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Birth Date: |
November 8, 1975 |
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Birth Place: |
Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA |
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Height: |
5' 5" |
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Sex: |
F |
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Nationality: |
American |
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Profession: |
actress |
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Education: |
Professional Children's School
in New York City. |
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Barnstable Academy |
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Relationship: |
Wayne Boich, Carson Daly (VJ
MTV; b. June 22, 1973; engaged in October 2000; broke up in
June 2001), Jason Ader (financial analyst; dated 2001), JC
Chasez (singer; b. August 8, 1976; dated 2002), Tom Brady
(quarterback New England Patriots; dated 2002) |
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Father: |
Tom Reid (teacher) |
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Mother: |
Donna Reid (teacher) |
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Sister: |
Colleen Reid (born in 1982; twin
of Patrick) |
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Brother: |
Patrick Reid (born in 1982; twin
of Colleen) |
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Claim to fame: |
as Victoria 'Vicky' Lathum in
American Pie (1999) |
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As one of the stars of the 1999 summer
smash American Pie, Tara Reid experienced an almost meteoric ascent
into overnight celebrity. Possessing the kind of buxom blond good
looks that ensure future employment and Internet shrines, Reid was
best-known for her role as The Big Lebowski's trophy wife, Bunny
Lebowski, before being cast in Pie.
A native of Wyckoff, New Jersey, where she was born on November 8,
1975, Reid broke into acting at the age of six, when she was a
contestant on the CBS children's game show, Child's Play. She went on
to study at New York's Professional Children's School, where her
classmates included Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, and
Macaulay Culkin. After appearing in commercials for such products as
Jell-O and Crayola, Reid landed a role on the sitcom Saved by the
Bell: the New Class in 1994 and then had a recurring role on the
daytime drama Days of Our Lives the following year.
She got her first substantial film roles in 1998, appearing in the Ed
Wood-scripted I Woke Up Early the Day I Died, The Big Lebowski, the
independent film Around the Fire, and Urban Legend, the latest in a
long line of teen slasher flicks. Reid won some amount of recognition
for the last film, which featured a Who's-Who line-up of
post-pubescent stars and cast her as a campus radio talk show host.
The following year, Reid earned a form of screen immortality with her
role as the girlfriend of one of four high school guys who make a pact
to lose their virginity in American Pie. She also appeared in more
low-profile roles in the independent film Girl and in Cruel
Intentions, which featured her as one of Ryan Phillippe's more
unfortunate conquests. Later that year, she had a starring role in
Body Shots, playing one of a group of twenty-something friends on the
prowl for love and/or sex in Los Angeles.
Edging ever closer to leading woman status, Reid's star continued to
rise as the vibrant young actress took on roles in such high profile
efforts as Dr. T and the Women (2000), Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
and, of course, American Pie 2) (also 2001). After taming the savage
party animal in the lowbrow {comedy Van Wilder, Reid gave screen
heartthrob Ashton Kutcher the runaround in the romantic comedy My
Boss's Daughter. Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide. |
