Miranda Otto

Born: 1967-12-16

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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as Éowyn
Released: 2003-12-17

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Éowyn
Released: 2002-12-18

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy...

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as Sue
Released: 2023-07-26

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become...

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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim

as Éowyn (voice)
Released: 2024-12-05

183 years before the events chronicled in the original trilogy, a sudden attack by Wulf, a...

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Annabelle: Creation

as Esther Mullins
Released: 2017-08-03

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a...

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as Mary-Ann
Released: 2005-06-13

Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and...

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I, Frankenstein

as Leonore
Released: 2014-01-22

200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth....

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as Marty Bell
Released: 1998-12-23

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and...

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The Silence

as Kelly Andrews
Released: 2019-05-16

With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek...

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What Lies Beneath

as Mary Feur
Released: 2000-07-21

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an...

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The Portable Door

as Countess Judy
Released: 2023-03-23

Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers...

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Human Nature

as Gabrielle
Released: 2001-09-12

A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a...

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The Homesman

as Theoline Belknap
Released: 2014-05-18

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer...

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Downhill

as Charlotte
Released: 2020-02-06

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is...

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The Daughter

as Charlotte
Released: 2015-10-09

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father...

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Doctor Sleep

as Clara Strother
Released: 2002-02-01

While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic...

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Zoe

as The Designer
Released: 2018-07-19

Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic...

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Flight of the Phoenix

as Kelly
Released: 2004-12-17

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to...

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Reaching for the Moon

as Elizabeth Bishop
Released: 2013-02-09

In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college...

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The Jack Bull

as Cora Redding
Released: 1999-04-17

The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry...

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Dance Academy: The Movie

as Madeline Moncur
Released: 2017-04-06

This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are...

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The Turning

as Sherry
Released: 2013-09-25

Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter...

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Directing Annabelle: Creation

as Herself
Released: 2017-08-07

Director David F. Sandberg takes you through the process behind making the 2017 horror film...

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In Her Skin

as Mrs. Barber
Released: 2009-03-13

Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.

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Locke & Key

as Nina Locke
Released: 2011-01-01

Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets...

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My Freaky Family

as Aneska Flood
Released: 2024-03-25

On the cusp of her 13th birthday, Betty Flood – budding musician and magical being – just wants...

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In My Father's Den

as Penny Prior
Released: 2004-06-11

Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due...

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The Chaperone

as Ruth St. Dennis
Released: 2019-03-29

In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young...

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Danny Deckchair

as Glenda Lake
Released: 2003-05-16

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited...

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Blessed

as Bianca
Released: 2009-09-10

Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.

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The Last Days of Chez Nous

as Annie
Released: 1992-10-08

The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French...

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The 13th Floor

as Rebecca
Released: 1988-05-31

As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult,...

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Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories

as Self
Released: 2003-01-01

From the very beginning of the design process on the film trilogy, right up to the summer months...

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Mabo

as Margaret White
Released: 2012-06-10

The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the...

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At the Gates

as Marianne Barris
Released: 2023-11-03

A housekeeper from El Salvador brings her teenage son to help her clean an affluent family’s Los...

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The Well

as Katherine
Released: 1997-05-14

Young Katherine and her older friend Hester live at the isolated farm run by Hester and her...

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Love Serenade

as Dimity Hurley
Released: 1996-10-10

In Sunray, a backwater town on Australia's Murray River, there's little to do but fish or listen...

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The Nostradamus Kid

as Jennie O'Brien
Released: 1993-10-14

When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the...

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Julie Walking Home

as Julie Makowsky
Released: 2002-09-04

Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of...

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Sex Is a Four Letter Word

as Viv
Released: 1995-10-01

Some people say love is sex, sex is love. While others say sex is a four letter word. Sylvia is...

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True Love and Chaos

as Mimi
Released: 1997-05-22

A man accompanies his lover on a journey, neglecting to mention that an angry drug dealer is in...

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Doing Time for Patsy Cline

as Patsy
Released: 1997-09-25

Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote...

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In the Winter Dark

as Ronnie
Released: 1998-09-10

Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an...

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Revealed: Otto By Otto

as Self
Released: 2024-06-16

Inspired to make an original, intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs a feature length...

