Liv Tyler
{{Short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Liv Tyler
| image = Liv Tyler (2016).jpg
| caption = Tyler in 2016
| birth_name = Liv Rundgren
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|07|01}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{marriage|Royston Langdon|2003|2008|reason=divorced}}
| partner = David Gardner (2014–2021)
| children = 3
| parents = {{ubl
| Bebe Buell (mother)
| Steven Tyler (biological father)
| Todd Rundgren (adoptive/legal father)
}}
| relatives = {{ubl
| Mia Tyler (paternal half-sister)
| Jon Foster (brother-in-law)
}}
}}
Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren; July 1, 1977) is an American actress. She began her career as a model before making her film debut in Silent Fall (1994). She went on to receive critical recognition and attention after her starring roles in various films including Heavy (1995), Empire Records (1995), Stealing Beauty (1996), That Thing You Do! (1996), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), Armageddon (1998), Cookie's Fortune (1999) and One Night at McCool's (2001). Tyler achieved worldwide recognition after appearing as Arwen Undómiel in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003), which became one of the highest-grossing film series of all time.
Following the success of Lord of the Rings, Tyler appeared in a variety of roles, including the films Jersey Girl (2004), Lonesome Jim (2005), Reign Over Me (2007), The Strangers (2008), Robot & Frank (2012), Space Station 76 (2014), Wildling (2018), and Ad Astra (2019). She has also appeared as Betty Ross in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In television, she has starred in the HBO supernatural drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017), the BBC period drama Gunpowder (2017), Harlots (2018–2019) and the Fox series 9-1-1: Lone Star (2020).
Outside of film, Tyler has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for the United States since 2003, and has been a spokesperson for Givenchy's line of perfume and cosmetics. She is also notable as the daughter of Steven Tyler and Bebe Buell, although she has a very close relationship with her adoptive father Todd Rundgren. Tyler has also performed with composer Howard Shore and covered various songs including "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" and "Need You Tonight".
Early life
Tyler was born Liv Rundgren{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/liv_tyler/biography |title=Liv Tyler Biography |access-date=June 23, 2008 |work=People|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530034516/http://www.people.com/people/liv_tyler/biography|archive-date=May 30, 2012|url-status=live}} on July 1, 1977, in New York City at Mount Sinai Hospital.{{Harv|Buell|Bockris|2002|pp=164}} She is the only daughter of Bebe Buell, a model, singer, and former Playboy Playmate (Miss November 1974), and Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith.{{cite news |last1=Reinhart |first1=Ernst |last2=Cumming |first2=Gillian |date=June 1, 2008 |title=Tyler Liv's life to the full |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23789004-5009160,00.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130110100109/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/insider/tyler-livs-life-to-the-full/story-e6frewt9-1111116499956 |archive-date=January 10, 2013 |access-date=January 7, 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=Nationwide News Limited |location=Sydney, New South Wales}} Her mother named her after Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, after seeing Ullmann on the cover of the March 5, 1977, issue of TV Guide. Her ancestry includes Italian (from her great-grandfather), Polish, German, English, Ukrainian,{{cite news |first=Megan |last=Smolenyak |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ive-got-a-crush-on-steven_b_797988.html |title=I've Got a Crush on Steven Tyler's Grandfather |work=Huffington Post |location=New York City |date=December 16, 2010 |access-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811131234/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ive-got-a-crush-on-steven_b_797988.html|archive-date=August 11, 2012|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Aerosmith's Steven Tyler Singing with a Street Performer in Moscow |url=http://weirdrussia.com/2015/09/05/aerosmiths-steven-tyler-singing-with-a-street-performer-in-moscow/ |website=Weird Russia|date=September 5, 2015 |access-date = February 11, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160220162353/http://weirdrussia.com/2015/09/05/aerosmiths-steven-tyler-singing-with-a-street-performer-in-moscow/|archive-date = February 20, 2016|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=https://katapult-magazin.de/en/article/english-famous-people-with-ukrainian-roots|work=Katapult|title=English: Famous People with Ukrainian Roots|last=Biriukov|first=Volodomyr|date=March 8, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910021940/https://katapult-magazin.de/en/article/english-famous-people-with-ukrainian-roots|archive-date=September 10, 2023}} and African-American (from her paternal 4th great-grandfather).{{cite web |url = https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/liv-steven-tyler-discover-african-american-ancestors-musicians-065947169.html |title = Liv and Steven Tyler Discover African-American Ancestors Who Were Musicians |website = yahoo.com |date = April 25, 2017 |access-date = December 7, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017094205/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/liv-steven-tyler-discover-african-american-ancestors-musicians-065947169.html |archive-date = October 17, 2017 |df = mdy-all }} Tyler has three half-siblings: Mia Tyler (born 1978),{{cite news |first=Roger |last=Freidman |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/liv-tylers-wedding-makes-her-lady-of-the-rings |title=Liv Tyler's Wedding Makes Her Lady of the Rings |publisher=Fox News |date=May 1, 2005 |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204215908/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,85696,00.html|archive-date=December 4, 2008|url-status=live}} Chelsea Anna Tyler Foster (née Tallarico; born 1989), and Taj Monroe Tallarico (born 1991).{{cite news |first=Steven M. |last=Silverman |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1029919,00.html |title=Steven Tyler and Wife Split After 17 Years |work=People |publisher=Meredith Corporation |location=New York City |date=February 21, 2005 |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116072101/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1029919,00.html|archive-date=January 16, 2012|url-status=dead}} Her maternal grandmother, Dorothea Johnson, founded the Protocol School of Washington.{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Morris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/fashion/21AGE.html |title=Manners in the Time of Flu |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |date=November 21, 2004 |access-date=January 13, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130710220004/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/fashion/21AGE.html | archive-date = July 10, 2013 | url-status=live}}
