Who Do You Think You Are? USA: Liv Tyler
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm, Monday, January 26 on BBC Two HD (102)
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Liv Tyler
Season 9, Episode 8
Actress Liv Tyler traces her ancestry, unravelling the mystery of her father Steven's maternal side and discovering ancestors who fought in famous American battles. She also learns the shocking truths that change the way she will see herself, and her family forever
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Liv Tyler
(Presenter)
Born:
July 01, 1977
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing Arwen in The Lord of the Rings.
Early-life:
Born Liv Rundgren in New York on July 1, 1977. Her mother is model and rock chick Bebe Buell, and Liv grew up thinking Todd Rundgren was her dad. However, at the age of 11, she met Steven Tyler's daughter Mia and was struck by how alike they looked, prompting her mum to come clean and admit the Aerosmith frontman was her biological father. She began modelling in her early teens, and was cast in the Aerosmith video Crazy after the director spotted her in shampoo advert, unaware she was the lead singer's daughter.
Career:
Tyler gave up modelling in favour of acting, and made her debut in the movie Silent Fall in 1994. This was followed by Heavy, and in 1995, just a few days after graduating from high school, she jetted off to Italy to make Stealing Beauty with acclaimed director Bernardo Bertolucci. She went on to make That Thing You Do! (1996), Inventing the Abbots (1997), Armageddon (1998), Plunkett and Macleane (1999) and One Night at McCools (2001), before achieving her biggest success in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Since then, she's appeared in Reign of Me (2007), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Robot & Frank (2012). In 2014, she began starring in American TV drama The Leftovers.
Quote:
"I have these slumber parties with my father and when we can't sleep we stay up all night trading beauty tips. He knows all about the good creams and masks."
Trivia:
She released the single Need You Tonight, an INXS cover, in 2012.
Justin D. Robertson
(Editor)
Cameo Wallace
(Executive producer)
