Liv Tyler

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Liv Tyler (2016)

Liv Tyler (* 1. July 1977 in New York City as Liv Rundgren ) is an American actress and former model .

Youth and Beginnings

Liv Tyler is the daughter of former model and playmate Bebe Buell and musician Steven Tyler of the rock band Aerosmith . Tyler was named after the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann after her mother saw the actress on the cover of a TV magazine shortly before Liv was born in 1977. Most of her youth Tyler grew up with the musician Todd Rundgrenwith whom her mother was in a relationship for a long time. For years, the mother kept the truth about her origins from her daughter and let her grow up believing that Rundgren was her father. Only in late childhood did Buell tell her daughter, who until then had also borne the surname Rundgren , that Tyler was her birth father.

Tyler, who suffered from ADHD in her youth, attended school in Portland, Maine , until she was twelve , before moving back with her mother to her native New York City, where she graduated in 1995. During her school days, she began working as a model at the age of 14 and, with the support of model Paulina Porizkova, was able to have her first pictures taken for the interview magazine. In 1993, through her biological father's commitment, she also had a first appearance in the Aerosmith music video Crazy at the side of Alicia Silverstone . Tyler made her film debut as an actress a year later in the thriller Silent Scream .

Career

After graduating from school, Tyler was able to concentrate fully on her career and made her breakthrough as an actress in 1996 with the film Emotion and Seduction , in which she played the lead role. The drama received mixed reviews, although the portrayal of Tylers was highlighted quite positively. In the same year she also starred in the music film That Thing You Do! , directed by Tom Hanks , starred in the lead. The film received very good reviews and was also able to further increase Tyler's profile. In 1997 she played a role in the drama The Abbotts - When Hatred Kills Love, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly . However, the film flopped at the box office.

In 1998, Tyler played Bruce Willis' daughter in the science fiction film Armageddon . The film became a financial success. Aerosmith, her father's band, also contributed two songs to the film soundtrack. In 1999, Tyler took on roles in films such as Onegin - A Love in St. Petersburg and Plunkett & Macleane - Against Death and the Devil , which received mixed reviews. Also in 1999, Tyler starred alongside Glenn Close and Julianne Moore in the critically acclaimed Cookie's Fortune Riot in Holly Springs . In 2001, Tyler starred in the comedy One Night at McCool’s , the lead role of a young woman who is being courted by three different men.

In the same year Tyler was recruited by the New Zealander Peter Jackson for the major project The Lord of the Rings , which is based on the classic book of the same name by JRR Tolkien , and took over the role of the Elf Arwen Undomiel . Since the trilogy was shot in one piece, Tyler lived in New Zealand for three years from 2001 to 2003 and also learned the Elvish language for her role . All three films in the trilogy The Companions (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) were great commercial successes and are among the most successful films of all time.

After completing the Ring trilogy, Tyler returned to the United States and starred in the 2004 comedy Jersey Girl, starring Ben Affleck . The following year she played the leading female role in the tragic comedy Lonesome Jim on the side of Ben's brother Casey Affleck . In 2007 she appeared in the film drama Love in Me with Adam Sandler . In 2008, Tyler starred in the horror film The Strangers alongside Scott Speedman and in the comic book adaptation The Incredible Hulk alongside Edward Norton . In 2011, Tyler starred in the action comedy Super - Shut Up, Crime! and in 2014 in the drama Jamie Marks Is Dead in front of the camera. In 2016 Tyler took on a role in the fantasy horror film Wildling by Fritz Böhm , in which she also acted as a producer for the first time.

Liv Tyler (2010)

Private and miscellaneous

On March 25, 2003, Tyler married the British musician Royston Langdon . A son was born to the couple on December 14, 2004. On May 8, 2008, Tyler and Langdon announced their separation. She has another son, David Gardner, born on February 11, 2015, and a daughter, born on July 10, 2016.

The actress, who has German , English , Italian and Polish ancestors and three half-siblings, is a supporter of the UNICEF organization and took an active part in its campaigns in 2003 and 2004. In addition, Tyler has also been an ongoing advertising icon for the fashion and cosmetics company Givenchy since 2003. In 2005 the company named the component (rose scent) of a perfume after the actress.

In 2018 she was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

Series

Music videos

Web links

Commons : Liv Tyler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ali Jaafar: Rising Star Bel Powley To Topline 'Wildling'; Liv Tyler and Trudie Styler's Maven To Produce. In: Deadline. October 5, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2016 (American English).
  2. ↑ Liv Tyler separates from husband. Spiegel Online , May 9, 2008, accessed February 3, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Megan Smolenyak: I've Got a Crush on Steven Tyler's Grandfather. In: Huffington Post. December 16, 2010, accessed August 9, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Stephen M. Silverman: Steven Tyler and Wife Split After 17 Years. In: People . February 21, 2005, accessed August 9, 2014 .
  5. ↑ UNICEF page ( Memento from June 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Donna Freydkin: A rose by Liv Tyler's name. In: USA Today . June 23, 2005, accessed August 9, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Tyler, Liv
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rundgren, Liv (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and model
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York, United States