Liv Tyler

**Liv Rundgren 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.

Tyler was born **Liv Rundgren** at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, New York. 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. Her maternal grandmother, Dorothea Johnson, founded the Protocol School of Washington. 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_.

## Filmography

|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||

## Other websites

- Lovely Liv Tyler , a website endorsed by Liv Tyler

## Infobox (actor)

- **name**: Liv Tyler
- **image**: File:Liv Tyler (29566238128) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Liv Tyler in July 2018
- **birth name**: Liv Rundgren
- **birth place**: New York City, United States, U.S.
- **years active**: 1994–present
- **spouse**: Royston Langdon
(m. 2003–2008, divorced)
- **partner**: David Gardner (2014–present)
- **children**: 3 Milo William, Sailor Gene and Lula Rose
- **relatives**: Mia Tyler (half-sister)
- **parents**: Steven Tyler, Bebe Buell, Todd Rundgren (step-father)
- **awards**: **Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture**
2003 _The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, LOTR: The Return of the King_