From 1972 to 1979, Buell lived with rock musician Todd Rundgren. In 1976, Buell became pregnant from a brief relationship with Steven Tyler. She gave birth on July 1, 1977, naming the daughter Liv Rundgren and claiming that Todd Rundgren was the biological father because Tyler was in the middle of his well-documented drug excesses. Liv told People Magazine in 1992 that "Todd's my spiritual father. I love him". At the time of Liv's birth, Rundgren and Buell had ended their romantic relationship. Nevertheless, Rundgren signed Liv's birth certificate and acted as a father figure to her, including paying for her education.{{cite web |first=Louise |last=Brealey |title=Liv Tyler interview |url=http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/0911/04/liv-tyler/ |work=Wonderland Magazine |location=London, England |date=Feb–Mar 2009 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |quote=Todd Rundgren was my father. Todd basically decided when I was born that I needed a father so he signed my birth certificate. He knew that there was a chance that I might not be his but... I sort of stopped calling him dad but, you know, when he... He's the most, I mean, I'm so grateful to him, I have so much love for him. You know, when he holds me it feels like Daddy. And he's very protective and strong.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123073756/http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/0911/04/liv-tyler/|archive-date=November 23, 2012|url-status=live}}
At age 10 or 11, Liv met Steven Tyler and suspected he was her father when she observed the resemblance between him and herself.{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Dominus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3553957/Liv-Tyler-living-for-today.html |title=Liv Tyler: living for today |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, England |date=June 20, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131224901/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3553957/Liv-Tyler-living-for-today.html|archive-date=January 31, 2009|url-status=live}} When she asked her mother, the secret was revealed. The truth about Tyler's paternity did not become public until 1991, when Liv changed her surname from Rundgren to Tyler; she kept Rundgren as a middle name.{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/liv-tyler-13821362 |title=Liv Tyler |website=Biography |access-date=February 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111052531/http://www.biography.com/people/liv-tyler-13821362 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |url-status=dead }} Buell's stated reason for claiming that Rundgren was Liv's father was that Steven Tyler was too heavily addicted to drugs at the time of Liv's birth. However, Liv has developed a close relationship with Steven. They have worked together professionally, once when Liv appeared in Aerosmith's music video for "Crazy" in 1993, and again when Aerosmith performed songs for the film Armageddon (1998), in which Liv starred. She also maintains a close relationship with Rundgren. "I'm so grateful to him, I have so much love for him," she told Wonderland Magazine. "When he holds me it feels like Daddy. And he's very protective and strong."{{cite web |last=Brealey |first=Louise |title=Liv Tyler interview |url=http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/0911/04/liv-tyler/ |publisher=Wonderland Magazine |access-date=November 29, 2012 |date=February–March 2009 |quote=Todd Rundgren was my father. Todd basically decided when I was born that I needed a father so he signed my birth certificate. He knew that there was a chance that I might not be his but... I sort of stopped calling him dad but, you know, when he... He's the most, I mean, I'm so grateful to him, I have so much love for him. You know, when he holds me it feels like Daddy. And he's very protective and strong.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121123073756/http://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/0911/04/liv-tyler/|archive-date=November 23, 2012|url-status=live}}
Tyler attended the Congressional School of Virginia, Breakwater School, and Waynflete School in Portland, Maine,{{Harv|Buell|Bockris|2002|pp=282}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/apr/19/artsfeatures |title=Profile of actress Liv Tyler |last=Leigh |first=Danny |date=April 19, 2001 |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 7, 2009 |location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227010802/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/apr/19/artsfeatures|archive-date=December 27, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.okmagazine.com.au/celebrities.html?p=celebrityProfile&celebrityId=85 |title=Liv Tyler Celebrity Profile |work=OK! |access-date=January 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723072142/http://www.okmagazine.com.au/celebrities.html?p=celebrityProfile&celebrityId=85 |archive-date=July 23, 2008}} before returning to New York City with her mother at age 12.{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/livtyler/? |title=Hello Magazine Profile – Liv Tyler |access-date=June 23, 2008 |publisher=Hello! Ltd |work=Hello!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613222856/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/livtyler/|archive-date=June 13, 2008|url-status=live}} She went to York Preparatory in New York City for junior high and high school after her mother researched the school to accommodate Tyler's ADHD.{{Harv|Buell|Bockris|2002|pp=280}} She also attended the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences in Santa Monica, California.{{cite web |work=People |url=http://people.com/celebrity/justin-timberlake-ryan-gosling-and-more-celebrity-childhood-friends/ |title=Justin Timberlake, Ryan Gosling and More Celebs Who Have Been Friends Since They Were Kids |date=August 3, 2014 |author=Jones, Nate |access-date=March 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303110407/http://people.com/celebrity/justin-timberlake-ryan-gosling-and-more-celebrity-childhood-friends/|archive-date=March 3, 2018|url-status=live}} She graduated from York in 1995 and left to continue her acting career. When asked about her youth, Tyler said: "For me, I didn't get much of a childhood in my teen years because I've been working since I was 14. But that also kept me out of trouble. When everybody was doing acid and partying like crazy, I was at work on a movie in Tuscany ... having my own fun, of course, but it was a different kind of thing. I have no regrets. I love the way my life has gone."{{cite web |url=http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/entertainment/celebrities/liv-tyler-looking-back-no-regrets?page=0,1 |title=Liv Tyler: Looking Back With No Regrets |last=Hay |first=Carla |date=June 11, 2008 |work=Lifetime |access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916133513/http://www.mylifetime.com/lifestyle/entertainment/celebrities/liv-tyler-looking-back-no-regrets?page=0,1|archive-date=September 16, 2009|url-status=dead}}
Career
=1991–1997: Early work =
Tyler received her first modeling job at 14 with the assistance of Paulina Porizkova, who took pictures of her that ended up in Interview magazine. She later starred in television commercials. She became bored with her modeling career less than a year after it started and decided to go into acting, although she never took acting lessons. Tyler first became known to television audiences when she starred alongside Alicia Silverstone in the music video for Aerosmith's 1993 song "Crazy".
