Background
Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor Barry Otto and Susan Hill.
Gracie Otto is the daughter of the Australian actor Barry Otto and Susan Hill.
She attended Burwood Girls High School, a public school in the Inner-West of Sydney. She graduated from the renowned Sydney School in 2007 and spent a year following living in Paris.
She made her feature-length directing debut with the 2013 documentary The Last Impresario about prolific British theatre impresario and film producer Michael White. Her sister is actress Miranda Otto and her brother-in-law is actor Peter O"Brien. As a school girl, Gracie represented Australia and New South Wales in Indoor Soccer and she represented her home state New South Wales in the 2004 Australian Championships.
In 2014 she was named as one of eight iconic Australian personalities chosen to celebrate Sportscraft’s 100th Anniversary.
She is the Ambassador for the Chambord Shine Awards and has also been Ambassador for Royal Randwick Autumn Racing, international accessories company Mimco. and Officeworks. Gracie has featured in magazines for Instyle, Australian Womans Weekly, Gentlemen’s Quarterly Australia, Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, Cleo, Madison Magazine.
She has also walked in shows for Pussycat Dolls Lingerie, Coca Cola Little Black Dress and Thirty Days of Fashion. Gracie appeared on Talking about your generation and The Full Brazilian.
Gracie has been recognised by her peers with industry awards including winning the 2013 Qantas SOYA Award including an Los Angeles mentorship with Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic. The 2012 SOYA People's Choice Award. The 2011 InStyle & Audi Scholarship. And has been a finalist for the Inside Rising Talent Award, British Council Realise Your Dreams and twice for SOYA.