Portal:Australia/Featured article/Week 23, 2007

Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967) is an Australian Film Institute-nominated and Logie Award-winning Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto, she began acting at age nineteen, and has performed in a variety of low-budget and major studio films. Otto's first major film appearance was in 1986's Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II. After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, Otto gained Hollywood's attention after appearing in supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). Her breakthrough role was in 2002, when her character Éowyn was introduced to audiences in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Otto's private life, including her relationships with actors Richard Roxburgh and Peter O'Brien, has been much discussed in the media. In 2007, she is scheduled to appear in the miniseries The Starter Wife and the American television series Cashmere Mafia.