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Celebrate some of the most iconic Asian actors from film and television, from [link=/name/nm1231899/]Priyanka Chopra Jonas[/link] to [link=/name/nm0702841]Ke Huy Quan[/link], plus many more.

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Liv Tyler is an actress of international renown and has been a familiar face on our screens for over two decades and counting. She began modelling at the age of fourteen before pursuing a career in acting. After making her film debut in Bruce Beresford's Silent Fall, she was cast by fledgling director James Mangold (who would go on to direct such hits as Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line and Logan) in his first feature Heavy, a critical and commercial success that went on to gain cult status. This was followed by another indie cult hit, Empire Records, but it was the leading role in Bernardo Bertolucci's Stealing Beauty that catapulted her to stardom at the age of eighteen.

Liv was next seen in Tom Hanks' hugely successful passion project That Thing You Do!, his paean to the glory days of 1960s rock 'n' roll (as the child of a rock 'n' roll background, this was a film whose subject was also dear to Liv's heart). This was followed by Michael Bay's action blockbuster Armageddon, starring alongside Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck and Steve Buscemi, who would later go on to direct Liv in Lonesome Jim.

Liv had come to the attention of director Robert Altman in Stealing Beauty and the late, great auteur went on to cast her in two of his final projects, Cookie's Fortune and Dr T and the Women, describing her as "very serious, very prepared and very professional...I am crazy about her."

In between her work for Altman, Liv starred opposite Ralph Fiennes in Onegin, directed by his sister Martha, from the classic novel by Alexander Pushkin. Ralph Fiennes said of Liv, "We tested a lot of actresses but Liv has an acute sense of emotional truth that's not performed or projected, but just is."

In 2001, Liv portrayed Arwen in the ground-breaking epic The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Nothing if not eclectic, Liv then defied expectations by starring in cult director Kevin Smith's gentle low-budget comedy Jersey Girl, re-uniting her with her Armageddon co-star Ben Affleck, before playing Betty, the female lead to Edward Norton's Bruce Banner in Marvel's The Incredible Hulk.

An actress who consistently refuses to be pigeonholed, Liv's career is one that cuts across genres; she cannot be defined by the roles she has chosen and is led, above all, by what speaks to her on an instinctual and emotional level. "It's very difficult to say no to whatever comes along," Tom Hanks has said of her, "...But she's saying no to all the right things."

In addition to her acting work, Liv has forged a decade-long relationship with Givenchy as the spokesperson for their fragrance and cosmetics line. Liv is also a brand ambassador for Triumph lingerie, developing a capsule collection that celebrates the company's commitment to body confidence, as exemplified by Liv herself, "a modern woman in every sense, a mother and actress with a fierce sense of femininity that women across the world can relate to."

Liv's previous design collaboration was with Belstaff, resulting in two capsule collections for the iconic British heritage brand. Liv has also been the face of commercial campaigns for several global brands, including Visa and Pantene.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

(1993) Print ad for Maybelline eye makeup

(1996) Print ad for The Gap clothing stores

(1996) Print ad for Pantene Pro-V shampoo

(1996) TV commercial for Pantene Pro-V shampoo

(2001) TV commercial and print ad for VISA Card.

(1994) Music video: Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1001663/?ref_=nmwrk">Liz Phair</a> video &quot;Rocket Boys&quot;.

(2007) Face of Pilgrim jewelry and cosmetics

(2008) TV commercial for Brain Age2 for Nintendo DS

(2008) Print ad for &quot;Mystery Case File: MillionHeir&quot; video game for Nintendo DS

(1991) Music Video: <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0584117/?ref_=nmwrk">George Michael</a>&#39;s &quot;Cowboys &amp; Angels&quot;.

(2010) TV commercial for &quot;Irrésistible&quot; fragrance from Givenchy.

(1998) Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0012613/?ref_=nmwrk">Aerosmith</a>&#39;s music video, &quot;I Don&#39;t Want to Miss a Thing&quot;, which features clips from 1998 film <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0120591/?ref_=nmwrk">Armageddon (1998)</a>.

(2002) TV commercial: UFJ Visa Card (Japan)

(2013) Release of her book, &quot;Modern Manners: Tools to Take You to the Top&quot;, by Liv and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm2941322/?ref_=nmwrk">Dorothea Johnson</a>.

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