Her screen debut came in A Return to Salem's Lot (1987), followed by the hit films The Big Lebowski (1998), Urban Legend (1998), and American Pie (1999). She has since portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in several films, including Dr. T & the Women (2000), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002), My Boss's Daughter (2003), and Alone in the Dark (2005).
Contents
* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Reid was born and raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the daughter of Donna and Tom Reid, both of whom were teachers and day-care center owners. She attended St. Elizabeth's Catholic Elementary, Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School, Ramapo High School, John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills and graduated from Barnstable Academy, an alternative high school. She also attended Professional Children's School, in Manhattan, along with fellow actors Christina Ricci, Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Macaulay Culkin. Reid has twin younger siblings Colleen and Patrick and another brother, Tom.
Career
Reid began acting at age nine, being a regular on the game show Child's Play, and appeared in over 100 commercials including Jell-O, McDonalds, Crayola and Milton Bradley. As a teenager, she was on Saved By The Bell: The New Class and on All My Children.
After moving to Hollywood in 1997, Reid transitioned to movies, landing her break out role in 1998's The Big Lebowski, a cult favorite, and her first #1 box office role. She finished the year by appearing in two more box office toppers, Cruel Intentions and Urban Legend. Reid portrayed the role of virginal Vickie in the wildly successful film, American Pie (1999), which grossed over $102,000,000 in United States box office receipts and becoming her fourth #1 in a row. Reid starred in a string of unsuccessful movies, such as Josie and the Pussycats and Dr. T and the Women. In 2001 and 2002, she reclaimed her box office success with American Pie 2 and National Lampoon's Van Wilder, alongside Ryan Reynolds. She returned to the small screen as a re-occurring character on the NBC sitcom, Scrubs, appearing in 11 episodes of Season 3. She appeared alongside Ashton Kutcher in My Boss's Daughter, for which she was nominated for both Worst Supporting Actress and Worst Screen Couple at the 2004 Golden Raspberry Awards.
Reid in 2005
She played the main character in the 2005 horror film Alone in the Dark. The film was panned by critics, and Reid received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress. In January 2007, Reid filmed a commercial with Daniel Conn for Dodo, an Australian budget telephone and Internet provider. Reid signed on to host the E! Channel's Wild On Tara Reid (later renamed Taradise), a program that showcased high society vacations and hot spots. The show aired in October 2005 and was cancelled in February 2006, due to poor ratings, with only 8 of the 14 episodes aired. Between 2007 and 2008, she starred in a string of direct-to-video films, including 7-10 Split/Strike, If I Had Known I Was a Genius (which was released at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival), and Clean Break/Unnatural Causes. She also played the main character in the made-for-television horror film Vipers. In 2010, she landed the role of Bonnie in the thriller The Fields, which is scheduled to be released in 2011.
Reid also has designed a clothing line with Ed Hardy designer, Christian Audigier, entitled Mantra, that hit high end department stores in 2009. Reid appeared in a pictorial in the January/February 2010 issue of Playboy, although earlier reports had indicated she had posed nude for the magazine.
Tara Reid will be teaming up with Hollywood PR flack Charmaine Blake to become the spokesperson for Human Trafficking. Tara Reid hosted a swanky Golden Globes dinner party with Jon Lovitz at Universal Studios Citywalk on January 16, 2011 starting at 3:30pm as reported by Hollywoodgiants.com.
Personal life
Reid was romantically linked to Carson Daly starting in early 2000.[citation needed] Daly made a cameo appearance in Josie and the Pussycats (also starring Reid), in which he jokes while attempting to kill Reid's character that the two could have had a romantic relationship given different circumstances. In June 2001, Reid and Daly broke off their engagement. had previously dated Russian hockey star Sergei Fedorov.
In October 2006, Reid acknowledged in an interview with Us Weekly that she had liposculpting.[8] In the interview she discusses how her plastic surgery "went wrong" and also explains why she decided to have plastic surgery done, saying that her breasts were uneven and that she wanted a "six pack" for a new movie role. The liposuction resulted in deformity. In the same interview, Reid's new plastic surgeon, Dr. Steven Svehlak, reported that he performed a procedure called a "doughnut mastopexy" to correct her original augmentation, and performed additional liposuction in hopes to even out her stomach.
On January 18, 2010, Reid's boyfriend Michael Axtmann, an internet entrepreneur from Nuremberg, proposed to her at The Little Door restaurant in Los Angeles. The couple had reportedly planned an intimate ceremony for summer 2010. However, on April 20, it was reported that the wedding had been called off and her relationship with Axtmann had ended, with a representative stating: "Tara Reid has confirmed that she will not be moving forward with her May 22 nuptials."
Filmography
Film Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes
1987 A Return to Salem's Lot Amanda
1998 The Big Lebowski Bunny Lebowski
1998 Girl Cybil
1998 I Woke Up the Day I Died Prom Queen / Nightclub Bartender
1998 Urban Legend Sasha Thomas
1999 Cruel Intentions Marci Greenbaum
1999 Around The Fire Jennifer
1999 American Pie Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
1999 Body Shots Sara Olswang
2000 Dr. T & the Women Connie
2001 Just Visiting Angelique
2001 Josie and the Pussycats Melody Valentine
2001 American Pie 2 Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum
2002 National Lampoon's Van Wilder Gwen Pearson
2003 Devil's Pond Julianne Straight-to-video
2003 My Boss's Daughter Lisa Taylor
2005 Alone in the Dark Aline Cedrac
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Lola Bryne Straight-to-video
2005 Silent Partner Dina Straight-to-video
2006 Incubus Jay Straight-to-video
2007 If I Had Known I Was a Genius Stephanie Straight-to-video
2007 7-10 Split/Strike Lindsay / Lil Reno Straight-to-video
2008 Senior Skip Day Ellen Harris Straight-to-video
2008 Clean Break/Unnatural Causes Julia McKay Straight-to-video
2010 Land of Canaan Amy Post-production
2010 Last Call Lindsay Post-production
2011 The Fields Bonnie Post-production
Television Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes
1994 Saved by the Bell: The New Class Sandy Episode "Squash It"
1995 Days of our Lives Ashley 5 episodes
1996 California Dreams Sarah Episode "Graduation Day"
2003–2005 Scrubs Danni Sullivan 11 episodes
2004 Quintuplets Ms. Foley Episode "Teacher's Pet"
2004 Knots Emily TV movie
2005–2006 Taradise Herself Series regular
2008 Vipers Nicky Swift TV movie
2007 Wild n' Out Herself 1 episode
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