Liv Tyler has graced the big screen for more than two decades.
Over the course of her career, she's established herself as a pop culture staple with memorable
roles in an eclectic range of movies.
While these films put Tyler on a trajectory to take over Hollywood, she's been pretty
quiet lately.
From activist work to a busy family life, there's a lot about Tyler's life that people
may have missed since she last ruled the world of cinema.
So what's she been up to, and why don't we hear from her anymore?
We've got some answers.
Busy mom
Tyler has always made sure that her growing family comes first.
After she and Dave Gardner got engaged in 2014, the actress slowed her workload in the
entertainment industry and moved to London to settle down.
Over the next two years, the pair welcomed two children.
While finding a balance between her home life and work has sometimes affected her career
choices, being a mom has ultimately had a positive impact on her professional life.
Tyler told the Irish Examiner in 2017,
"It has definitely changed the way I look at my job, because when I am leaving my house
and leaving my children to go to work there is a new kind of purpose to it.
And I feel really grateful for it and for the time that I have, but I've got kind of
a more 'f--k it' attitude, particularly with acting."
Almost quit for good
Before Tyler made her television debut in 2014 on HBO's The Leftovers, she considered
quitting due to ageism in the entertainment industry.
The actress told More magazine in 2015,
"'When you're in your teens or '20s, there is an abundance of ingénue parts which are
exciting to play.
But at [my age], you're usually the wife or the girlfriend, a sort of second-class citizen."
While auditioning for The Leftovers, Tyler left it up to the universe whether she'd stick
with acting or not.
According to the Irish Examiner in 2017, she told herself at the time,
"If this doesn't happen it means that I am allowed to kind of pursue my other interests.
And then if it does happen then I'm not supposed to give up on acting,' and then it happened."
Bad reputation?
Don't let Tyler's soft voice fool you.
This film star is a strong-minded, outspoken feminist, but this has sometimes led to a
strange misconception within the entertainment industry that she's difficult to work with.
Tyler told Porter in 2017,
"In my life, I have had people call me controlling for being detail-oriented, ballsy for following
my heart and taking risks, outspoken or even crazy for speaking my mind and not taking
bulls--t from people."
The actress went on to explain that being treated that way only motivates her to work
harder to speak up for what she believes.
Activist work
Tyler is a longtime activist devoted to using her celebrity status to foster real change
in the world.
In 2003, Tyler became a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.
According to Look to the Stars, she said at the time,
"I was really blown away and inspired by everything that [Audrey Hepburn] had done for children
through UNICEF and I guess it really floored me in a way that I hadn't ever felt toward
a public figure before."
In addition to being a supporter of the Women's Cancer Research Fund, Tyler also teamed up
with her mother and grandmother in 2007 to launch the Emergen-C Pink energy drink.
With 50 percent of the profits benefiting the Keep a Breast Foundation, this initiative
sought to inspire women to take better care of their health through breast cancer awareness
and education.
Minding her Ps and Qs
Tyler further distanced herself from Hollywood when she switched her focus and took up writing.
In 2013, she teamed up with her grandmother, etiquette expert Dorothea Johnson, to pen
Modern Manners: Tools to Take You to the Top.
Part etiquette protocol, part personable commentary, the book served as a dos and don'ts guide
tailor-made for 21st-century professionals.
"Unfortunately they would lose their advantage in their job because they were rude."
Tyler went on to discuss what she hopes people take away from the book's many lessons.
"When you're nervous, when you're excited, when you're overwhelmed, really take everything
in, just remember basic kindness."
"That's a great life rule."
Turning it around
Tyler may have spent much of her time out of the spotlight over the last decade, but
it looks like her on-screen prospects are finally turning heads again.
After reprising her role in the final season of The Leftovers, she starred opposite Kit
Harington on the BBC mini-series Gunpowder and landed a series regular gig on Hulu's
Harlots.
And she also found her way back to film, producing and starring in the fantasy drama Wildling.
During an appearance at the Oxford Union in 2018, the film star said producing and directing
is also on her mind, and that her eldest child has encouraged her to search for a balance
between motherhood and work.
"And I kind of made a little prayer to the universe, and then suddenly all of these crazy
things have been coming along."
"I'm actually probably working more now than I ever have in my whole life."