Liv Tyler Biography Filmography Awards

Liv Tyler born as Liv Rundgren on July 1, 1977 in New York City, New York at Mt. Sinai Hospital. The daughter of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith, and Bebe Buell, a model and singer. Tyler's paternal grandfather was Italian. Her other ancestry includes Russian, Native American, German and Norwegian.

She grow up and thought that rock star Todd Rundgren was her biological father, but then at the age of 11, She found out after she noticed that Steven Tyler's daughter Mia Tyler looked like her twin. Later on She changed her name from Liv Rundgren to Liv Tyler.

She started her 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.

She was known to a very wide public on her appearance in Armageddon, which was released on her 21st birthday. 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.

Filmography

Silent Fall (1994)
Heavy (1995)
Empire Records (1995)
Stealing Beauty (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Inventing the Abbotts (1997)
U Turn (1997)
Armageddon (1998)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Onegin (1999)
Dr. T & the Women (2000)
One Night at McCool's (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Jersey Girl (2004)
Lonesome Jim (2005)
Coin Locker Babies (2006) (currently in pre-production)

Awards

BFCA Award
Year Category Movie Win/Nominated
2004 Best Acting Ensemble, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Won

Golden Aries
Year Category Movie Win/Nominated
1999 Best Foreign Actress , Onegin (1999) Win

NBR Award
Year Category Movie Win/Nominated
2003 Best Ensemble Performance , The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Win

Screen Actors Guild Awards
Year Category Movie Win/Nominated
2004 Outstanding Performance by a Cast, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Win