Tyler made her feature film debut in Silent Fall in 1994, where she played the elder sister of a boy with autism.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E6DF103FF93BA15753C1A962958260 |title=Two Parents, Two Murders, Two Children, Too Much |last=James |first=Caryn |date=October 28, 1994 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104181721/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E6DF103FF93BA15753C1A962958260|archive-date=November 4, 2013|url-status=live}} In 1995, she starred in the comedy-drama Empire Records.{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6130443/review/5989963/empire_records |title=Empire Records – Review |last=Levy |first=Joe |date=May 20, 2003 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115205245/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/6130443/review/5989963/empire_records|archive-date=January 15, 2009|url-status=dead}} Tyler has described Empire Records as "one of the best experiences" she has ever had. Soon after, she landed a supporting role in James Mangold's 1995 drama Heavy as Callie, a naive young waitress. The film received favorable reviews;{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/heavy |title=Heavy (1996): Reviews |date=June 5, 1996 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126182042/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/heavy|archive-date=January 26, 2009|url-status=live}} critic Janet Maslin noted: "Ms. Tyler ... gives a charmingly ingenuous performance, betraying no self-consciousness about her lush good looks."{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D03E5D91F39F936A35755C0A960958260 |title=A Chance To Love Unsettles Daydreams Of a Loner |last=Maslin |first=Janet |authorlink=Janet Maslin|date=June 5, 1996 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2009}}
Tyler's breakthrough role was in the arthouse film Stealing Beauty (1996), in which she played Lucy Harmon, an innocent, romantic teenager who travels to Tuscany, Italy, intent on losing her virginity. The film received generally mixed reviews,{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/stealingbeauty |title=Stealing Beauty (1996): Reviews |date=June 14, 1996 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625212139/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/stealingbeauty|archive-date=June 25, 2009|url-status=live}} but Tyler's performance was regarded favorably by critics. Variety wrote: "Tyler is the perfect accomplice. At times sweetly awkward, at others composed and serene, the actress appears to respond effortlessly and intuitively to the camera, creating a rich sense of what Lucy is about that often is not explicit in the dialogue."{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905114.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 |title=Stealing Beauty Review |last=Rooney |first=David |date=March 29, 1996 |work=Variety |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511071732/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117905114.html?categoryid=31&cs=1|archive-date=May 11, 2009|url-status=live}} Empire noted, "Liv Tyler (here radiantly resembling a ganglier young Ava Gardner) with a rare opportunity to enamour, a break she capitalizes on with composure."{{cite news |url=https://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=4085 |title=Review of Stealing Beauty |work=Empire |access-date=January 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020135527/http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=4085|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=live}} The film was directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, who chose Tyler for the role after meeting with a number of young girls in Los Angeles, including Tyler's music video co-star Alicia Silverstone. Bertolucci said "there was something missing in all of them".{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984714-2,00.html |title=Living it Up! |last1=Bellafante |first1=Ginia |author2=Georgia Harbison |author3=Jeffrey Ressner |date=June 17, 1996 |magazine=Time |page=2 |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914001423/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984714-2,00.html|archive-date=September 14, 2009|url-status=dead}} He later said that what he saw in Tyler was a gravitas he described as "a New York aura". During promotion of the film, Tyler said she wanted to separate herself from the character during production: "I tried my damnedest not to think of my own situation. But at one point, after a take, I just started to cry and cry. I remembered when I found out about my dad and how we just stared at each other from head to toe taking in every nook and cranny."
She later appeared in That Thing You Do! (1996), a movie about a fictional one-hit wonder rock band called The Oneders (renamed The Wonders), following their whirlwind rise to the top of the pop charts and, just as quickly, their plunge back to obscurity.{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947453/review/5947454/that_thing_you_do |title=That Thing You Do!: Review |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=April 17, 2001 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090203100112/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/5947453/review/5947454/that_thing_you_do|archive-date=February 3, 2009|url-status=dead}} The film was written and directed by Tom Hanks.{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19961004/REVIEWS/610040307/1023 |title=That Thing You Do! |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=October 4, 1996 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218084310/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19961004%2FREVIEWS%2F610040307%2F1023|archive-date=February 18, 2009|url-status=live}} It grossed over $25 million worldwide,{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=livtyler.htm |title=Liv Tyler Movie Box Office Results |publisher=Box Office Mojo |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218123039/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=livtyler.htm|archive-date=December 18, 2008|url-status=live}} and received favorable reviews.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/thatthingyoudo |title=That Thing You Do! (1996): Reviews |date=October 4, 1996 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828200407/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/thatthingyoudo|archive-date=August 28, 2009|url-status=live}} In 1997, she appeared in Inventing the Abbotts as the daughter of Will Patton and Barbara Williams' characters.{{cite news |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie970404-5,2,395401.story |title=Inventing the Abbotts |last=Matthews |first=Jack |date=April 4, 1997 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=January 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916221426/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie970404-5%2C2%2C395401.story |archive-date=September 16, 2009}} The movie is based on a short story by Sue Miller.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E01E6DA123DF937A35757C0A961958260 |title=Small Town, Pretty Sisters: Dream On |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=April 4, 1997 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2009}} Entertainment Weekly declared Tyler's performance as "lovely and pliant".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287335,00.html |title=Inventing the Abbotts |last=Schwarzbaum |first=Lisa |date=April 4, 1997 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122131551/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287335,00.html|archive-date=November 22, 2008|url-status=dead}} That same year, Tyler was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People.{{cite web |url=http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/165915/bio.jhtml |title=VH1 Profile – Liv Tyler |access-date=June 24, 2008 |publisher=VH1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916151610/http://www.vh1.com/movies/person/165915/bio.jhtml |archive-date=September 16, 2009}}
=1998–2000: Mainstream exposure=
File:ArmageddonPremiere98.jpg, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, 1998]]
Tyler next appeared in Armageddon (1998), where she played the daughter of Bruce Willis's character and love interest of Ben Affleck's character. The film generated mixed reviews,{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/armageddon |title=Armageddon (1998): Reviews |date=July 1, 1998 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211202238/http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/armageddon/|archive-date=December 11, 2008|url-status=live}} but it was a box office blockbuster, earning $553 million worldwide. The movie included the songs "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" and "What Kind of Love Are You On" by Aerosmith.{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/oscars/list.html |title='Shakespeare in Love' tops Academy Awards nominee list |access-date=June 23, 2008 |date=March 22, 1999 |publisher=CNN: Showbiz/Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613085257/http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/oscars/list.html |archive-date=June 13, 2008}} In a 2001 interview with The Guardian, she said that she initially turned down the role in Armageddon: "I really didn't want to do it at first and I turned it down a couple of times, but the biggest reason I changed my mind was because I was scared of it. I wanted to try it for that very reason. I mean, I'm not really in this to do amazing things in my career – I just want it to be special when I make a movie."
