MIRANDA
OTTO

Miranda Otto is an Australian actor born in Brisbane in 1967. Her career crosses theater, television and film, from early Australian productions to the fantasy world of The Lord of the Rings.

Otto appeared early in her career in Emma’s War and went on to work in Australian films including The Last Days of Chez Nous and The Well. Her performances in local productions helped establish a career before larger international projects followed.

In Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003), she plays Éowyn of Rohan. The role gives voice to a woman determined to act amid war and duty. Otto later returned as the narrator Éowyn in the animated The War of the Rohirrim (2024).

Her international film work also includes The Thin Red Line, What Lies Beneath and War of the Worlds. These projects place her in very different genres, from war drama to supernatural suspense and science fiction.

Otto won the 2016 AACTA Award for supporting actress for The Daughter. Alongside her screen work, her stage career remains an important part of her work as a performer.