sex Is a Four Letter Word

Character:Viv

Release Date:01/10/1995

The Nostradamus Kid

Character:Jennie O'Brien

Release Date:14/10/1993

The Last Days of Chez Nous

Character:Annie

Release Date:08/10/1992

Daydream Believer

Character:Nell Tiscowitz

Release Date:07/08/1992

The 13th Floor

Character:Rebecca

Release Date:31/05/1988

Initiation

Character:Stevie

Release Date:20/06/1987

Emma's War

Character:Emma Grange

Release Date:26/12/1986

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