She was then cast in the drama Onegin (1999), a film based on the 19th century Russian novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, in which she portrayed Tatyana Larina and co-starred with Ralph Fiennes.{{cite web |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/livtyler/?view=jobs |title=Hello Magazine Filmography – Liv Tyler |access-date=June 23, 2008 |publisher=Hello! Ltd |work=Hello!|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080927004546/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/livtyler/?view=jobs|archive-date=September 27, 2008|url-status=live}} Tyler was required to master an English accent, though Stephen Holden of The New York Times felt that her approximation of an English accent was "inert".{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/122299onegin-film-review.html |title='Onegin': A Cold Comeuppance in St. Petersburg |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=December 22, 1999 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907204136/http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/122299onegin-film-review.html |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |url-status=live }} The film was critically and financially unsuccessful.{{cite news |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/onegin/ |title=Onegin (1999): Reviews |date=December 17, 1999 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090917162655/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/onegin/|archive-date=September 17, 2009|url-status=live}} That same year, she appeared in the historical comedy film Plunkett & Macleane.{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/topic/cl-movie991001-8,0,2150727.story |title=Plunkett & Macleane |last=Stuart |first=Jan |date=October 1, 1999 |work=Newsday |access-date=January 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916170650/http://www.newsday.com/topic/cl-movie991001-8,0,2150727.story |archive-date=September 16, 2009}}{{cite news |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/movies/plunkq.shtml |title=Originality takes a holiday in 'Plunkett & Macleane' |last=Nechak |first=Paula |date=October 1, 1999 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |access-date=January 9, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
She later appeared in two films directed by Robert Altman, Cookie's Fortune (1999) and Dr. T & the Women (2000). In Cookie's Fortune, she was part of an ensemble cast that included Glenn Close, Julianne Moore, Chris O'Donnell, and Patricia Neal.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1999/04/09/WEEKEND6948.dtl |title=Altman's "Fortune' is telling |last=Morris |first=Wesley |date=April 9, 1999 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916074152/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fe%2Fa%2F1999%2F04%2F09%2FWEEKEND6948.dtl|archive-date=September 16, 2009|url-status=live}} Her performance was well received among critics; Salon.com wrote: "This is the first time in which Tyler's acting is a match for her beauty (she's always been a bit forlorn). Altman helps her find some snap, but a relaxed, silly snap, as in the cartoon sound she makes when she takes a midday swig of bourbon. The lazy geniality of the movie is summed up by the way Emma [Tyler's character] saunters off to take a swim with her cowboy hat and pint of Wild Turkey."{{cite news |url=http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/reviews/1999/04/02reviewb.html |title=Easter eggs and bourbon |last=Taylor |first=Charles |date=April 2, 1999 |work=Salon.com |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426073356/http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/reviews/1999/04/02reviewb.html|archive-date=April 26, 2009|url-status=live}} Entertainment Weekly also wrote that Tyler was "sweetly gruff as the tomboy troublemaker".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,270794~1~~,00.html |title=Cookie's Fortune |last=Flynn |first=Gillian |date=September 17, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021133623/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,270794~1~~,00.html|archive-date=October 21, 2012|url-status=dead}} In Dr. T & the Women, a romantic comedy, she played Marilyn, a gynecological patient of Richard Gere's character and the lesbian lover of his daughter, played by Kate Hudson.{{cite magazine |url=http://redir.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84558,00.html |title=Doctor's Cast |last=Wolk |first=Josh |date=July 30, 1999 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623100745/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,84558,00.html|archive-date=June 23, 2011|url-status=dead}}
=2001–2007: ''The Lord of the Rings'' and international success=
In 2001, Tyler played the object of infatuation for three men (Matt Dillon, John Goodman, and Paul Reiser) in the comedy One Night at McCool's.{{cite news |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/27/review.mccools/index.html |title=Not enough laughs for 'One Night at McCool's' |last=Tatara |first=Paul |date=April 27, 2001 |publisher=CNN: Showbiz/Movies |access-date=January 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916223100/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/27/review.mccools/index.html |archive-date=September 16, 2009}} She said the role was "definitely the first part where I had to be so physically aware and have people so aware of me physically. Maybe it's not hard for anybody else, but it is a bit for me. I mean I love my body and I feel very comfortable in my skin but this was tough." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote: "Tyler, a true beauty, gives the role a valiant try, but her range is too limited to play this amalgam of female perfection."{{cite news |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/dvd/5947505/review/5947506/one_night_at_mccools |title=One Night at McCool's – Review |last=Travers |first=Peter |date=April 2, 2001 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914001412/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/dvd/5947505/review/5947506/one_night_at_mccools|archive-date=September 14, 2009|url-status=dead}}
File:LivTylerLOTR03.jpg in 2003]]
In 2001, she starred in the feature film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson. She played the Elf maiden Arwen Undómiel.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/liv_tyler/biography/0,,20170146_10,00.html |title=Liv Tyler Biography|page=2 |access-date=June 23, 2008 |work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703044546/http://www.people.com/people/liv_tyler/biography/0,,20170146_10,00.html|archive-date=July 3, 2008|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=http://redir.ew.com/ew/article/0,,188155~1~0~whyringsfansshould,00.html |title=Liv and Let Liv |last=Burr |first=Ty |date=December 12, 2001 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201150758/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,188155~1~0~whyringsfansshould,00.html|archive-date=February 1, 2009|url-status=dead}} The film is based on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The filmmakers approached Tyler after seeing her performance in Plunkett & Macleane.{{Harv|Sibley|2006|pp=388–444}} She learned to speak the Elvish language that was created by Tolkien.{{cite video |date=2002 |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring |medium=DVD |publisher=New Line Cinema}} Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle said Tyler's performance was "lovely and earnest".{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/12/19/DD208022.DTL&type=movies |title='Lord' rings true |last=LaSalle |first=Mick |authorlink=Mick LaSalle|date=December 19, 2001 |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930173623/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2001%2F12%2F19%2FDD208022.DTL&type=movies|archive-date=September 30, 2008|url-status=live}}
A year later, Tyler again starred as Arwen in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second installment of the series. The film received favorable reviews.{{cite news |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/twotowers |title=Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002): Reviews |date=December 18, 2002 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123062429/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/twotowers |archive-date=January 23, 2009 |url-status=live }} She spent months learning sword fighting for the concluding battle scenes in the film, but her scenes were removed after the script was changed.{{cite video |date=2003 |title=The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "Appendices" |medium=DVD |publisher=New Line Cinema}} The film was an enormous box office success, earning over $926 million worldwide{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B06E0D9173FF933A05751C1A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 |title=A Big Fat Increase at the Box Office; A Record Year, but Reasons for Caution Amid Hollywood Riches |last=Lyman |first=Rick |date=December 30, 2002 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 8, 2009}} and out-grossing its predecessor, which earned over $871 million. In 2003, Tyler featured in the third and last installment of the series, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480938/20031204/index.jhtml?epiNum=18 |title='Return Of The King' Premiere Marks Bittersweet Finale For 'Rings' Cast |last=Downey |first=Ryan J. |date=December 4, 2003 |publisher=MTV Movies |access-date=January 8, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916003925/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1480938/20031204/index.jhtml?epiNum=18|archive-date=September 16, 2009|url-status=dead}}
Following the success of The Lord of the Rings, she appeared opposite her Armageddon co-star Ben Affleck in writer-director Kevin Smith's romantic comedy Jersey Girl (2004), playing a woman who meets a widowed father, played by Affleck, and re-opens his heart to love.{{cite news |url=http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/review/movie-review-jersey-girl/158788/content |title=Movie review: 'Jersey Girl' |last=Willington |first=Michael |date=March 24, 2004 |work=Chicago Tribune |access-date=January 8, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914001357/http://chicago.metromix.com/movies/review/movie-review-jersey-girl/158788/content |archive-date=September 14, 2009}} In an interview with MTV News, Tyler confessed that she felt "scared and vulnerable" while filming Jersey Girl, adding "I was so used to those other elements of the character [Arwen]. On The Lord of the Rings, a lot of things were done in post-production, whereas this was really just about me and Ben sitting there, just shooting off dialogue."
In 2003, she became the spokesperson for Givenchy perfume and cosmetics,{{cite news |title=Liv Tyler to front Givenchy's new fragrance campaign |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/2003/03/21/livtyler/ |publisher=Hello! Ltd |work=Hello! |date=March 21, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228154535/http://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/2003/03/21/livtyler/ |archive-date=February 28, 2007}}{{cite news |first=Samantha |last=Critchell |url=http://www.denverpost.com/boulder/ci_7396100 |title=Fragrance, fame a classic duo |access-date=June 23, 2008 |date=January 29, 2008 |work=The Denver Post |agency=Associated Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016011243/http://www.denverpost.com/boulder/ci_7396100|archive-date=October 16, 2008|url-status=live}} and in 2005 the brand named a rose after her, which was used in one of its fragrances.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-23-liv-tyler_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA |title=A rose by Liv Tyler's name |last=Freydkin |first=Donna |date=June 23, 2005 |work=USA Today |access-date=January 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309211749/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-06-23-liv-tyler_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA|archive-date=March 9, 2009|url-status=live}} In 2009, she signed on for two more years as Givenchy spokesperson.{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25597229-5006011,00.html |title=Liv Tyler talks Lord of the Rings and dress-ups |last=Ings-Chambers |first=Edwina |date=June 7, 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |access-date=June 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609073944/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25597229-5006011,00.html|archive-date=June 9, 2009|url-status=live}} On December 8, 2011, Givenchy announced a collaboration between Givenchy perfumes and Sony Music.{{cite tweet |number=144726949959446528 |title=Liv Tyler, the #veryirrestiblegivenchy muse, will reveal her voice soon! A collaboration between @Parfumsgivenchy @Sony #livtylergivenchy |author=Parfums Givenchy |user=ParfumsGivenchy |date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=February 3, 2019}} In the video released on February 7, 2012, Tyler covered the INXS song "Need You Tonight".{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyGsuE-PKGM&feature=relmfu |title=Givenchy Liv Tyler's single – Need You Tonight |last=Parfums Givenchy YouTube channel |date=February 7, 2012 |work=YouTube |access-date=March 8, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131012113/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyGsuE-PKGM&feature=relmfu|archive-date=January 31, 2013|url-status=live}}
In 2005, she appeared in Steve Buscemi's independent drama Lonesome Jim, where she was cast alongside Casey Affleck as a single mother and nurse who reconnects with an old fling who has returned to their small Indiana town after a failed run as a novelist in New York.{{cite news |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485858/20040319/index.jhtml?headlines=true |title=Liv Tyler Slowly Getting Used To Roles Without Pointy Ears |last=Wolf |first=Vanessa White |date=March 19, 2004 |publisher=MTV Movies |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914204539/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1485858/20040319/index.jhtml?headlines=true|archive-date=September 14, 2009|url-status=dead}} The film was screened at a special presentation at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.{{cite news |url=https://nymag.com/movies/filmfestivals/sundance/26533/ |title=The Sundance Kid |last=Hill |first=Logan |date=January 11, 2007 |work=New York |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628153745/http://nymag.com/movies/filmfestivals/sundance/26533/|archive-date=June 28, 2008|url-status=live}} Her next appearance was in a supporting role as an insightful therapist who tries to help a once-successful dentist (Adam Sandler) cope with the loss of his family in the September 11 attacks in Reign Over Me (2007).{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/film-reviews/reign-over-me/2007/03/22/1174153208695.html |title=Reign Over Me |last=Wilson |first=Jake |date=March 22, 2007 |work=The Age |access-date=January 9, 2009 |location=Melbourne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915221943/http://www.theage.com.au/news/film-reviews/reign-over-me/2007/03/22/1174153208695.html|archive-date=September 15, 2009|url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202194.html |title='Reign Over Me': A Winning Pair Beats the Odds |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=March 22, 2007 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112130914/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202194.html|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=live}}
=2008–present: Box office hits and ''The Leftovers''=
File:Liv Tyler 2010.jpg, 2010]]
In 2008, she starred in the home invasion horror film The Strangers with Scott Speedman, a film about a young couple who are terrorized one night by three masked assailants in their remote country house.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3559291/Film-reviews-The-Strangers,-Angel-and-more.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505060304/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/3559291/Film-reviews-The-Strangers,-Angel-and-more.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |title=Film reviews: The Strangers, Angel and more |last=Robey |first=Tim |date=December 12, 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=January 9, 2009 |location=London}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/29/horror?gusrc=rss&feed=film |title=The Strangers |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |date=August 29, 2008 |work=The Guardian |access-date=January 9, 2009 |location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907204521/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/aug/29/horror?gusrc=rss&feed=film|archive-date=September 7, 2014|url-status=live}} Although the film garnered a mixed reception among critics,{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/strangers |title=Strangers, The (2008): Reviews |date=May 30, 2008 |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129084837/http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/strangers|archive-date=January 29, 2009|url-status=live}} it was a major box office success, earning more than $80 million over its $9 million budget. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, she said The Strangers was the most challenging role of her career. "It was as far as I could push myself in every way: physically, emotionally, mentally."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2008/06/06/spotlight-liv-tyler |title=Spotlight on Liv Tyler |last=Stack |first=Tim |date=June 6, 2008 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109201759/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20204713,00.html|archive-date=January 9, 2009|url-status=live}}
She appeared in The Incredible Hulk (2008), in which she played Dr. Betty Ross, the love interest of the title character, played by Edward Norton.{{cite news |first=KJ |last=Matthews |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/12/people.tyler/ |title=Liv Tyler: Swift 'Hulk' offer a big surprise |access-date=June 23, 2008 |date=June 12, 2008 |website=CNN: Showbiz/Movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615024944/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/12/people.tyler/|archive-date=June 15, 2008|url-status=live}} Tyler was a fan of the television show,{{cite news |url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/2008/06/11/long-liv-the-new-green-goddess-91466-21055835/ |title=Long Liv the new green goddess |access-date=January 29, 2010 |date=June 11, 2008 |work=Western Mail|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918025311/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/2008/06/11/long-liv-the-new-green-goddess-91466-21055835/|archive-date=September 18, 2010|url-status=live}} and was attracted to the love story in the script. She said filming the part was "very physical, which was fun",{{cite news |first=Donna |last=Freydkin |title=Liv Tyler loves being the Givenchy girl |work=USA Today |date=November 29, 2007 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-11-29-liv-tyler_N.htm |access-date=December 10, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104060113/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-11-29-liv-tyler_N.htm | archive-date = November 4, 2012 | url-status=live}} and compared her performance to "a deer caught in the headlights".{{cite news |first=Nick de |last=Semlyen |title=Fight Club |work=Empire |date=June 2008 |pages=66–72}} The Incredible Hulk was a moderate box office success, earning over $262 million worldwide against a $150 million budget. The Washington Post, in review of the film, wrote: "Tyler gives Betty an appropriately angelic nimbus of ethereal gentleness as the one Beauty who can tame the Beast ... during their most pivotal encounters."{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061204332.html |title=Green Means Go |last=Hornaday |first=Ann |date=June 12, 2008 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112130918/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/12/AR2008061204332.html|archive-date=November 12, 2012|url-status=live}}
Tyler appeared in two films released in 2011: Super and The Ledge. In April 2011, publishing house Rodale announced that Tyler and her grandmother Dorothea Johnson, an etiquette expert, had written a book called Modern Manners. It was released October 29, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221546/modern-manners-by-dorothea-johnson-founder-of-the-protocol-school-of-washington-and-liv-tyler/9780770434083/ |title=Modern Manners Tools to Take You to the Top By Dorothea Johnson and Liv Tyler |website=penguinrandomhouse.com |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409074924/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/221546/modern-manners-by-dorothea-johnson-founder-of-the-protocol-school-of-washington-and-liv-tyler/9780770434083/ |archive-date=April 9, 2016 |url-status=live }}
In 2014, Tyler appeared in Space Station 76, a film directed by Jack Plotnick, also starring Matt Bomer and Patrick Wilson, as well as in the independent horror-drama film Jamie Marks Is Dead, directed by Carter Smith.{{cite web |first=John|last=DeFore|title=Hellion: Sundance Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/jamie-marks-is-dead-sundance-672439|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 19, 2014|accessdate=August 14, 2022}} Tyler began appearing as a regular in the HBO television series The Leftovers in June 2014. The series ended in 2017 after three seasons.{{cite web |last1=Kaplan |first1=Don |title=Liv Tyler and Justin Theroux star in HBO's bleak new series 'The Leftovers' |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/liv-tyler-tv-leftovers-article-1.1845010#ixzz39ZH1EYhS |work=The New York Daily News |date=June 29, 2014|access-date=August 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707024746/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/liv-tyler-tv-leftovers-article-1.1845010#ixzz39ZH1EYhS |archive-date=July 7, 2014 |url-status=live }}
In 2016, Tyler took on a role opposite Bel Powley in the fantasy/horror drama film Wildling, directed by Fritz Böhm. The film also marked her debut as a producer. It was released in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/10/bel-powley-maven-trudie-styler-liv-tyler-1201567257/ |title=Rising Star Bel Powley To Topline 'Wildling'; Liv Tyler and Trudie Styler's Maven To Produce |last=Jaafar |first=Ali |date=October 5, 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=May 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530080133/http://deadline.com/2015/10/bel-powley-maven-trudie-styler-liv-tyler-1201567257/|archive-date=May 30, 2016|url-status=live}}
In 2017, Tyler landed a role as Anne Vaux in the BBC/HBO miniseries Gunpowder, co-starring Kit Harington.{{cite web |url=https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/lord-of-the-rings-star-liv-tyler-put-the-accent-on-being-a-lady-in-new-bbc-drama-gunpowder/ |title=Lord of the Rings star Liv Tyler put the accent on being a lady in new BBC drama Gunpowder |work=Sunday Post|first=Bill |last=Gibb |date=October 18, 2017 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232220/https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/lord-of-the-rings-star-liv-tyler-put-the-accent-on-being-a-lady-in-new-bbc-drama-gunpowder/ |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |url-status=live}} She later joined the second season of the ITV/Hulu period drama series Harlots, starring in the second and third series in a regular role as Lady Isabella Fitzwilliam.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/liv-tyler-cast-harlots-hulu-drama-series-regular-season-2-1202188955/ |title=Liv Tyler Joins Hulu Drama 'Harlots' As Series Regular For Season 2 |work=Deadline |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |date=October 16, 2017 |access-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229052315/http://deadline.com/2017/10/liv-tyler-cast-harlots-hulu-drama-series-regular-season-2-1202188955/ |archive-date=December 29, 2017 |url-status=live}}
In 2019, Tyler co-starred opposite Brad Pitt in the science fiction drama film Ad Astra, which received positive reviews from critics. In 2020, she began a starring role as Michelle Blake in the Fox procedural drama series 9-1-1: Lone Star, which is a spin-off of the drama series 9-1-1. On June 1, 2020, Tyler – together with her Lord of the Rings costars Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Karl Urban, and Elijah Wood, plus writer Philippa Boyens and director Peter Jackson – joined Josh Gad's YouTube series Reunited Apart which reunites the cast of popular movies through video-conferencing, and promotes donations to non-profit charities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12425780/?ref_=ttep_ep5|title = "Reunited Apart" One Zoom to Rule Them All (TV Episode 2020) – IMDb|website = IMDb|date = May 31, 2020}}{{Cite web|first=Caitlin|last=O'Kane|date=June 1, 2020|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/actor-josh-gad-reunites-stars-of-lord-of-the-rings-while-raising-money-for-kids-in-need/|title=Actor Josh Gad reunites stars of "Lord of the Rings" while raising money for kids in need|website=CBS News}}
