Person
- Born
- 1967-00-00
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Acting · Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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…
Known for
- The Pout-Pout Fish — Marin (voice)2026
- The Fox — Liz2026
- The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim — Éowyn (voice)2024
- My Freaky Family — Aneska Flood (voice)2024
- Revealed: Otto By Otto — Self2024
- Ladies in Black — Virginia Ambrose2024
- Thou Shalt Not Steal — Maxine2024
- Talk to Me — Sue2023
- At the Gates — Marianne Barris2023
- The Portable Door — Countess Judy2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 231
- Total plays
- 1,455
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
- On the Origin of Cancer Cells
· 1956 · cited 11,310x
- Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report
· 1982 · cited 11,040x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1967-12-16 ) 16 December 1967 (age 58) , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia
- Education
- National Institute of Dramatic Art ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1985–present
- Known for
- Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings
- Spouse
- Peter O'Brien ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2003 )
- Parent
- Barry Otto (father)
- Relatives
- Gracie Otto (half-sister)
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Key dates
- Born
- 1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Miranda
- Family name
- Otto
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- Brisbane
- Spouse
- Peter O'Brien
- Father
- Barry Otto
- Sibling
- Gracie Otto
- Occupation
- film actor
Article
Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. She is the daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the paternal half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. Otto began her acting career in 1986 at age 18 and appeared in a variety of independent and major studio films in Australia. She made her major film debut in Emma's War in 1987 in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II.
After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, Otto gained Hollywood's attention during the 1990s after appearing in supporting roles in the films The Thin Red Line and What Lies Beneath. She rose to fame in the early 2000s for playing Éowyn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film series, based on the classic fantasy novel of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien.
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1967 births20th-century Australian actresses21st-century Australian actressesActresses from BrisbaneActresses from New South WalesAustralian expatriate actresses in the United StatesAustralian film actressesAustralian people of Irish descentAustralian stage actressesAustralian television actressesBest Supporting Actress AACTA Award winners