Miranda Otto: filmography, biography and personal life of the actress (photo)

Since 2002, the talented Australian actress Miranda Otto has become recognizable abroad, as the trilogy of Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings", which collected $ 3 billion and seventeen "Oscars", was viewed by billions of people. Among the star cast of the epic, along with Elijah Wood, Sean Austin, Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom, the role of Princess Eowyn and Miranda Otto brilliantly played. Her image is very complex, and in some ways he repeats the fate of the actress herself. Also visible are the apparent parallels with the Orleans Virgin, the legendary Joan of Arc. On the formation of the actress, her work and personal life, read this article.

Biography

Miranda Otto (Miranda Otto) was born in an acting family, and an unusual name speaks about it. His daughter was chosen by Lindsay's mother, who is fond of Shakespeare. Miranda is the character of the play "The Storm" of the great classic. Lindsay Otto left the acting profession shortly after the birth of her daughter (in 1967). The family lived at that time in Brisbane, Queensland. Also Miranda considers his native city Newcastle. She lived in Hong Kong for a while. When Miranda was six years old, her parents split up. But on weekends and holidays the girl came to Sydney to her father - the famous Australian actor Barry Otto. It was he who instilled a love for his daughter in the theater. When Miranda was twenty, her half-sister appeared. Gracie Otto later became an actress too.

As a child, Miranda wanted to become a ballerina, but because of scoliosis she was forced to leave her studies in a choreographic studio. But her career in the movie was quite successful. Now the actress is married, her daughter is growing up (in this connection she began to appear less often on the screens). Her birthday is celebrated on the sixteenth of December, she is a Sagittarius by her horoscope.

Carier start

As a child, Miranda was friends with two girls - the daughters of a theater director, a colleague of her father. Girlfriends were enthusiastically writing scripts for their plays, they themselves played and sewed theatrical costumes. After a while, Miranda was invited for several roles in the theater "Nimrod". There she was noticed by the director of casting Feis Martin. He invited a young beauty to the screen test. As a result, her first serious role in the movie actress played in the "War of Emma," when she was only eighteen.

In 1990, she entered the prestigious drama school NIDA in Sydney. But the image of Emma Grunge did not make the actress popular. In ninety-first she got the role of Nell Tiskovits in the tape "The girl who was late". The actress received laudatory reviews of film critics. However, further the strip of bad luck began. In the ninety-fifth year the girl did not pass the casting for the role she liked, and Miranda Otto even began to doubt her vocation as an actress. She spent a year in Newcastle at her mother's house. It was a truly calming time. Finally, Shirley Barratt - Australian director - invited her to his project "Love Serenade."

Miranda Otto: filmography

Completely to overcome the complexes of the future celebrity it was possible in a picture "the Well" where she in the thirty has played a role of the eighteen-year girl. After this film, the actress was nominated for a film award in Australia. Get the prize was not then, but she was invited to appear in Hollywood. Her first work at the Dream Factory was the role of Marty Bell in The Thin Red Line (1998). After the release on the screens of this tape about the Second World War, journalists and paparazzi began to collect a dossier on Miranda. Cooperation with Hollywood continued in the film "What Hides the Lie" (2000), where she embodied the image of Mary For. A year later, the actress played the role of Gabriel in "Beast Nature".

Peter Jackson's kinotriction

The most famous film, filmed by Miranda Otto, was "The Lord of the Rings." Peter Jackson was impressed with her work in Australian and Hollywood paintings, so suggested the actress play the role of Eowyn - the niece of King Theoden. It should be said that the fate of the fairy princess was at that time consonant with the personal experiences of Miranda. Eowyn is in love with Aragorn, but his heart belongs to another - the beautiful elf Arwen (played by Liv Tyler). Forced to accept the bitter truth, the proud girl decided to dedicate her life to the liberation of the fatherland from evil forces. She changes into a knight and takes part in the decisive battle. She is ready to die, because she has no one to live for. And she awaits immortal fame - she becomes the woman who was destined to kill the main Nazgul.

Miranda had a relationship with Richard Roxburgh , a frequent colleague on the set, from the ninety-seventh to the 2000 year. Their break was very painfully experienced by the actress. She became deeply understandable and sympathetic to Eowyn, she tried to reveal all the versatility of the princess's soul. Long before shooting, Miranda began to practice riding and fencing. She before the time came to New Zealand, to imbued with the spirit of this place and maximally get used to its role.

World Recognition

Having filmed in the last two parts of The Lord of the Rings (The Two Fortresses and The Return of the King), Miranda Otto (photo actress in armor circled all tabloids) became a world celebrity. Now the doors of the shooting areas were open to her. Playing Eowyn, the actress seemed to get rid of the obsession, inspired by her Richard Roxburgh. In 2003, she began to meet with actor Peter O'Brien. The actress began to work in film and television. In 2004, she became Kelly Johnson in "Phoenix Flight" and Penny in the tape "In my father's house". In 2005, she waited for the child when Steven Spielberg invited her to play a duet with Tom Cruise in The War of the Worlds. The filming was organized so that no one saw the pregnancy of Miranda.

Motherhood

On April 1, 2005, Miranda Otto gave birth to a daughter, whom the couple called Darcy. The actress decided to dedicate a few years, until the baby grows up, the joys of motherhood. She for the time refused all offers, however tempting they may be, and took a vacation, having left for her native Australia. As the actress admitted, she would never have sustained the weight of world glory that her compatriot Nicole Kidman bears. Only in 2008 she decided to take part in the television series "Cashmere Mafia" (the role of the hotel manager Juliet Draper). But this project ended after one short season.

Return to the Scaffolding

To be more precise, the actress decided on small, non-time-consuming roles earlier, before the "Cashmere Mafia." So, in 2005 she played in the movie "Boy Gets Girl". Two years later, she took part in the shooting of the series "A competing wife," and a year later flashed in the role of the second plan in the tape "In her skin." With the growing up of her daughter, the actress began to devote more and more time to work. Recent films with Miranda Otto - "Rare flowers", where she played Elizabeth Bishop, and recently released in the rental "I, Frankenstein" (the role of Leonor).

Awards

Even before the collaboration with Peter Jackson, Miranda Otto attracted the attention of film critics. At first, she was nominated four times for Australian accolades for acting. In 2003, she was awarded the "Helpmann Award". She was also nominated for the "Women's Actor in a Play" prize. It is also worth mentioning that the actress began with a theatrical stage. Stage skills remained her passion for life. Miranda's talent did not go unnoticed and theatrical critics.