In February 2025, she reprised her role as Betty Ross in Captain America: Brave New World (2025), 15 years after her first appearance in The Incredible Hulk.{{Cite web |last1=Couch |first1=Aaron |last2=Kit |first2=Borys |date=March 27, 2023 |title=Liv Tyler Returns to Marvel for 'Captain America 4' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/captain-america-liv-tyler-betty-ross-1235361579/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327190855/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/captain-america-liv-tyler-betty-ross-1235361579/ |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Personal life
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Tyler dated her Inventing the Abbotts co-star Joaquin Phoenix from 1995 to 1998. During her relationship with Phoenix, she became a vegan; however, when the relationship ended, she went back to eating meat.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/29/foodanddrink1 |title=Are you strictly wheat and two veg ... |last=Wiseman |first=Eva |date=April 29, 2007 |work=The Guardian |access-date=December 29, 2009 |location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126113621/http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2007/apr/29/foodanddrink1|archive-date=January 26, 2010|url-status=live}} In 1998, she began dating British musician Royston Langdon of the band Spacehog. They became engaged in February 2001,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1180825.stm |title=Liv Tyler's Yorkshire love |date=February 20, 2001 |publisher=BBC News Online |access-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424042019/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1180825.stm|archive-date=April 24, 2013|url-status=live}} and married in Barbados on March 25, 2003.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2912385.stm |title=Liv Tyler ties the knot |publisher=BBC News Online |access-date=January 11, 2009 |date=April 3, 2003 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090208083617/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2912385.stm | archive-date = February 8, 2009 | url-status=live}} In December 2004, she gave birth to a son.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/celebrity/liv-tyler-names-her-newborn-baby/ |title=Liv Tyler Names Her Newborn Baby |access-date=February 24, 2019 |date=December 14, 2004 |work=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603155527/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1007037,00.html|archive-date=June 3, 2008|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://people.com/parents/liv-tyler-briti/ | title=Milo William is the Only Man in Liv Tyler's Life }} On May 8, 2008, they confirmed through representatives that they would be separating.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1940782/Liv-Tyler-splits-from-Royston-Langdon.html |title=Liv Tyler splits from Royston Langdon |last=Singh |first=Anita |date=May 9, 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=August 8, 2019 |location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208121802/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1940782/Liv-Tyler-splits-from-Royston-Langdon.html|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=live}}
In June 2010, Tyler stated she was "far too sensitive" for casual dates, adding "I fall in love once in a blue moon."{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/liv-tyler-doesnt-date_1144593 |title=Liv Tyler Doesn't Date |access-date=June 2, 2010 |work=contactmusic.com|date=June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602230811/http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/liv-tyler-doesnt-date_1144593|archive-date=June 2, 2010|url-status=live}}
In 2014, Tyler met David Gardner, a British sports and entertainment manager. They became engaged in July 2015, but the couple ended their engagement in March 2021.{{cite web |last=Shahid |first= Sharnaz |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20211201127785/liv-tyler-dave-gardner-reunite-after-split-rumours/|title=Dave Gardner reunites with Liv Tyler and their kids after split - see heartwarming photo|website=hellomagazine.com|date=December 1, 2021|access-date=October 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201123657/https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20211201127785/liv-tyler-dave-gardner-reunite-after-split-rumours/ |archive-date=December 1, 2021|url-status=live}} They have two children together: a son born in February 2015,{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/02/20/liv-tyler-names-new-baby-sailor/23760873/ |title=Liv Tyler names new baby 'Sailor' |work=USA Today|first=Maria |last=Puente |date=February 20, 2015 |access-date=February 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203205019/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/02/20/liv-tyler-names-new-baby-sailor/23760873/ |archive-date=February 3, 2019 |url-status=live }} and a daughter born in July 2016.{{cite web |first=Kathy |last=Campbell |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/liv-tyler-david-gardner-welcome-daughter-lulu-rose-w212561 |title=Liv Tyler Welcomes a Daughter, Lula Rose, With Fiance David Gardner: First Photo |work=Us Weekly |date=July 10, 2016 |access-date=August 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821225346/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/liv-tyler-david-gardner-welcome-daughter-lulu-rose-w212561 |archive-date=August 21, 2016 |url-status=live}} Tyler temporarily moved to London shortly after her daughter's birth.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/liv-tyler-people-called-me-controlling-ballsy-outspoken-even-crazy-x76prdp8b |title=Liv Tyler: 'People called me controlling, ballsy, outspoken, even crazy' |first=Vassi |last=Chamberlain |date=November 28, 2017 |newspaper=The Sunday Times |access-date=December 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228232422/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/liv-tyler-people-called-me-controlling-ballsy-outspoken-even-crazy-x76prdp8b |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |url-status=live }}
Tyler learned transcendental meditation in New York City.{{cite web |title=Why should you learn Transcendental Meditation? Hugh Jackman, Candy Crowley, George Stephanopolis and others give their experiences. |url=http://www.napw.com/wall/post/8506/why-should-you-learn-transcendental-meditation-hug |website=National Association of Professional Women |access-date=July 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705235501/http://www.napw.com/wall/post/8506/why-should-you-learn-transcendental-meditation-hug |archive-date=July 5, 2013 |url-status=unfit}} In December 2012, she participated in a charity gala for the David Lynch Foundation to provide transcendental meditation to disadvantaged sections of society. At the event, she said, "It helps me make better decisions and be a better mother, and just deal with the daily stress of the modern world that we live in. It helps with everything."
