Miranda Otto
Biography
Miranda Lin Otto is an Australian actress born on December 16, 1967, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is the daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto. Beginning her acting career at age eighteen, she has performed in various independent and major studio films, accumulating 83 known acting credits. Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film Emma's War, portraying a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II. Her subsequent film work includes Love Serenade in 1996, Doing Time for Patsy Cline and The Well in 1997, and the romantic comedy Dead Letter Office in 1998.
Career overview
Miranda Otto is an Australian actress born on December 16, 1967, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is the daughter of actors Lindsay and Barry Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto. Also known as Miranda Lin Otto, she began her acting career at the age of 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 subsequently starred in the 1997 films Doing Time for Patsy Cline and The Well, with the latter earning her a third Australian Film Institute nomination. Her next project was the 1998 romantic comedy Dead Letter Office.
Throughout her career, Otto has accumulated a notable volume of work in the film industry, with known credits totaling eighty-three across her acting portfolio. Her background in a family of performers established early ties to the profession, leading to her enduring presence in both independent projects and major studio productions.
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- The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) as Marin (voice)
- The Fox (2026) as Liz
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024) as Éowyn (voice)
- Ladies in Black (2024) as Virginia Ambrose
- Thou Shalt Not Steal (2024) as Maxine
- My Freaky Family (2024) as Aneska Flood (voice)
- Revealed: Otto By Otto (2024) as Self
- Talk to Me (2023) as Sue
- Talk to Me (2023) Executive Producer
- The Clearing (2023) as Adrienne Beaufort
- The Portable Door (2023) as Countess Judy
- Koala Man (2023) as Mindy (voice)
- Wellmania (2023) as Camille Lavinge
- At the Gates (2023) as Marianne Barris
- In the Grip of Terror: Making Talk To Me (2023) as Self
- True Colours (2022) as Isabelle Martin
- Fires (2021) as Kath Simpson
- The Unusual Suspects (2021) as Sara
- The Moth Effect (2021) as Jenny
- Reunited Apart (2020) as Self
- Downhill (2020) as Charlotte
- Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe (2020) as Self
- The Silence (2019) as Kelly Andrews
- The Chaperone (2019) as Ruth St. Dennis
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018) as Zelda Spellman
- Zoe (2018) as The Designer
- Annabelle: Creation (2017) as Esther Mullins
- 24: Legacy (2017) as Rebecca Ingram
- Dance Academy: The Movie (2017) as Madeline Moncur
- The Raid (2017) as Rebecca Ingram
- The Daughter (2015) as Charlotte
- I, Frankenstein (2014) as Leonore
- Rake (2014) as Maddy Deane
- The Homesman (2014) as Theoline Belknap
- Reaching for the Moon (2013) as Elizabeth Bishop
- The Turning (2013) as Sherry
- Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012) as Lydia Andrews
- Mabo (2012) as Margaret White
- Homeland (2011) as Allison Carr
- Locke & Key (2011) as Nina Locke
- South Solitary (2010) as Meredith Appleton
- In Her Skin (2009) as Mrs. Barber
- Schadenfreude (2009) as Waitress
- Blessed (2009) as Bianca
- Cashmere Mafia (2008) as Juliet Draper
- The Starter Wife (2007) as Cricket Stewart
- War of the Worlds (2005) as Mary Ann
- Flight of the Phoenix (2004) as Kelly
- Through My Eyes (2004) as Lindy Chamberlain
- In My Father's Den (2004) as Penny Prior
- A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self
- The Making of 'The Return of the King' (2004) as Self
- The Three-Legged Fox (2004) as Ruth
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) as Éowyn
- The Making of 'The Two Towers' (2003)
- Danny Deckchair (2003) as Glenda Lake
- The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision (2003) as Self
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Éowyn
- Doctor Sleep (2002) as Clara Strother
- Julie Walking Home (2002) as Julie Makowsky
- The Way We Live Now (2001) as Mrs Hurtle
- Human Nature (2001) as Gabrielle
- What Lies Beneath (2000) as Mary Feur
- Kin (2000) as Anna
- The Jack Bull (1999) as Cora Redding
- The Thin Red Line (1998) as Marty Bell
- Dead Letter Office (1998) as Alice Walsh
- In the Winter Dark (1998) as Ronnie
- True Love and Chaos (1997) as Mimi
- The Well (1997) as Katherine
- Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) as Patsy
- Love Serenade (1996) as Dimity Hurley
- Sex Is a Four Letter Word (1995) as Viv
- The Nostradamus Kid (1993) as Jennie O'Brien
- The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) as Annie
- Daydream Believer (1992) as Nell Tiscowitz
- Police Rescue (1991) as Amanda
- Heroes II: The Return (1991) as Roma Page
- The 13th Floor (1988) as Rebecca
- Initiation (1987) as Stevie
- The Flying Doctors (1986) as Amy Brodie
- Emma's War (1986) as Emma Grange
- The Great White