Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler
Liv-Tyler.jpg
Liv Tyler, December 2003
Born Liv Rundgren
July 1, 1977 (1977-07-01) (age 32)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Years active 1994–present
Spouse(s) Royston Langdon (2003–2008)

Liv Rundgren Tyler[1] (born July 1, 1977) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of Aerosmith's frontman, Steven Tyler and model, singer Bebe Buell. Tyler began a career in modeling at the age of fourteen, but quickly decided to focus on acting. Her first notable role was appearing alongside Alicia Silverstone in the music video for Aerosmith's song "Crazy" in 1993.

At age seventeen she made her film debut in the 1994 film Silent Fall. Following her performance in Silent Fall, Tyler starred in her breakthrough performance in 1996's Stealing Beauty. In 1998, she starred opposite Ben Affleck in Armageddon, which became a summer blockbuster. Tyler then went on to portray elf princess Arwen Undómiel in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy. After a brief hiatus she returned to acting, starring in the horror-thriller The Strangers and portraying Betty Ross in The Incredible Hulk.

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Early life

Tyler was born Liv Rundgren[1] at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York.[2] She is the first born daughter of Bebe Buell, a model, singer, and former Playboy Playmate (Miss November 1974), and Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith.[3] Her maternal grandmother, Dorothea Johnson, founded the Protocol School of Washington.[4] Her mother named her after Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann after seeing Ullmann on the cover of the March 5, 1977 issue of TV Guide.[2][5] At birth, Buell claimed that rock star Todd Rundgren was Tyler's biological father.[1] Tyler discovered her true parentage at age nine.[1][5] She discovered that she was Steven Tyler's daughter after meeting him and noticing a resemblance she shared with his other daughter, Mia.[1] When she asked her mother about the similarity, the secret was revealed.[1] The truth about Tyler's paternity did not become public until 1991, when she changed her name from Rundgren to Tyler, but kept the former as a middle name.[1] Buell's alleged reason for the initial decision was that Steven was too heavily addicted to drugs at the time of her birth. Since learning the truth about her paternity, Tyler and Steven have developed a close relationship.[1] They have also worked together professionally, once when she performed in Aerosmith's video for "Crazy" and again when Aerosmith wrote and performed many of the songs in the film Armageddon, in which Tyler starred.[1]

Tyler attended the Congressional School of Virginia, Breakwater Elementary and Waynflete schools in Portland, Maine, before returning to New York City with her mother at the age of twelve.[1][5] She went to York Prep in New York City for Junior High and High School, graduating in 1995. One month later Tyler set off for Italy to star in Stealing Beauty.[1][5]

Career

Starting a career as a model at the age of fifteen, Tyler appeared on the covers of magazines and starred in commercials.[1][5] However, she became bored with her modeling career less than a year after it started, and moved into acting.[5] She never took acting lessons.[6] Tyler first became known to television audiences when she starred alongside Alicia Silverstone in the music video for Aerosmith's song "Crazy" in 1993.[1] Between the period of 1993 and 1996, she starred in seven films.

Tyler made her film debut in Silent Fall in 1994. Following the release of the film, she starred in Heavy in 1995; the filming of which was delayed until she became available.[1][5] By the age of nineteen, she had already starred in several successful films, including her breakthrough role in 1996's Stealing Beauty directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, the cult classic Empire Records, That Thing You Do! which was written and directed by Tom Hanks, and Inventing the Abbotts in 1997.[7]

In 1998, she co-starred with Ben Affleck in Michael Bay's Armageddon, which raised her profile amongst cinemagoers and was coincidentally released on her twenty first birthday.[1][5] The movie included the songs "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "What Kind of Love Are You On" by her father's band, Aerosmith.[8] Tyler has also starred in Onegin in 1999, a film based on the 19th century Russian novel by Alexander Pushkin, in which she portrayed Tatyana Larina and co-starred with Ralph Fiennes.[7] She later appeared in two films by legendary director Robert Altman, Cookie's Fortune (1999) and Dr. T & the Women (2000).[1][7]

Tyler's most notable role was in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003), in which she played the immortal half elf princess Arwen Undómiel,[9] she recorded a song entitled "Arwen's Song", which was used in the extended DVD cut of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.[10][11] Along with learning to speak the fictitious Elvish language created by Tolkien, Tyler spent months before the shoot learning swordfighting, to be used during the concluding battle scenes in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers,[12] though her scenes from the battle were cut after the script was changed.[12] The trilogy was nominated for 30 Academy Awards and won the coveted Best Picture Award for its final installment.[13]

After a brief hiatus from acting, she starred in the horror-thriller The Strangers with Scott Speedman,[7][9] and in the comic book adaptation The Incredible Hulk alongside Edward Norton, as scientist Betty Ross.[14] Both films were released in 2008. Tyler, alongside Diane Keaton and Dax Shepard, will appear in the film Smother, which is set to be released on September 26, 2008.