Tyler bought a townhouse on West 11th Street in Greenwich Village, New York City for $2.53 million in 2001.{{cite news |last1=Clarke |first1=Katherine |title=Sarah Jessica Parker, Liv Tyler and More: A Power Block in Greenwich Village |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/sarah-jessica-parker-liv-tyler-and-more-a-power-block-in-greenwich-village-11550159465 |access-date=February 28, 2019 |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=February 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227211625/https://www.wsj.com/articles/sarah-jessica-parker-liv-tyler-and-more-a-power-block-in-greenwich-village-11550159465 |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |url-status=live }} In 2019 she sold it for $17.45 million{{cite news |last1=Halberg |first1=Morgan |title=Liv Tyler Sold Her Longtime West Village Townhouse for $17.45 Million |url=https://observer.com/2019/11/liv-tyler-sells-west-village-townhouse-brownstone-new-york/ |access-date=January 20, 2021 |work=The Observer |date=June 11, 2019 }} in favor of London, where she has resided with her family since 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdasnZVJ0Lw | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/sdasnZVJ0Lw| archive-date=November 17, 2021 | url-status=live|work=Sirius XM Satellite Radio |publisher=YouTube |title=Liv Tyler talks about why she loves living in London with Michelle Collins |last1=Tyler |first1=Liv |last2=Collins |first2=Michelle |date=July 17, 2018|access-date=April 7, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
She also owns a house in Malibu, California.
Activism
Tyler is an active supporter of the charitable United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). She was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United States in 2003.{{cite news |url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/29/smn.05.html |title=Interview with Alyssa Milano |last=Callebs |first=Sean |date=November 29, 2003 |website=CNN |access-date=January 7, 2009 |quote=What do Angela Bassett, Isabella Rossellini, Liv Tyler, and Alyssa Milano all have in common ... They are all national ambassadors for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916173749/http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0311/29/smn.05.html|archive-date=September 16, 2009|url-status=live}} In November 2004, she hosted the lighting of the UNICEF Snowflake in New York City. She was also a spokesperson for the 2004 Givenchy Mother's Day promotion in support of UNICEF's Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus campaign.{{cite web |url=http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/ambassadors/liv-tyler.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622173831/http://www.unicefusa.org/partners/ambassadors/liv-tyler.html |archive-date=June 22, 2009 |title=Liv Tyler :: Celebrity Ambassadors :: People and Partners :: U.S. Fund for UNICEF – UNICEF USA |date=June 22, 2009 }}
Since 2004, she has donated to the Women's Cancer Research Fund to support innovative research, education, and outreach directed at the development of more effective approaches to the early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of all women's cancers.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-03-03-nicole_x.htm |title=Nicole Kidman fashions fight against women's cancers |last=Morgan |first=John |date=March 3, 2004 |work=USA Today |access-date=January 12, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320014530/http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-03-03-nicole_x.htm|archive-date=March 20, 2009|url-status=live}} In October 2007, Tyler, with her mother Bebe Buell and her grandmother Dorothea Johnson, helped launch the Emergen-C Pink energy drink, in an event in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month.{{cite web |url=http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20056750_20056320,00.html |title=Stars Help Fight Breast Cancer |work=InStyle |access-date=January 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208165738/http://www.instyle.com/instyle/package/general/photos/0,,20056750_20056320,00.html|archive-date=December 8, 2008|url-status=live}}
Filmography
{{Main|List of Liv Tyler performances}}
Accolades
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |title=Rebel Heart: An American Rock 'n Roll Journey |first1=Bebe |last1=Buell |first2=Victor |last2=Bockris |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-312-30155-2 }}
- {{Cite book |title=Peter Jackson: A Film-maker's Journey |first=Brian |last=Sibley |publisher=Harpercollins |year=2006 |isbn=0-00-717558-2 }}
- Corliss, Richard. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090916112839/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984715-1,00.html One life to Liv – But can she act?]." Time. June 17, 1996. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- Fischer, Paul. "[http://www.girl.com.au/livtyler.htm The Liv Factor]." Girl.com. 2001. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- Mottram, James. "[https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/12/05/liv_tyler_lord_of_the_rings_interview.shtml BBC Movies – Liv Tyler interview]." BBC Films. December 5, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2009.
- Mzimba, Lizo. "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/tv_film/newsid_2563000/2563447.stm Liv Tyler on Two Towers: full interview]." BBC News. December 10, 2002. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- Head, Steve. "[http://movies.ign.com/articles/380/380367p1.html An Interview with Liv Tyler]". IGN Movies. December 16, 2002. Retrieved January 12, 2009.
- Otto, Jeff. "[http://movies.ign.com/articles/446/446476p1.html An Interview with Orlando Bloom and Liv Tyler]." IGN Movies. December 17, 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- Fischer, Paul. "[http://www.girl.com.au/livtyler_twotowers.htm Exclusive Liv Tyler Interview]." Girl.com. 2003. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- Cole, Bethan."[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615162229/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/style/article1025393.ece Cover story: Liv a little]." The Times. February 29, 2004. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- Head, Steve. "[http://movies.ign.com/articles/504/504007p1.html An Interview with Liv Tyler – Bringing it on home for Jersey Girl]." IGN Movies. April 2, 2004. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
- Collura, Scott. "[http://movies.ign.com/articles/875/875397p1.html Liv Tyler Talks The Hobbit]." IGN Movies. May 20, 2008. Retrieved January 13, 2009.
- Barnard, Linda. "[https://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/433681 It's a scream]." Toronto Star. May 31, 2008. Retrieved January 9, 2009.
- Palmer, Alun. "[https://archive.today/20090914235539/http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/2008/06/12/interview-liv-tyler-talks-about-her-son-going-back-to-work-and-her-marriage-break-up-89520-20604938/ Interview: Liv Tyler on her son, work and marriage break up]." Daily Mirror. June 12, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- Thompson, B. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090918111921/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/arts/story.html?id=227cd78b-ac27-4e8b-a768-c51b8f7304fa Interview: Liv Tyler]." Montreal Gazette. June 12, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
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