In a business where physical appearance matters a lot, LIV TYLER's
striking good looks and natural talent has earned her a
well-deserved place in young Hollywood.
Born in Portland, Maine on July 1, 1977 to model and former 1970s
rock groupie Bebe Buell, Tyler spent most of her youth believing
that rocker Todd Rundgren was her father. However, as she grew older,
she began to notice more than a passing resemblance between herself
and Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler, who was a family friend, and
she ultimately discovered that he was indeed her biological father.
When she was twelve, she took Tyler's last name as her own.
At 14, Tyler moved to New York City in the company of her mother
and began to pursue a career. After appearing on the covers of
magazines like Seventeen and Mirabella, Tyler got her first taste
of acting while filming a television commercial. She made her film
debut in 1994 as the sister of an autistic boy in Bruce Beresford's
"Silent Fall," appearing in the mystery alongside Richard Dreyfuss
and Linda Hamilton.
Following her debut, Tyler starred as a record store employee in
1995's "Empire Records," which was a disappointment on both
commercial and critical levels. Her work in her next film however,
starring as a waitress in a local diner in James Mangold's "Heavy"
won her wide praise. Tyler's breakthrough came the following year
in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty." She starred as a
19-year-old who comes to Italy to find her father and lose her
virginity.
After a role in Tom Hanks' "That Thing You Do," Tyler played one
of the Abbott sisters in the 1997 Par O'Connor film "Inventing the
Abbots" with Billy Crudup, Joaquin Phoenix and Jennifer Connelly.
That same year, she had a cameo role in Oliver Stone's ensemble film
"U-Turn." In 1998, Tyler had her first box-office hit playing Bruce
Willis' daughter in the action-drama "Armageddon." The following
year, she was seen in Robert Altman's widely praised "Cookie's
Fortune" alongside Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, and Charles S.
Dutton, and played leading lady to Jonny Lee Miller in "Plunkett &
Macleane" directed by Jake Scott. She also had a starring role in
"Onegin" playing the object of Ralph Fiennes' affections.
Tyler was most recently seen in USA
Films' "One Night at McCool's" opposite Matt Dillon and John
Goodman, and starred as elf princess Arwen in the Academy
Award®-nominated "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,"
which was shot on location in New Zealand. Costarring Elijah
Wood, Viggo Mortensen and Sean Bean, the film was a major hit.
Tyler will also be seen in the "Lord of the Rings" sequels,
"The Two Towers" and "Return of the King."
Born in New York, Tyler was raised in Portland, Maine until the
sixth grade when her family returned to Manhattan. She began
modeling at age 14 and was seen in numerous print ads and
television commercials before a move to acting.
Tyler became an MTV icon when she was only 16, after appearing
with Alicia Silverstone in her dad Steven Tyler's Aerosmith
video "Crazy."
Tyler currently resides in New York City.
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