Miranda Otto

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Biography

" She subsequently earned Australian Film Institute award nominations for her work in Gillian Anderson's "The Last Days of Chez Nous" (1992), along with "The Well" (1997) and "In The Winter Dark" (1998). She also received an Australian Film Critics Circle Award nominations for her performance in "The Last Days of Chez Nous," and "Love Serenade" (1996), which won the Camera d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Making her American debut in "The …

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Job Title

Actor

Born

December 16, 1967

Career Milestones

2005

Cast in Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds," based on H.G. Wells' novel, which chronicles a Martian invasion of Earth

2004

Starred opposite Dennis Quaid in the remake of the 1965 film "The Flight of the Phoenix"

2004

Starred in the comedy "Danny Deckchair"

2004

Cast opposite Goran Visnjic in the thriller "Close Your Eyes"

2003

Featured in the "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"

2002

Starred as a headstrong woman dealing with her husbands adulterous ways in the drama feature "Julie Walking Home"

2002

Co-starred in the blockbuster feature "Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers"

2002

Starred as Nora Helmer in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of the Henrik Ibsen classic "A Doll's House."

2000

Portrayed Mary Feur in "What Lies Beneath"

1999

Appeared in the HBO Western "The Jack Bull" opposite John Cusack

1998

Played Ben Chaplin's wife in "The Thin Red Line"

1997

Starred in "Doing Time for Patsy Cline"

1996

Was featured in "Love Seranade"

1992

Co-starred in Gillian Armstrong's "The Last Days of Chez Nous"

1986

Film debut, "Emma's War"

Awards

2004

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers