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Miranda Otto

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57 Years Old

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).

Born

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 16th December 1967

All Credits

Homeland Image
Homeland
Allison Carr
The Flying Doctors Image
The Flying Doctors
Amy Brodie
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Image
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Zelda Spellman
Police Rescue Image
Police Rescue
Amanda
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Image
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Lydia Andrews
Fires Image
Fires
Kath Simpson
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Image
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Éowyn
24: Legacy Image
24: Legacy
Rebecca Ingram
The Moth Effect Image
The Moth Effect
Jenny
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Éowyn
The Unusual Suspects Image
The Unusual Suspects
Sara
Wellmania Image
Wellmania
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Image
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Éowyn (voice)
Koala Man Image
Koala Man
Mindy
Rake Image
Rake
Maddy Deane
Talk to Me Image
Talk to Me
Sue
War of the Worlds Image
War of the Worlds
Mary-Ann
True Colours Image
True Colours
Isabelle Martin
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Cashmere Mafia
Juliet Draper
Ladies in Black Image
Ladies in Black
Virginia Ambrose
Thou Shalt Not Steal Image
Thou Shalt Not Steal
Maxine
The Clearing Image
The Clearing
Adrienne Beaufort
Annabelle: Creation Image
Annabelle: Creation
Esther Mullins
The Way We Live Now Image
The Way We Live Now
Mrs Hurtle
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What Lies Beneath
Mary Feur
The Thin Red Line Image
The Thin Red Line
Marty Bell
Reunited Apart Image
Reunited Apart
Self
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I, Frankenstein
Leonore
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Flight of the Phoenix
Kelly
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The Silence
Kelly Andrews
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The Homesman
Theoline Belknap
The Portable Door Image
The Portable Door
Countess Judy
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The Jack Bull
Cora Redding
Directing Annabelle: Creation Image
Directing Annabelle: Creation
Herself
Zoe Image
Zoe
The Designer
Downhill Image
Downhill
Charlotte
In Her Skin Image
In Her Skin
Mrs. Barber
Human Nature Image
Human Nature
Gabrielle
Through My Eyes Image
Through My Eyes
Lindy Chamberlain
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Heroes II: The Return
Roma Page
The Daughter Image
The Daughter
Charlotte
The Turning Image
The Turning
Sherry
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Dance Academy: The Movie
Madeline Moncur
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The Chaperone
Ruth St. Dennis
My Freaky Family Image
My Freaky Family
Aneska Flood
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Reaching for the Moon
Elizabeth Bishop
In My Father's Den Image
In My Father's Den
Penny Prior
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Doctor Sleep
Clara Strother
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The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
Self
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Locke & Key
Nina Locke
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A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
Danny Deckchair Image
Danny Deckchair
Glenda Lake
The Making of the Return of the King Image
The Making of the Return of the King
Self
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Julie Walking Home
Julie Makowsky
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Blessed
Bianca
The Well Image
The Well
Katherine
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The Nostradamus Kid
Jennie O'Brien
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Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Self
Sex Is a Four Letter Word Image
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
Viv
The Making of The Two Towers Image
The Making of The Two Towers
South Solitary Image
South Solitary
Meredith Appleton
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The 13th Floor
Rebecca
In the Winter Dark Image
In the Winter Dark
Ronnie
Kin Image
Kin
Anna
The Raid Image
The Raid
Rebecca Ingram
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True Love and Chaos
Mimi
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe Image
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
Self
Love Serenade Image
Love Serenade
Dimity Hurley
Mabo Image
Mabo
Margaret White
The Pout-Pout Fish Image
The Pout-Pout Fish
Dead Letter Office Image
Dead Letter Office
Alice Walsh
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The Last Days of Chez Nous
Annie
At the Gates Image
At the Gates
Marianne Barris
Emma's War Image
Emma's War
Emma Grange
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The Fox
Liz
Doing Time for Patsy Cline Image
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Patsy
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Schadenfreude
Waitress
Initiation Image
Initiation
Stevie
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Daydream Believer
Nell Tiscowitz
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The Three-Legged Fox
Ruth
Revealed: Otto By Otto Image
Revealed: Otto By Otto
Self