01.07.1977 (47 years) (New York City, New York, USA)
Liv Rundgren Tyler (born Liv Rundgren; July 1, 1977) is an American actress, producer, and former model.Tyler began a career in modeling at 14, but, after less than a year, she decided to focus on acting. After her film debut in Silent Fall (1994), she appeared in supporting roles in Empire Records (1995), Heavy (1996), and That Thing You Do! (1996). Tyler later received critical recognition for her leading role in Bernardo Bertolucci's drama Stealing Beauty (1996), playing a teenage girl visiting her deceased mother's artist friends in Italy. She followed this with supporting roles in other films, including Inventing the Abbotts (1997) and Robert Altman's black comedy Cookie's Fortune (1999). She received international recognition for her portrayal of Elf maiden Arwen Undómiel in the acclaimed Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003). She has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the comedy Jersey Girl (2004), the indie comedy-drama Lonesome Jim (2005), the drama Reign Over Me (2007), the home invasion horror film The Strangers (2008), the superhero comedy Super (2010), and the sci-fi black comedy Space Station 76 (2014). She has also starred in big-budget studio films, including Armageddon (1998) and The Incredible Hulk (2008). Tyler made her television debut in a regular role as Meg Abbott on the HBO drama series The Leftovers (2014–2017). Tyler has served as a United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassador for the United States since 2003, and as a spokesperson for Givenchy's line of perfume and cosmetics.