Miranda Otto

Where to watch Miranda Otto

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingMovie · 2003
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersMovie · 2002

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 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).

Filmography

1. 2026The Pout-Pout Fishas Marin (voice)
2. 2024The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrimas Éowyn (voice)
3. 2024Thou Shalt Not Stealas Maxine · 5 episodes
4. 2023Talk to Meas Sue · Executive producer
5. 2023The Clearingas Adrienne Beaufort · 8 episodes
6. 2023Wellmaniaas Camille Lavinge · 1 episode
7. 2023The Portable Dooras Countess Judy
8. 2023Koala Manas Mindy (voice) · 1 episode
9. 2022True Coloursas Isabelle Martin · 4 episodes
10. 2021Firesas Kath Simpson · 2 episodes
11. 2021The Moth Effectas Jenny · 1 episode
12. 2021The Unusual Suspectsas Sara · 4 episodes
13. 2020Downhillas Charlotte
14. 2019The Silenceas Kelly Andrews
15. 2019The Chaperoneas Ruth St. Dennis
16. 2018Chilling Adventures of Sabrinaas Zelda Spellman · 36 episodes
17. 2018Zoeas The Designer
18. 2017Annabelle: Creationas Esther Mullins
19. 2017Dance Academy: The Movieas Madeline Moncur
20. 201724: Legacyas Rebecca Ingram · 12 episodes
21. 2015The Daughteras Charlotte
22. 2014The Homesmanas Theoline Belknap
23. 2014Rakeas Maddy Deane · 13 episodes
24. 2014I, Frankensteinas Leonore
25. 2013The Turningas Sherry
26. 2013Reaching for the Moonas Elizabeth Bishop
27. 2012Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteriesas Lydia Andrews · 1 episode
28. 2011Homelandas Allison Carr · 12 episodes
29. 2011Locke & Keyas Nina Locke
30. 2010South Solitaryas Meredith Appleton
31. 2009Blessedas Bianca
32. 2009In Her Skinas Mrs. Barber
33. 2008Cashmere Mafiaas Juliet Draper · 7 episodes
34. 2007The Starter Wifeas Cricket Stewart · 6 episodes
35. 2006The Making of 'The Return of the King'as Self
36. 2006The Making of 'The Two Towers'as Self
37. 2005War of the Worldsas Mary Ann
38. 2004Flight of the Phoenixas Kelly
39. 2004In My Father's Denas Penny Prior
40. 2003The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Visionas Self
41. 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kingas Éowyn
42. 2003Danny Deckchairas Glenda Lake
43. 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towersas Éowyn
44. 2002Julie Walking Homeas Julie Makowsky
45. 2002Doctor Sleepas Clara Strother
46. 2001The Way We Live Nowas Mrs Hurtle · 4 episodes
47. 2001Human Natureas Gabrielle
48. 2000What Lies Beneathas Mary Feur
49. 2000Kinas Anna
50. 1999The Jack Bullas Cora Redding
51. 1998The Thin Red Lineas Marty Bell
52. 1998In the Winter Darkas Ronnie
53. 1998Dead Letter Officeas Alice Walsh
54. 1997The Wellas Katherine
55. 1996Love Serenadeas Dimity Hurley
56. 1993The Nostradamus Kidas Jennie O'Brien
57. 1992The Last Days of Chez Nousas Annie
58. 1991Police Rescueas Amanda · 1 episode
59. 1988The 13th Flooras Rebecca
60. 1986The Flying Doctorsas Amy Brodie · 1 episode