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Emma's War

as Emma Grange
Released: 1986-12-26

After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.

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Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe

as Self
Released: 2020-10-23

Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of...

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Kin

as Anna
Released: 2000-07-05

While on a hunt for elephant poachers in Namibia, a white female conservationist and a black...

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South Solitary

as Meredith Appleton
Released: 2010-07-29

Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with...

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Dead Letter Office

as Alice Walsh
Released: 1998-08-20

After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young...

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Initiation

as Stevie
Released: 1987-06-20

After the death of his mother, teenage Danny visits his father Matt Malloy on a lonesome farm in...

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Daydream Believer

as Nell Tiscowitz
Released: 1992-08-07

A struggling actress with an affinity for horses meets wealthy rock music promoter and stable...

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Thou Shalt Not Steal

as Maxine
Released: 2024-10-17

Robyn, a young Aboriginal delinquent searching for the truth behind a mysterious family secret,...

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The Raid

as Rebecca Ingram
Released: 2017-12-12

Set nine months before 24: Legacy begins, The Raid puts us at the center of a Special Forces...

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The Three-Legged Fox

as Ruth
Released: 2004-02-01

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Schadenfreude

as Waitress
Released: 2009-02-21

An existential fable about a man who wakes to find himself broke, homeless, and missing one shoe.

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Homeland

as Allison Carr
First aired: 2011-10-02

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile...

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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

as Zelda Spellman
First aired: 2018-10-26

As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the...

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The Flying Doctors

as Amy Brodie
First aired: 1986-05-15

The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved...

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Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

as Lydia Andrews
First aired: 2012-02-24

Our lady sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920’s Melbourne, fighting...

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24: Legacy

as Rebecca Ingram
First aired: 2017-02-05

The story of military hero Eric Carter’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him...

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Police Rescue

as Amanda
First aired: 1991-02-14

Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales...

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The Clearing

as Adrienne Beaufort
First aired: 2023-05-24

A woman is forced to confront the nightmares of her past in order to stop a secret cult intent...

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Reunited Apart

as Self
First aired: 2020-04-27

Josh Gad reunites the cast and crews of various classic movies, and discusses the the films in...

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Cashmere Mafia

as Juliet Draper
First aired: 2008-01-06

Four ambitious and sexy women, who've been best friends since business school, try to balance...

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The Way We Live Now

as Mrs Hurtle
First aired: 2001-11-11

Anthony Trollope’s epic tale of Victorian power and corruption, set in the 1870s. Within weeks...

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Rake

as Maddy Deane
First aired: 2014-01-23

Keegan Deane's staggering lack of discretion and inability to self-censor land him the law cases...

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Wellmania

as uncredited
First aired: 2023-03-29

When a health crisis forces Liv to rethink her “live fast, die young” attitude, she jumps into a...

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Fires

as Kath Simpson
First aired: 2021-09-26

Inspired by true events, the story of everyday Australians at the front line of the devastating...

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Koala Man

as Mindy
First aired: 2023-01-09

A powerless superhero and family patriarch in an Australian suburb lives a not-so-secret...

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Thou Shalt Not Steal

as Maxine
First aired: 2024-10-17

Robyn, a young Aboriginal delinquent searching for the truth behind a mysterious family secret,...

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The Unusual Suspects

as Sara
First aired: 2021-06-03

Follows the theft of a multi-million-dollar necklace and the women from different walks of life...

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True Colours

as Isabelle Martin
First aired: 2022-07-04

Detective Toni Alma is assigned to investigate a suspicious car accident in Perdar Theendar, the...

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The Moth Effect

as Jenny
First aired: 2021-07-30

A satirical six-part sketch comedy.

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Ladies in Black

as Virginia Ambrose
First aired: 2024-06-16

Sydney, 1961. The women who work in Goodes ladieswear face tumultuous lives navigating societal...

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Through My Eyes

as Lindy Chamberlain
First aired: 2004-10-23

The true life story of Lindy Chamberlain and her recount of a dingo taking her baby

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Heroes II: The Return

as Roma Page
First aired: 1991-12-15

Heroes II: the Return is a 1991 Australian mini-series about Operation Rimau during World War...

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