In 2003, Tyler became the spokesperson for Givenchy Perfume and Cosmetics, in 2005 Givenchy named a rose after her, which was used in one of its fragrances.[15][16]

Personal life

Tyler's father, Steven, is of Italian, German, Cherokee and Ukrainian descent.[17][18] She has three half-siblings: Chelsea Anna Tallarico, Taj Monroe Tallarico and Mia Tyler.[1] Tyler has stated that she "grew up obsessed with horror movies".[19] She says among her favorite horror movies are Night of the Living Dead, The Shining and Rosemary's Baby.[20] Tyler is a vegan.[21]

Tyler dated actor Joaquin Phoenix from 1995 to November 1998;[22] The couple met on the set of Inventing the Abbotts.[1] On March 25, 2003, Tyler married British musician Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog in Barbados.[23] On December 14, 2004, she gave birth to a son, Milo William Langdon, in a New York hospital.[24] On May 8, 2008, Tyler and Langdon confirmed through representatives that they would be separating but remain friends.[25] She lives in New York City.[26]

She is good friends with designer Stella McCartney,[27] model Helena Christensen and actresses Kate Hudson and Gwyneth Paltrow.[6][28][29] She is signed to IMG Models in New York City.[30][31]

Tyler was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1997.[32] She was also voted the 6th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine in September 2002, and #2 in TheAge.com's "Top 100: Natural Beauties of all time" in 2004.[33] The Lemonheads' song "C'mon Daddy" is written about the relationship between Tyler and her father.[34] Lemonheads singer Evan Dando played a major supporting role in James Mangold's film Heavy, in which Tyler starred.[7]

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1994 Silent Fall Sylvie Warden
1995 Heavy Callie
Empire Records Corey Mason
1996 Stealing Beauty Lucy Harmon Nominated - YoungStar 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 Won - 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 Nominated - 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 - SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast
Won - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble
Won - Phoenix Film 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 - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Won - NBR award for Best Acting by an Ensemble
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 Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller Won - Scream Awards for Best Horror Actress
The Incredible Hulk Betty Ross
Smother Clare Cooper Awaiting release

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 "Liv Tyler Biography". People. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Buell, Bebe; Bockris, Victor (2002). Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n' Roll Journey. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 164. ISBN 978-031230155-2. 
  3. ↑ "Liv Tyler Biography (1977-)". Film Reference. Retrieved on 2008-06-26.
  4. ↑ Morris, Bob (2004-11-21). "Manners in the Time of Flu", New York Times. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "Hello Magazine Profile - Liv Tyler". Hello Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Adams, Lisa (2008-06-07). "Incredible Hulk star Liv Tyler taking one day at a time after marriage break-up". Daily Record. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Hello Magazine Filmography - Liv Tyler". Hello Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  8. ↑ "'Shakespeare in Love' tops Academy Awards nominee list". CNN (1999-03-22). Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Liv Tyler Biography - Page 2". People. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  10. ↑ (2004). The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King [DVD]. New Line Cinema.
  11. ↑ Barker, Lynn (2003-12-10). "Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler: Return of the Elves". Teen Hollywood. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 (2003). The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "Appendices" [DVD]. New Line Cinema.
  13. ↑ "Results Page - Lord of the Rings trilogy". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  14. ↑ Matthews, KJ (2008-06-12). "Liv Tyler: Swift 'Hulk' offer a big surprise". CNN.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  15. ↑ "Liv Tyler to front Givenchy's new fragrance campaign", Hello! (2003-03-21). 
  16. ↑ Critchell, Samantha (2008-01-29). "Fragrance, fame a classic duo". AP. Denver Post. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  17. ↑ "Steven Tyler FAQ". Archived from the original on 2007-06-26. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
  18. ↑ "I Nostri Grandi! ... Famous Calabrians", intercomm.it (2007-10-07). 
  19. ↑ Hay, Carla (2008-06-11). "Liv Tyler: Looking Back With No Regrets". Lifetime. Retrieved on 2008-06-24. "The actress opens up about returning to the spotlight, being a mom and dealing with the paparazzi."
  20. ↑ Hay, Carla (2008-06-18). "Liv Tyler: Faves and Raves". Lifetime. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  21. ↑ "Who are some famous veggies and vegans?". BBC (2005-08-02). Retrieved on 2008-08-28.
  22. ↑ Mansfield, Stephanie (2002-07-28). "Joaquin and talking". USA Weekend. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  23. ↑ "Liv Tyler ties the knot", BBC NEWS (2003-04-03). "Hollywood actress Liv Tyler has married her long-term boyfriend, singer Royston Langdon." 
  24. ↑ "Liv Tyler Names Her Newborn Baby". People (2004-12-14). Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  25. ↑ "Liv Tyler & Husband Split". People (2008-05-08). Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  26. ↑ Sun Wire Services (2008-06-20). "Liv won't be running naked on the beach... too bad". Edmonton Sun. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  27. ↑ ESNEAD (2008-06-09). "Weigh in! Who wore it better, Liv Tyler or Stella McCartney?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  28. ↑ Fletcher, Alex (2008-06-11). "Tyler: 'I should have tongued Hudson'". Digital Spy. IMDB.com. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  29. ↑ "Tyler 'Wants To Save Marriage'". Wenn.com. IMDB.com (2008-06-05). Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  30. ↑ Freydkin, Donna (2007-12-03). "Liv Tyler loves being the Givenchy girl". USA Today. Retrieved on 2008-06-23.
  31. ↑ "IMG World". IMG World. Retrieved on 2008-07-03.
  32. ↑ "VH1 Profile - Liv Tyler". VH1. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  33. ↑ "Liv Tyler as Arwen". Age of the Ring. Retrieved on 2008-06-24.
  34. ↑ "An Encyclopaedia of Evan Dando & the Lemonheads". Retrieved on 2008-01-21.

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NAME Tyler, Liv
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rundgren, Liv
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress, model
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City, New York, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH