Besides being a model and actress, she tries to be an ordinary woman and a good mother. “Ironically, due to the fact that I was surrounded by eccentrics, I became normal and practical. I work every day, cook dinner, read bedtime stories” – she said in one of the interviews Liv Tyler.
She was born on July 1, 1977 in New York. The fact that she is the daughter of cult rock group Aerosmith leader Stephen Tyler and photo model Baby Boyle undoubtedly influenced her life and career.
He owes his name to… Chance. Her mother saw a picture of Swedish actress Liv Ullmann (Ingmar Bergman) on the cover of a magazine and decided to name her child by the same name. During her childhood, Liv lived in Portland with her mother and sister. The house was visited by stars such as Elvis Costello and Mick Jagger.
Until the age of eleven, Liv was convinced that her father was Todd Rundgren – the record producer and singer of the band Utopia. Only on her twelfth birthday, she adopted her father’s real surname – Stephen Tyler, lead singer of the group Aerosmith.
“Todd is like a second father to me. Eccentric like a biological father. But he always takes part in my upbringing” – the actress admitted in one of the interviews.
At fourteen, Liv went with her mother to New York to pursue a modeling career. Soon she began to appear on the covers of youth magazines, incl. “Seventeen” or “Mirabella”. At that time, she also appeared in music videos and commercials. However, she started her real career by appearing in the Aerosmith music video “Crazy”.
Her first film appearance was in Bruce Beresford’s drama, which was shown at the Berlinale “Understanding the Silence” (1994), in which she appeared alongside Richard Dreyfus. Then she won a shooting test for James Mangold’s independent film – “Victor, son of Dolly” (1995), in which the waitress plays the subject of a fat and clumsy cook.
The breakthrough in Tyler’s acting career was the role of Lucy in hidden desires (1996) Bernardo Bertolucci. The 18-year-old star was not afraid to take risks and showed the fullness of her charms on screen. Scandal erupted, but the film earned a nomination for the Liv a Young Star Award and critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1997, People magazine named the actress one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world, and soon after, Tyler appeared alongside Hollywood stars (Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi) in disaster. “disaster” (1998) by Michael Bay, one of the greatest hits of the 1990s.
Worshiping fans around the world brought Tyler to the show “Lord of the rings” Peter Jackson, in which she played the beautiful Arwen, the sweetheart who played her Viggo MortensenAragorn.
In the same year that the first part of “The Lord of the Rings” – “The Fellowship of the Ring” was released, the actress awakened the senses as the attractive gem of Valentine in comedy. “What men dream of” (2001) Harald Compact.
After completing the adventure with the Peter Jackson trilogy, the actress played the title role “Jersey Girl” (2004) Kevin Smith. On the set, reunited Ben Affleck.
After several roles in lesser-known productions (“Lonely Jim”, “Kill Memories”, “Strangers”), Liv Tyler starred in the Marvel comic strip. in super production Incredible Hulk (2008) playing Betty Ross – the title character’s darling (Edward Norton).
After the premiere, the actress unexpectedly announced that she was tired of the paparazzi and the lack of privacy. The star decided to give up her acting career for the sake of her family and decided to move out of New York.
She admitted, “My family is more important to me than my career. Every day on the set, away from my child and my husband, he lost me.”
Over the next few years, Tyler rarely appeared on the big screen. However, it was possible to watch it in several series, incl. “Left”, “powder plot” or “Rozpustnice”.
Liv Tyler’s big comeback to cinema was a sci-fi drama “Ad Astra” (2019) James Gray, as Love Himself Brad Pitt. This is the actress’s last cinematic performance to date.
In 2020, she can still be seen in the series “9-1-1: Texas”. Since then, she has neither appeared in the movie nor in the series.
The actress was briefly associated with Joaquin Phoenix (“Joker”), whom she met on the set of “The Abbotts Real” (1997).
Her first husband was Royston Langdon, and she has a 16-year-old son, Milo.
The current husband of the actress is David Gardner. The couple have two children – a six-year-old sailor and four-year-old Luna. Liv Tyler moved her second husband from Hollywood to London in 2016.
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