Biography
Miranda Otto is a popular actress, a continued acting dynasty in Australia. The artist managed to be famous in his homeland, and later she conquered Hollywood. Each executive played role became bright, characteristic. Australian masterfully knows how to reincarnate on the screen both in dramatic and comic images. Now Miranda is the owner of prestigious kinonagrad, including the honorary award of the guild of the US film actors.Childhood and youth
Miranda Otto was born on December 16, 1967 in the Australian Brisbane. Father Barry Otto is a famous Australian actor and artist. Lindsay Otto is the actress, but after the birth of the daughter left his career. Miranda has an eldest summary sister Grassi, also choosing an acting profession.
The girl was 6 years old when her parents were divorced, but his father always took part in the life of the hear, took the daughter in Sydney on the weekend and vacation. Miranda with Mom lived in Brisbane, then in Newcastle and even some time in Hong Kong.
At school, the girl was very fascinated by the ballet and even planned to enter the ballet school, but for the state of health was forced to leave a hobby: she had some scoliosis. Then the young Australian appealed to the theater, began to play amateur productions with other children. Father hot welcomed the desire of the daughter to become an actress, helped prepare for admission to the university. True, later in an interview with Otto admitted that he also planned to become a doctor.
Films
Miranda graduated from the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), whose graduates are such famous Australian actors like Mel Gibson and Judy Davis. Act the same start in youth. Another 18 years received the first role in the cinema - played a teenager in the drama "War Emma" about the events of the Second World War.However, the breakthrough in the cinematic biography of Otto is considered to be the role of Nell Tiskovitz in the drama "The girl who is late." Miranda played a heroine, who adores horses, and this attachment brings her first suffering, and then a big love. For this work, Otto nominated for the prestigious Australian film AFI (Australian Film Institute).
In 1995, the artist had a creative crisis: kneading in the choice of profession, she retired in his home in Newcastle, defeating all connections with the movies. Only in 1996, the director Shirley Barret persuaded her to play in the Melodrame "Love Serenade", after which she was waiting for a very ambiguous role in filmography.
In the picture "Well" 30-year-old Miranda played a 18-year-old teenager Catherine, suffering from claustrophobic and living locked with a lonely aging woman. The opinions of critics about the game were divided: some believed that the actress was not convincing enough, others found her game in the brilliant. For this role, OTTO for the third time is presented to the nomination.
In 1998, the famous American director Terrens Malik began shooting the Military Drama "Thin Red Line". The shooting was held in Australia, so National Casting was also announced. Miranda immediately approved for the role of Marty - Private Bell's wife, who loves his wife insanely. But Marty, until the husband fights in war, meets new love. The film that won 7 nominations for Oscar and a number of prestigious awards did not pass unnoticed, and the doors to Hollywood opened for Otto.
The first work of the actress in the United States began shooting in a mystical thriller "What hides a lie" with the star Makeup: Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfaiffer. In the same year, Otto was invited to a major role in the British ribbon "in the desert", where she played Anna, the employee of the Nature Conservation Service in Namibia. Then I embodied on the screen the image of Naturalist Gabriel in the comedy "Middle Natura", which in 2001 was presented at the Cannes Film Festival.
2002 brought Miranda to another happy chance: New Zealand director Peter Jackson after the refusal of the Uma Turman from the role of Eovin in the trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" urgently searched for a replacement actress. He fell into the eyes of the video recording of Otto, and he immediately invited her to shoot. The appearance of Australian, height - 165 cm and the weight - 57 kg were remarkably suitable for the image of the daughter of the Rokhan people.
For this work, a 6-week training of fencing and horse riding was held, played in the 2nd and 3rd parts of the trilogy: "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers" and "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King." Both paintings have become Oscarone and collected a record cashier around the world. Otto's game brought her award from Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards and US File Actors Prize.
The impressed game of Miranda in the filmmaker Stephen Spielberg offered her the role in the fantastic film "War of the Worlds". Australian at that time was in the position and wanted to refuse, but the director insisted, and the scenario was smashed to take into account the pregnancy of the actress. After the birth of daughter, Otto took a time out and retired with his family in Australia.
From 2009 to 2014, she worked mainly in his homeland, appearing in the pictures of "Blessed", "Hermits" and others. In 2015, Otto starred in the American TV project "Motherland" about the weekdays of the CIA agents. Her heroines became Ellison Carr - the head of the Berlin division of the CIA. For this role, Miranda is nominated for the US Film Actors Guild Prize.
In 2018, Miranda began working in the fantasy series "Cutting the Sabrina's Adventures", where Seld Spellman played - the witch, the older aunt of the main character. Together with Australian, Kirno Shipka, Michelle Gomez and others starred in the project. In instagram account Otto, photos and video of interesting shooting moments appeared.
In 2019, the fans saw an actress in the horror movie "Silence" created by the director John R. Leonetti. Miranda, together with Stanley Tucci, played Andrews's spouses, seeking to protect their family from the attack of the pterosaurpropowable creatures. Criticism lowered the picture, as the project "Quiet Place" came out a year earlier with a similar plot and scenic stroke.
A year later, Otto filmography was replenished with a bright role in the Black Comedy "Under Sunshi". The actress tried on the image of Charlotte, a family pair girlfriend, in which the crisis of relations begins after the rest at the ski resort. The main roles in the picture were performed by Julia Luis Drreifus and Will Ferrel. Christopher Khiveye, a famous public on the series "Game of Thrones" appeared in the episodic role.
In the same year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the artist and family returned to Australia. But the regime of self-insulation did not prevent Miranda to engage in creativity. The new "remote" reality, communication of people online contributed to the creation of many original projects. So the Youtyub-show Josh Gada, who gathered the main stars of the trilogy "Lord of the Rings" in the same air. The public saw "Hobbits", "Elves" (Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom) and other actors who played in the film fantasy.
Personal life
About his personal life actress does not like. When in 1997 she began to meet with the famous Australian actor and director Richard Roxburg, she had to become a constant heroine of the tabloid press. Paparazzi with cameras followed the heels behind the acting couple, which was terribly did not like Otto.
On January 1, 2003, Miranda married the Australian actor Peter O'Brien. Family couple has daughter Darcy O'Brien, who was born on April 1, 2005. From the moment of the appearance of the hear, star parents are no longer removed as much as in youth, limiting work, to spend more time together in a large cozy house in Australia.
Miranda Otto now
In 2021, Miranda continued shooting in the cinema. The actress was invited to an exciting detective mini-series "Unusual suspects". In the center of the plot - the drain of the necklace cost a few million during the festive party. The police begins to search for a criminal, parallel to the skeletons in the closet for each of the suspects. The painting also starred the husband of actress and her daughter.Filmography
- 1986 - "War Emma"
- 1991 - "A girl who is late"
- 1997 - "Well"
- 1998 - "Thin Red Line"
- 2000 - "What hides a lie"
- 2002 - "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers"
- 2003 - "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King"
- 2005 - "War of the Worlds"
- 2007 - "Cashmere Mafia"
- 2014 - "I, Frankenstein"
- 2015 - "Motherland"
- 2017 - "24 hours: heritage"
- 2018-2019 - "Cutting the adventures of Sabrina"
- 2021 - "Unusual suspects"