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Liv Tyler was born July 1, 1977, in Portland, Maine. Her unique first name came about after her mother, model and former rock groupie Bebe Buell, saw Liv Ullmann on the cover of a

the week Liv was born. As for the roots of her last name, Liv always believed that her father was musician Todd Rundgren, with whom her mother had a long-term relationship, as he helped raise her.

Although her birth certificate stated that Rundgren was indeed her father, a 10-year-old Liv became suspicious after meeting Aerosmith's Steven Tyler at a Rundgren concert, and even more suspicious after seeing Steven Tyler's daughter Mia Tyler, who could have passed for Liv's twin, at an Aerosmith concert.

Liv confronted her mother about the topic, and her mother told her the truth: Steven Tyler was her father (Liv was the product of an eight-month relationship between Tyler and Buell).

liv tyler in aerosmith's crazy video

Liv Tyler made her biological father's name her own at the age of 12, and two years later, mother and daughter headed to New York. While Liv Tyler grew into a statuesque, blue-eyed beauty (she had her father's unmistakable pouty, Mick Jagger-like lips), she claims she was chubby and awkward while growing up.

Family friend Paulina Porizkova saw the beauty in Liv Tyler (as does everyone today), and encouraged her to start modeling. Liv Tyler did, and she soon appeared in magazines such as

,

and

.

However, modeling eventually became boring, and Liv Tyler wanted to start acting. She was offered a part in the 1994 film

, which came and went quietly, and she was also cast as Callie in 1995's

. Liv Tyler also starred in the 1995 bomb

, which was set in a record store, but she did attract attention while costarring with Alicia Silverstone in dad's video for

.

liv tyler in stealing beauty and armageddon

Finally in 1996, Liv Tyler landed the lead role of Lucy in Bernardo Bertolucci's exquisite film about a teen in search of finding her father and losing her virginity,

. Although the film was not a moneymaker, it did raise eyebrows in film circles, especially at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.

After a starring role in Tom Hanks' film

, Liv Tyler was cast in 1997's

he costarred with Joaquin Phoenix in

, and the pair embarked a two-year romantic relationship.

After a tiny role in

and an uncredited role in

, Liv Tyler starred as Bruce Willis' daughter in the summer blow-up hit

, which opened on her birthday.

In 1999, Liv Tyler rounded out a stellar cast in

, appeared in

, costarred with Ralph Fiennes in

, and appeared as herself in the documentary

.

liv tyler in lord of the rings trilogy

Liv Tyler starred in the female star-studded

(along with fellow celebrity progeny Kate Hudson), and was next seen in the comedy

, as the scheming Jewel Valentine. 

Next up for Liv Tyler was the first installment of the

film trilogy,

, in which she played Arwen Undomiel. She was recast in the second the third installments of the trilogy:

and

.

In 2003, Liv Tyler married her boyfriend of three years, British rocker Royston Langdon from the group Spacehog, in a small ceremony in Barbados.

She was also named the spokesmodel for Givenchy.

(2004) and

(2005) with Casey Affleck were the two projects that followed for Liv Tyler. Also in 2004, Liv Tyler gave birth to her first child, a baby boy named Milo William Langdon.

liv tyler in the incredible hulk

In 2006, Liv Tyler had a brief hiatus from acting, only to return in 2007 with

, costarring Adam Sandler, Jada Pinkett Smith and Saffron Burrows.

Her 2008 flicks were substantial, and included the movie

and

, in which Liv Tyler worked along film giants like Edward Norton and Robert Downey Jr.