Liv Tyler
AGE 26
'RINGS' ROLE Arwen, Aragorn's elf squeeze, who (cue Enya song) must choose between immortality and love
BEFORE 'LOTR' Since her 1998 role opposite Ben Affleck in Bay/Bruckheimer's bombastic ''Armageddon,'' which earned $201 million domestically, Tyler had fallen off the pop-culture-relevancy chart a bit. To blame was a series of roles in smallish, commercially unappealing ensemble flicks such as ''Cookie's Fortune'' and ''One Night at McCool's.''
AFTER 'LOTR' Perhaps she's decided bigger is better. In Kevin Smith's ''Jersey Girl,'' she teams with the Biggest of the Big Stars: Affleck (again) and, yes, Jennifer Lopez. It's due in March 2004 -- that is, if the stink from Bennifer's ''Gigli'' dissipates by then.

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