Liv Tyler (born Liv Rundgren on July 1, 1977 in New
York City, New York at Mt. Sinai Hospital) is an American
actress most famous for her role in the 1998 blockbuster
movie Armageddon and the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003).
Tyler is the daughter of Steven Tyler,
the lead singer of Aerosmith, and Bebe Buell, a model
and singer. Having grown up with the understanding
that rock star Todd Rundgren was her biological father,
she only found out the truth about her parentage at
age 11, after noticing that Steven Tyler's daughter
Mia Tyler looked like her twin. She then changed her
name from Liv Rundgren to Liv Tyler. Liv's mother
named her after Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann.
After starting a career as a model,
she quickly moved into acting. Having been cast almost
simultaneously for Silent Fall and Heavy, the filming
of Heavy was delayed until she became available. By
the age of 20, she had already starred in several
successful movies, including Stealing Beauty, That
Thing You Do! and Inventing the Abbotts.
Although it was her appearance in
Armageddon (which was released on her 21st birthday)
that made her known to a very wide public, she has
proven herself in more sophisticated acting challenges
such as Onegin (based on the 19th century Russian
novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin), in which
she convincingly portrayed the character of Tatyana
Larina, and two movies directed by Robert Altman:
Cookie's Fortune and Dr. T & the Women.
On March 25, 2003, she married British
musician Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog. On
December 14, 2004, she gave birth to a son, Milo William
Langdon, in a New York hospital.
Tyler's paternal grandfather was Italian.
Her other ancestry includes Russian, Native American,
German and Norwegian.
Filmography
Coin Locker Babies (2006) (currently in pre-production)
Lonesome Jim (2005) as Anika
Jersey Girl (2004) as Maya
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
as Arwen Undómiel
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) as Arwen
Undómiel
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(2001) as Arwen Undómiel
One Night at McCool's (2001) as Jewel
Dr. T & the Women (2000) as Marilyn
Onegin (1999) as Tatyana Larina
Cookie's Fortune (1999) as Emma Duvall
Plunkett and MacLeane (1999) as Lady Rebecca Gibson
Armageddon (1998) as Grace Stamper
U Turn (1997) as Girl in Bus Station
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) as Pamela Abbott
That Thing You Do! (1996) as Faye Dolan
Stealing Beauty (1996) as Lucy Harmon
Empire Records (1995) as Corey Mason
Heavy (1995) as Callie
Silent Fall (1994) as Sylvie Warden
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