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Liv Tyler (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and former model. She is best known for her roles of Grace Stamper in Armageddon and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. She is the daughter of Aerosmith's singer, Steven Tyler.
Liv Tyler | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Liv Tyler in July 2018 | |
| Born | Liv Rundgren July 1, 1977 |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Royston Langdon (m. 2003–2008, divorced) |
| Partner | David Gardner (2014–present) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Steven Tyler, Bebe Buell |
| Relatives | Mia Tyler (half-sister) |
| Awards | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 2003 LOTR: The Return of the King |
Tyler was born Liv Rundgren at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, New York.[1] She is the first born daughter of Bebe Buell, a model, singer, and was the Playboy Playmate of the month Miss November 1974, and Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith.[2] Her maternal grandmother, Dorothea Johnson, founded the Protocol School of Washington.[3] Her mother named her after Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann. At birth, Bebe Buell claimed that rock star Todd Rundgren was Tyler's biological father. Tyler spent most of her childhood living with that understanding, only finding her true parentage at age nine, after meeting Steven Tyler at a Rundgren concert in Boston. Also, when Tyler was growing up, Steven Tyler started coming to visit. Then at another meeting in 1988, seeing that Steven Tyler's other daughter, Mia, looked very similar to herself, she asked her mother. The truth about Tyler's paternity did not become public until 1991, when she changed her name from Rundgren to Tyler, but kept the old one as a middle name. Buell's reason for the decision was that Steven Tyler was too heavily addicted to drugs at that time. Since knowing the truth about her paternity, Liv and Steven Tyler have had a close relationship. They have even made their careers intertwine when Liv performed in Aerosmith's video "Crazy" and when Aerosmith wrote and performed many of the songs in Liv's movie Armageddon.
Tyler went to the Congressional School of Virginia, Breakwater Elementary and Wayneflete schools (in Portland, Maine) before returning to New York City with her mother at the age of twelve. She went to York Prep in NYC for Junior High and High School, graduating in 1995. One month later Tyler set off for Italy, to star in Stealing Beauty.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes and Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Silent Fall | Sylvie Warden | |
| 1995 | Heavy | Callie | |
| Empire Records | Corey Mason | ||
| 1996 | Stealing Beauty | Lucy Harmon | |
| That Thing You Do! | Faye Dolan | ||
| 1997 | Inventing the Abbotts | Pamela Abbott | |
| U Turn | Girl in Bus Station | Cameo appearance | |
| 1998 | Armageddon | Grace Stamper | Nominated for MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance |
| 1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Lady Rebecca Gibson | |
| Cookie's Fortune | Emma Duvall | ||
| Onegin | Tatyana Larina | Won Russian Guild of movie Critics Award for Best Foreign Actress | |
| 2000 | Dr. T & the Women | Marilyn | |
| 2001 | One Night at McCool's | Jewel | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Arwen Undómiel | Nominated for SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast Won Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Arwen Undómiel | Nominated for SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast Won Online movie Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Won Phoenix movie Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Arwen Undómiel | Won SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast Won BFCA award for Best Acting Ensemble Won National Board of Review award for Best Acting by an Ensemble Nominated for Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble |
| 2004 | Jersey Girl | Maya | |
| 2005 | Lonesome Jim | Anika | |
| 2007 | Reign Over Me | Dr. Angela Oakhurst | |
| 2008 | The Strangers | Kristen | |
| The Incredible Hulk | Betty Ross | ||
| Smother (movie) | Clare Cooper | ||
| 2017 | Morning, Mandela | Queen Ray | |
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