Actor: Liv Tyler

Liv Tyler played Arwen across the Lord of the Rings trilogy, in a role substantially expanded from the novels, and learned Elvish dialogue for it.

Stealing Beauty and Empire Records gave her earlier leads, and Armageddon and The Incredible Hulk the commercial work.

She is the daughter of Steven Tyler and grew up believing Todd Rundgren was her father, learning otherwise at eleven, which is a genuinely unusual biography.