Tyler, Liv 1977–

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TYLER, Liv 1977–

PERSONAL

Original name, Liv Rundgren; born July 1, 1977, in Portland, ME; daughter of Steven Tyler (a singer and songwriter with the group Aerosmith) and Bebe Buell (a model and photographer); half sister of Mia Tyler (a model); married Royston Langdon (a musician and vocalist), March 25, 2003; children: Milo William. Education: Attended Stagedoor Manor.

Addresses:

Agent—William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Publicist—Stephen Huvane, PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (some sources cite 700 San Vicente Blvd., Suite G910, West Hollywood, CA 90069).

Career:

Actress and model. Spokesperson for Givenchy perfumes and cosmetics; appeared in several commercials.

Awards, Honors:

YoungStar Award nomination, Hollywood Reporter, best young actress in a drama film, 1997, for Stealing Beauty; MTV Movie Award nominations, best female performance and best on–screen duo (with Ben Affleck), and Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite science fiction actress, all 1999, for Armageddon; Golden Aries Award, Russian Guild of Film Critics, best foreign actress, 1999, for Onegin; Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, best acting ensemble, 2002, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding cast of a theatrical motion picture, 2002, and DVD Premiere Award nomination, DVD Exclusive awards, best audio commentary for a new release, 2003, all with others, for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; Phoenix Film Critics Society Award, best acting ensemble, Online Film Critics Society Award, best ensemble, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, outstanding cast of a theatrical motion picture, all with others, all 2003, for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; National Board of Review Award, 2003, Screen Actors Guild Award, 2004, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, 2004, and Phoenix Film Critics Society Award nomination, 2004, all best acting ensemble, all with others, and Teen Choice Award nomination, choice movie actress in a drama/action adventure, 2004, all for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Sylvie Warden, Silent Fall, Warner Bros., 1994.

Callie, Heavy (also known as Upstate Story), Cinepix Film Properties/CFP Distribution, 1995.

Corey Mason, Empire Records (also known as Empire and Rock & Fun), Warner Bros., 1995.

Faye Dolan, That Thing You Do!, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1996.

Lucy Harmon, Stealing Beauty (also known as Beaute volee and Io vallo da sola), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 1996.

(Scenes deleted) Everyone Says I Love You (musical), Miramax, 1996.

Girl in bus station, U Turn (also known as U Turn—Ici commence l'enfer), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997.

Pamela Abbott, Inventing the Abbotts, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1997.

Grace Stamper, Armageddon, Buena Vista, 1998.

Herself, Franky Goes to Hollywood (documentary short film), Warner Home Video, 1998.

(Uncredited) Voice of gum girl, Can't Hardly Wait (also known as The Party), Columbia, 1998.

Emma Duvall, Cookie's Fortune, October Films, 1999.

Lady Rebecca Gibson, Plunkett & Macleane, Gramercy, 1999.

Tatiana Larina, Onegin, Samuel Goldwyn, 1999.

Arwen Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (also known as The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring—The Motion Picture), New Line Cinema, 2000.

Jewel, One Night at McCool's, USA Films, 2000.

Marilyn, Dr. T and the Women, Artisan Entertainment, 2000.

Arwen Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (also known as The Two Towers), New Line Cinema, 2002.

Arwen Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rueckkehr des Koenigs), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Maya, Jersey Girl, Miramax, 2004.

Anika, Lonesome Jim, Plum Pictures, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Herself, A Passage to Middle–Earth: Making of "Lord of the Rings," Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

National Geographic: Beyond the Movie—The Lord of the Rings, 2001.

Quest for the Ring, Fox, 2001.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Return to Middle Earth, The WB, 2002.

Making the Movie (also known as Making the Movie: The Lord of the Rings), MTV, 2002.

(In archive footage) DNZ: The Real Middle Earth, TV New Zealand, 2004.

Journey to Middle Earth—The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 71st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1999.

Presenter, The 76th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2004.

Presenter, The 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, TNT, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, multiple appearances, beginning 1996.

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1999.

Total Request Live (also known as TRL), MTV, 2001, 2003, 2004.

4Pop, multiple episodes, 2003.

Frids film, TV3 (Denmark), 2003.

Tinseltown TV, International Channel, 2003.

(In archive footage) Herself, Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Herself, Coming Attractions, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Herself, Good Day Live, Fox, 2004.

Herself, Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004.

Herself, On–Air with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2004.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Teenage girl, Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look At, 1994.

The Making of "The Lord of the Rings," 2002.

Music Videos:

Aerosmith, "Crazy," 1994.

Liz Phair, "Rocket Boy," c. 1996.

Video Games:

Voice of Arwen Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Electronic Arts, 2002.

Voice of Arwen Evenstar, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, EA Games, 2003.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers 1997, Issue 4, Gale, 1997.

Periodicals:

Biography, September, 1997, pp. 38–42.

Empire, Issue 87, 1996, pp. 76–80, 82.

Entertainment Weekly, June 21, 1996, p. 16.

Interview, April, 1997, p. 88; April, 1999, p. 102.

Movieline's Hollywood Life, March, 2004, pp. 56–61, 105.

Paper, June, 1996.

People Weekly, March 31, 1997, p. 116; May 12, 1997, p. 154; February 16, 1998, p. 41; April 21, 2003, p. 80.

Rolling Stone, November 3, 1994, pp. 62–66.

Top Model, September, 1996, pp. 44–47.

W, July, 1998, pp. 120–23.

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