Liv Tyler was born July 1, 1977, in Portland, Maine. Her unique first name came about after her mother, model and former rock groupie Bebe Buell, saw Liv Ullmann on the cover of a TV Guide the week Liv was born. As for the roots of her last name, Liv always believed that her father was musician Todd Rundgren, with whom her mother had a long-term relationship, as he helped raise her.

Although her birth certificate stated that Rundgren was indeed her father, a 10-year-old Liv became suspicious after meeting Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler at a Rundgren concert, and even more suspicious after seeing Steven Tyler’s daughter Mia Tyler, who could have passed for Liv’s twin, at an Aerosmith concert.

Liv confronted her mother about the topic, and her mother told her the truth: Steven Tyler was her father (Liv was the product of an eight-month relationship between Tyler and Buell).

Liv Tyler in aerosmith’s crazy video

Liv Tyler made her biological father’s name her own at the age of 12, and two years later, mother and daughter headed to New York. While Liv Tyler grew into a statuesque, blue-eyed beauty (she had her father’s unmistakable pouty, Mick Jagger-like lips), she claims she was chubby and awkward while growing up.

Family friend Paulina Porizkova saw the beauty in Liv Tyler (as does everyone today), and encouraged her to start modeling. Liv Tyler did, and she soon appeared in magazines such as Seventeen, YM and Mirabella.

However, modeling eventually became boring, and Liv Tyler wanted to start acting. She was offered a part in the 1994 film Silent Fall, which came and went quietly, and she was also cast as Callie in 1995′s Heavy. Liv Tyler also starred in the 1995 bomb Empire Records, which was set in a record store, but she did attract attention while costarring with Alicia Silverstone in dad’s video for Crazy.

Liv Tyler in stealing beauty and armageddon

Finally in 1996, Liv Tyler landed the lead role of Lucy in Bernardo Bertolucci’s exquisite film about a teen in search of finding her father and losing her virginity, Stealing Beauty. Although the film was not a moneymaker, it did raise eyebrows in film circles, especially at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

After a starring role in Tom Hanks’ film That Thing You Do!, Liv Tyler was cast in 1997′s Inventing the Abbotts. She costarred with Joaquin Phoenix in Inventing the Abbots, and the pair embarked a two-year romantic relationship.

After a tiny role in U Turn and an uncredited role in Can’t Hardly Wait, Liv Tyler starred as Bruce Willis’ daughter in the summer blow-up hit Armageddon, which opened on her birthday.

In 1999, Liv Tyler rounded out a stellar cast in Cookie’s Fortune, appeared in Plunkett & Macleane, costarred with Ralph Fiennes in Onegin, and appeared as herself in the documentary Franky Goes to Hollywood.

Liv Tyler in lord of the rings trilogy

Liv Tyler starred in the female star-studded Dr. T and the Women (along with fellow celebrity progeny Kate Hudson), and was next seen in the comedy One Night at McCool’s, as the scheming Jewel Valentine.

Next up for Liv Tyler was the first installment of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, in which she played Arwen Undomiel. She was recast in the second the third installments of the trilogy: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Ring.

In 2003, Liv Tyler married her boyfriend of three years, British rocker Royston Langdon from the group Spacehog, in a small ceremony in Barbados. She was also named the spokesmodel for Givenchy.

Jersey Girl (2004) and Lonesome Jim (2005) with Casey Affleck were the two projects that followed for Liv Tyler. Also in 2004, Liv Tyler gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named Milo William Langdon.

Liv Tyler in the incredible hulk

In 2006, Liv Tyler had a brief hiatus from acting, only to return in 2007 with Reign Over Me, costarring Adam Sandler, Jada Pinkett Smith and Saffron Burrows.

Her 2008 flicks were substantial, and included the movie The Strangers and The Incredible Hulk, in which Liv Tyler worked along film giants like Edward Norton and Robert Downey Jr.

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Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1994 Silent Fall Sylvie Warden
1995 Heavy Callie
Empire Records Corey Mason
1996 Stealing Beauty Lucy Harmon Nominated – Young Star Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama Film
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 – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance

Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo Shared with Ben Affleck

1999 Plunkett & Macleane Lady Rebecca Gibson
Cookie’s Fortune Emma Duvall
Onegin Tatyana Larina Russian Guild of Film 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 Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast

2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Arwen Undómiel Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble

Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast

Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast

2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Arwen Undómiel Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast

Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast

National Board of Review Award for Best Cast

Nominated – 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 McKay Scream Awards for Best Horror Actress

Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller

The Incredible Hulk Betty Ross
Smother Clare Cooper
2010 Super Sarah post-production
2011 The Ledge post-production
The Strangers: Part II Kristen McKay pre-production

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