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. Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film 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, she 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.
Category: LotR Cast News
The Golden Globe nominees were announced earlier this week, Garfeimao sends along the list of LOTR alums who earned a nomination!
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
CATE BLANCHETT – ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
VIGGO MORTENSEN – EASTERN PROMISES
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
CATE BLANCHETT – I’M NOT THERE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOVIE
ANDY SERKIS – LONGFORD
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
HOWARD SHORE – EASTERN PROMISES
Back Stage and The Hollywood Reporter continued their Evening With series of screenings and cast-and-crew discussions last week with Eastern Promises and Lars and the Real Girl. On Dec. 6, Viggo Mortensen sat down with Back Stage National Film & TV Editor Jenelle Riley for a Q&A following the screening of Eastern Promises at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood, Calif. David Cronenberg’s film, set in London, tells the story of a Russian man (Mortensen) caught in a moral quandary between honoring his loyalty to his organized-crime family and his desire to help an innocent woman (Naomi Watts). Viggo, Gillespie Speak at Screenings
Long time TORN Reader Thea writes: Greetings friends and family and hope you’re all having a great holiday season. I have new interviews up at Awards Daily, the first is Viggo Mortensen–probably for me personally this is the coolest interview I’ve done for the site, since I’m such an intense/obsessive/crazed “Lord of the Rings Fan.” You can read it here.
Dominic Bernard Patrick Luke Monaghan is an English actor. He has received international attention from the success of playing Merry in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings and his role as Charlie Pace on the television show Lost. Monaghan was born in Berlin, Germany, after older brother Matthew, to English parents. His family first moved to Heaton Moor, Stockport, England, when he was twelve, then later moved to Manchester. Monaghan’s first language is English, but he also speaks German. He is known for his ability to impersonate others and replicate accents. He attended St. Anne’s RC High School (where his uncle taught and later became head teacher) and Aquinas College where he studied English literature, drama and geography.
deej writes: Orlando Bloom is among the many actors, musicians, and artists who have designed a lunchbox for The Lunchbox fund, an auction to benefit Food Bank for New York City and The Lunchbox Fund of South Africa. Bidding started Friday, December 7th – click on this link to see all of the lunchboxes and place a bid. Get Bloom’s Lunchbox for Charity