Liv Tyler
Liv Tyler (born on
July 1,
1977 at Mount Sinai Hospital in
New York City,
New York[Buell, B and Bockris, V: "Rebel Heart", page 164. St. Martin's Griffin, reprint edition, 2002, ISBN 0312301553.]) is an
American actress most famous for her roles in the
1998 blockbuster movie
Armageddon and the
Lord of the Rings trilogy (
2001–
2003).
Tyler is the daughter of
Steven Tyler, the lead singer of
Aerosmith, and
Bebe Buell, a model and singer. Having grown up with the understanding that rock star
Todd Rundgren was her biological father, she only found out the truth about her parentage at age 9, after noticing that Steven Tyler's daughter
Mia Tyler looked like her twin. She then changed her name from Liv Rundgren to Liv Tyler. Liv's mother named her after
Norwegian actress
Liv Ullmann.
After starting a career as a model (with a height of 5' 10"
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