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. Sh...
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Pout-Pout Fish
2025
An original adventure of the fish with a “frowny face and a big heart”, as he and his friends navigate the undersea world.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
2024
as Éowyn (voice)
A sudden attack by Wulf, a clever and traitorous lord of Rohan seeking vengeance for the death of his father, forces Helm Hammerhand, the King of Roha...
Revealed: Otto By Otto
2024
as Self
Inspired to make an original, intimate family portrait, Gracie Otto directs a feature length documentary on her father, Barry Otto, whose career in Au...
My Freaky Family
2024
as Aneska Flood
On the cusp of her 13th birthday, Betty Flood – budding musician and magical being – just wants to be like the rest of her fabulous, but very differen...
At the Gates
2023
as Marianne Barris
A housekeeper from El Salvador brings her teenage son to help her clean an affluent family’s Los Angeles home. But after being told by her employers t...
Talk to Me
2023
as Sue
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far a...
Talk to Me
2023
Executive Producer
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far a...
The Portable Door
2023
as Countess Judy
Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they a...
Faith & Fear: The Conjuring Universe
2020
as Self
Before The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It began filming, a bishop from the Order of Exorcists was called to bless the studio, cast, and crew. This...
Downhill
2020
as Charlotte
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their...
The Silence
2019
as Kelly Andrews
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
The Chaperone
2019
as Ruth St. Dennis
In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.
Zoe
2018
as The Designer
Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discov...
The Raid
2017
as Rebecca Ingram
Set nine months before 24: Legacy begins, The Raid puts us at the center of a Special Forces assault against the compound of terrorist leader Sheik Ib...
Directing Annabelle: Creation
2017
as Herself
Director David F. Sandberg takes you through the process behind making the 2017 horror film Annabelle Creation.
Annabelle: Creation
2017
as Esther Mullins
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into t...
Dance Academy: The Movie
2017
as Madeline Moncur
This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.
The Daughter
2015
as Charlotte
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with h...
The Homesman
2014
as Theoline Belknap
When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, indepen...
I, Frankenstein
2014
as Leonore
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over...
The Turning
2013
as Sherry
Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winni...
Reaching for the Moon
2013
as Elizabeth Bishop
In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian sensu...
Mabo
2012
as Margaret White
The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the age of 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge t...
Locke & Key
2011
as Nina Locke
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
South Solitary
2010
as Meredith Appleton
Meredith is a 35 year-old unmarried woman who arrives at a remote lighthouse island 1928 with her uncle the new head keeper.
Blessed
2009
as Bianca
Seven lost children wander the night streets while their mothers await their return home.
In Her Skin
2009
as Mrs. Barber
Tale of a 15-year-old Australian girl who went missing.
Schadenfreude
2009
as Waitress
An existential fable about a man who wakes to find himself broke, homeless, and missing one shoe.
War of the Worlds
2005
as Mary-Ann
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daugh...
Flight of the Phoenix
2004
as Kelly
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flig...
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
A documentary about the making of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'.
In My Father's Den
2004
as Penny Prior
War journalist Paul Prior returns to his New Zealand hometown after his father’s death, rekindling strained relationships with his brother and memorie...
The Making of the Return of the King
2004
as Self
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selecte...
The Three-Legged Fox
2004
as Ruth
The Quest Fulfilled: A Director's Vision
2003
as Self
Making of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Éowyn
As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outc...
Danny Deckchair
2003
as Glenda Lake
Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trud...
The Making of The Two Towers
2003
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes (personally selected by Pet...
Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
2003
as Self
From the very beginning of the design process on the film trilogy, right up to the summer months prior to the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Tw...
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
as Éowyn
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies l...
Julie Walking Home
2002
as Julie Makowsky
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not o...
Doctor Sleep
2002
as Clara Strother
While treating a policewoman for smoking, hypnotherapist Michael Strother has a telepathic vision of a young girl floating beneath the surface of a st...
Human Nature
2001
as Gabrielle
Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the ...
What Lies Beneath
2000
as Mary Feur
When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the wh...
Kin
2000
as Anna
While on a hunt for elephant poachers in Namibia, a white female conservationist and a black lawyer fall for each other despite the condemnation by th...
The Jack Bull
1999
as Cora Redding
The Jack Bull tells the story of Myrl Redding, a Wyoming horse trader who clashes with Henry Ballard, a fellow rancher, after Ballard abuses two of My...
The Thin Red Line
1998
as Marty Bell
The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...
In the Winter Dark
1998
as Ronnie
Fear of an unidentified livestock predator unites an Australian couple, an outcast, and an abandoned woman.
Dead Letter Office
1998
as Alice Walsh
After years of having her letters to her estranged father come back as undeliverable, a young woman takes a job at a Dead Letter Office. She hopes to ...
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
1997
as Patsy
Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nas...
True Love and Chaos
1997
as Mimi
A man accompanies his lover on a journey, neglecting to mention that an angry drug dealer is in hot pursuit.
The Well
1997
as Katherine
A young girl named Katherine and her older friend Hester live on an isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and ...
Love Serenade
1996
as Dimity Hurley
Two sisters in an Australian country town develop a fierce and competitive crush on their new neighbour, a brooding and self-centred radio personality...
Sex Is a Four Letter Word
1995
as Viv
Some people say love is sex, sex is love. While others say sex is a four letter word. Sylvia is a love columnist who is writing a book on love stories...
The Nostradamus Kid
1993
as Jennie O'Brien
When he discovers the world is about to end, a lovestruck teen makes it his mission to bed the girl he has fallen for.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992
as Annie
The story of sisters Vicki and Beth, when Vicki begins an affair with Beth's intriguing French husband.
Daydream Believer
1992
as Nell Tiscowitz
A struggling actress with an affinity for horses meets wealthy rock music promoter and stable owner Digby Olsen.
The 13th Floor
1988
as Rebecca
As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and toget...
Initiation
1987
as Stevie
After the death of his mother, teenage Danny visits his father Matt Malloy on a lonesome farm in Australia, where he lives with a girlfriend and her d...
Emma's War
1986
as Emma Grange
After the start of WW2, a mother takes her children from Sydney to the countryside.
The Fox
N/A
as Liz
In this black comedic folktale, an affable foxhunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his partner into the p...