Tara Donna Reid is an American model and actress.
Reid has acted on television shows such as Saved by the Bell: The New Class, Days of
Our Lives, California Dreams, and Scrubs.
Her film debut came in A Return to Salem's Lot, followed by The Big Lebowski, Urban Legend,
and American Pie.
She has since portrayed supporting as well as lead roles in several films, including
Dr. T & the Women, Josie and the Pussycats, American Pie 2, Van Wilder, My Boss's Daughter,
Alone in the Dark, American Reunion, and Sharknado.
She was a housemate in the 2011 series of British reality television show Celebrity
Big Brother.
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 is of English, Italian, Irish, Hungarian and French descent.
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 six, becoming a regular
on the game show Child's Play, and appeared in over 100 commercials for corporations including
Jell-O, McDonald's, Crayola and Milton Bradley.
As a teenager, she was on Saved by the Bell: The New Class.
After moving to Hollywood in 1997, Reid transitioned to movies, landing her breakout role in 1998's
The Big Lebowski.
Though the film disappointed at the box office, grossing only $17 million in the US, it has
gone on to become a cult favorite.
Later that same year she appeared in a pair of more financially successful films, Cruel
Intentions and Urban Legend, each of which grossed just under $40 million in the US and
led to two sequels each, though none included Reid.
Reid found her first taste of real mainstream success when she portrayed the role of the
virginal Vickie in American Pie, which grossed over $100 million in US.
The film also marked her first film to reach #1 at the box office.
In 2001, she reprised the role in American Pie 2, which opened to $45 million and grossed
over $145 million in the US, almost 50% more than its predecessor.
Reid did not return for American Wedding, but did reprise the character in the fourth
theatrical film in the series, American Reunion.
Following the success of American Pie 2, Reid starred in a number of commercial and critical
misfires including Josie and the Pussycats and Van Wilder.
She also starred as the youngest daughter of a Texas gynecologist in Robert Altman's
Dr. T and the Women, alongside Richard Gere.
She returned to the small screen as a recurring character on the NBC sitcom, Scrubs, appearing
in 11 episodes of Season 3.
Shortly thereafter, Reid 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.
In 2005, she co-starred in infamous German filmmaker Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark alongside
Christian Slater.
Her mispronunciation of "Newfoundland" became a popular internet catchphrase.
The film was panned by critics and Reid received a Razzie Award nomination for Worst Actress.
Reid signed on to host the E!'s Wild On Tara Reid, a program that showcased high society
vacations and hot spots.
The show premiered on on August 10, 2005 but it was canceled in September, with Ted Harbert,
E! Network's president, saying it was "incredibly difficult to produce with someone well-known."
In January 2007, Reid filmed a commercial with Daniel Conn for Dodo, an Australian budget
telephone and Internet service provider.
Between 2007 and 2008, she starred in a number of direct-to-video films, including 7-10 Split/Strike,
If I Had Known I Was a Genius, 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 film The Fields, which was 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.
In March 2011, she filmed a Funny or Die spoof trailer for The Big Lebowski 2.
On August 18, 2011, Reid was the second housemate to enter the British reality series Celebrity
Big Brother 8.
On September 2, she received the fewest votes and became the third celebrity to be evicted
from the house.
In September 2011, Reid announced via her official Twitter page that she was to appear
in Jedward's new music video for "Wow Oh Wow", which they started shooting in late October
of the same year.
Personal life
In March 2000, Reid met Carson Daly on the set of Total Request Live and they began dating.
They shared an apartment in New York City and Daly proposed on October 29.
In June 2001, Reid and Carson Daly broke off their engagement.
In October 2006, Reid acknowledged in an interview with Us Weekly that she had liposculpting.
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."
Later that year in November, she started dating Danish businessman Michael Lillelund.
According to People magazine, on August 14, 2011, Reid's spokesman reported that she and
Lillelund were married the day before in Greece.
However, Lillelund denied it, stating he had not been in contact with Reid since February.
In August 2011, Reid publicized that she had married Bulgarian financier Zachary Kehayov,
then in October of that year she announced that they were not legally married.
As of 2014, Reid is in a relationship with Infected Mushroom's Erez Eisen according to
reports from his Twitter account.
Filmography Television
Film References
External links Tara Reid at the Internet Movie Database