Miranda Otto Biography (1967-)

Born December 16, 1967, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; daughter of Barry(an actor) and Lindsay Otto; married Peter O'Brien (an actor), January 1, 2003. Addresses: Agent: Adam Isaacs, United Talent Agency, 9560 WilshireBlvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; Dallas Smith, Peters Fraser &Dunlop, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.; Manager:Suzan Bymel, Management 360, 9111 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: Australian
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: December 16, 1967; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Emma Grange, Emma's War, Curzon Film Distributors, 1986
Stevie, Initiation (also known as Zoomstone), Goldfarb, 1987
Rebecca, The 13th Floor, Columbia/TriStar, 1988
Nell Tiscowitz, The Girl Who Came Late (also known as DaydreamBeliever), 1991
Annie, The Last Days of Chez Nous, Fine Line, 1992
Jennie O'Brien, The Nostradamus Kid, LIVE Entertainment, 1993
Viv, Sex Is a Four Letter Word, 1994
Dimity Hurley, Love Serenade (short film), Miramax, 1996
Katherine, The Well, 1997
Mimi, True Love and Chaos, 1997
Patsy, Doing Time for Patsy Cline, 1997
Alice Walsh, Dead Letter Office, Southern Star, 1998
Marty Bell, The Thin Red Line (also known as La mince ligne rouge), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
Ronnie, In the Winter Dark, 1998
Anna, Kin, Regent Entertainment, 1999
Mary Feur, What Lies Beneath, DreamWorks, 2000
Ruth, La volpe a tre zampe (also known as The Three-Legged Fox), Buff, 2001
Clara Strothers, Close Your Eyes (also known as Doctor Sleep and Hypnotic), First Look Home Entertainment, 2002
Eowyn, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as TheTwo Towers), New Line Cinema, 2002

Gabrielle, Human Nature, Fine Line, 2002
Julie Makowsky, Julie Walking Home (also known as The Healer, Julia wraca do domu, Julies Reise, and Le retour de Julie), First Look Home Entertainment, 2002
Eowyn, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rueckkehr desKoenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003
Glenda Lake, Danny Deckchair, Lions Gate Films, 2004
Kelly, Flight of the Phoenix, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2004
Penny Prior, In My Father's Den, Warner Bros., 2004
Mary Ann Ferrier, War of the Worlds (also known as Out of the Night), Paramount, 2005
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Mrs. Hurtle, The Way We Live Now, BBC, 2001, broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 2002
Alice Lyn "Lindy" Chamberlain, Through My Eyes, 7 Network (Australia), 2004
Movies
Roma Page, Heroes II: The Return, 10 Network (Australia), 1990
Cora Redding, The Jack Bull, HBO, 1999
Specials
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth, TheWB, 2002
Herself, The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled, 2003
Herself and Eowyn, DNZ: The Real Middle Earth, TV New Zealand, 2004
Journey to Middle Earth: The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King, Arts and Entertainment, 2004
Episodic
Amy Brodie, "The Wranglers Daughter," The Flying Doctors, 9 Network (Australia), 1988
Amanda, "On the Outer," Police Rescue, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 1990
Appeared as Miss Widdins, G.P., Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Stage Appearances
Nora Helmer, A Doll's House, Sydney Theatre Company, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2002
Appeared as Susy, Brilliant Lies, and in title role, Gigi,both Royal Queensland Theatre Company; as Edwina Rouse, The Girl Who Saw Everything, as Betsy, Sixteen Words for Water, as sleep woman, Time and the Room, and in Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, all Sydney Theatre Company.
RECORDINGS
Videos
Herself, Phoenix Diaries (documentary), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005
Video Games
Voice of Eowyn, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, EA Games, 2003

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Entertainment Weekly, December 19, 2003, p. 27
Interview, December, 2002, pp. 52-53

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