Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto – 2016 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts International Awards – Arrivals – Avalon Hollywood – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: PRPhotos.com
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date of Birth: 16 December, 1967
Ethnicity: Scottish, English, Irish, Cornish
Miranda Otto is an Australian actress. Her roles include the films Emma’s War, The Thin Red Line, What Lies Beneath, The Lord of the Rings universe, Flight of the Phoenix (2004), War of the Worlds (2005), Reaching for the Moon, I, Frankenstein; Annabelle: Creation, The Silence (2019), Downhill (2020), and Talk to Me (2022).
She is the daughter of actors Lindsay Otto and Barry Otto. Her half-sister is actress Gracie Otto. Miranda is married to actor Peter O’Brien, with whom she has a daughter.
A DNA test taken by Miranda stated that her genetic ancestry is:
*68% Scottish
*22% Irish
*7% England & Northwestern Europe
*3% Wales
Miranda’s biological paternal grandfather was Robert Ernest “Bob” Stephens (the son of Robert Stephens and Margery McIntosh). Miranda’s grandfather Robert was born in Victoria, and was the family’s landlord, and a sawmiller and car dealership owner. Miranda’s great-grandfather Robert was born in Ireland. Miranda’s great-grandmother Margery was born in Victoria, to parents from Scotland.
Miranda’s legal grandfather Ronald Otto was not her biological grandfather. Ronald was of German descent.
Miranda’s paternal grandmother was Alice Eileen Long (the daughter of James Francis Long and Augusta Alice Spall). Alice was born in Queensland, to parents who were also born there. Augusta was the daughter of William George Spall, who was English, from Middlesex.
Miranda’s maternal grandfather was John Lindsay Clayton (the son of Sidney/Sydney Augustus Clayton and Isabella Stewart “Bella” Dowrie). John was born in Queensland. Sidney was born in Queensland, the son of The Rev. John Ernest Clayton, who was English, from Farnborough, Hampshire; and of Frances Elizabeth Mills. Isabella was born in Queensland, the daughter of William Lindsay Dowrie and Isabella Wishart, who were Scottish.
Miranda’s maternal grandmother was Nancy Proudfoot (the daughter of Alexander George Proudfoot and Emily Grace Wills). Nancy was born in Kew, Victoria. Alexander was born in Victoria, to Scottish parents, from Perthshire, James Proudfoot and Isabella McLean. Emily was born in Victoria, to parents from Cornwall, England, George Wills and Emily Blewett.
Sources: https://www.slq.qld.gov.au
Genealogies of Miranda’s maternal grandparents, John Lindsay Clayton and Nancy Proudfoot – https://www.wikitree.com
Genealogies of Miranda’s maternal great-grandparents, Alexander George Proudfoot and Emily Grace Wills – https://www.familysearch.org
For some reason i thought she was german
Me European I see Irish or Brit.
Her partial Ancestry results (which did not include German):
68% Scottish
22% Irish
Miranda’s biological paternal grandfather was named Bob Stephens. Bob was the family’s landlord, and had Irish and Scottish ancestry.
Miranda’s paternal grandmother was named Alice Long.
https://www.instagram.com/sbs_australia/reel/C7Bbh2ABWam/
https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/miranda-ottos-family-tree-surprise-and-how-trace-your-own-history
The rest of her DNA test results is 7% England & Northwestern Europe and 3% Wales.
Miranda’s biological paternal grandfather was named Robert Ernest “Bob” Stephens (the son of Robert Stephens and Margery McIntosh). Miranda’s grandfather Robert was born in Victoria, and was the family’s landlord, and a sawmiller and car dealership owner. Miranda’s great-grandfather Robert was born in Ireland. Margery was born in Victoria, to parents from Scotland.
Miranda’s legal grandfather Ronald Otto was not her biological grandfather. Ronald was of German descent.
Miranda’s paternal grandmother was Alice Eileen Long (the daughter of James Francis Long and Augusta Alice Spall). Alice was born in Queensland. James was born in Queensland. Augusta was born in Queensland, the daughter of William George Spall, who was English, from Middlesex.
Miranda’s maternal grandfather was John Lindsay Clayton (the son of Sidney/Sydney Augustus Clayton and Isabella “Bella” Stewart Dowrie). John was born in Queensland. Sidney was born in Queensland, the son of John Ernest Clayton, who was English, from Farnborough, Hampshire; and of Frances Elizabeth Mills. Isabella was born in Queensland, the daughter of William Lindsay Dowrie and Isabella Wishart, who were Scottish.
Miranda’s maternal grandmother was named Nancy Proudfoot (the daughter of Alexander George Proudfoot and Emily Grace Wills). Nancy was born in Victoria. Alexander was born in Victoria, to Scottish parents, from Perthshire, James Proudfoot and Isabella McLean. Emily was born in Victoria, to parents from Cornwall, England, George Wills and Emily Blewett.
Genealogy of Miranda’s maternal grandparents, John Lindsay Clayton and Nancy Proudfoot – https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clayton-9877
Genealogy of Miranda’s maternal great-grandparents, Alexander George Proudfoot and Emily Grace Wills – https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GF3N-GFB