Press Archive  TheOneRing.net | December 11th 2003  Warrior
Woman By Nazz  After earning top accolades and awards for
prolific Australian film and stage work (including Love
Serenade, The Well and Doing Time With Patsy Cline), chameleon-
like NIDA graduate Miranda Otto, will next have a pivotal role
in The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King as the feisty
princess Eowyn who refuses to stay home while the boys go off to
fight in the ferocious battles between good and evil. The
daughter of Australian acting icon Barry Otto, has also made
impressions in overseas films such as What Lies Beneath with
Harrison Ford; Terence Malick's The Thin Red Line; and The Last
Days Of Chez Nous. Don't be surprised if the porcelain-skinned
Miranda becomes the next Australian actor recognized
internationally, a la Nicole Kidman or Toni Collette. Here Otto
tells Attitude about the appeal and challenges of her role as
Eowyn/Dernhelm, in two films of this multi-million dollar making
film trilogy of The Lord Of The Rings ­ as we