Today we offer a closer acquaintance with the American actress Tara Reid, learn about the details of her career and personal life. For most viewers around the world, she was remembered for her role in the sensational youth comedy of 1999, American Pie.
Actress Tara Reid: biography
The future Hollywood celebrity was born on November 8, 1975 in the town of Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA. Her parents - Tom and Donna - at that time were the owners of two local kindergartens. The Raid family was large: Tara has two brothers and a sister.
At the age of five, the future celebrity already knew that she wanted to become an actress. She studied at a Catholic school, but her parents also decided to send her to the prestigious New York Children's Acting School. By the way, her classmates included such future stars as Macaulay Culkin, Jerry O'Connor, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ben Taylor.
Tara Reid: filmography, the beginning of a career in cinema
On the blue screens, the future world-famous actress appeared at the age of nine, taking part in the filming of the TV play “Children play”. Then she was often invited to shoot commercials, in particular, brands such as McDonalds, Milton Bradley, Crayola and others.
In 1997, Tara Reid moved to Hollywood, where he made his debut on the big screen in a cameo in the horror film Jamie Blanks "City Legends." Raid played a great university DJ.
But fame came to Tara after filming in 1998 in the picture of the Coen brothers under the name "Big Lebowski." On the set of the film, the aspiring actress managed to work together with celebrities such as Steve Buscemi, John Goodman and Jeff Bridges. The picture turned out to be very successful, and Reid played her role just fine, as a result, her career quickly went up. After that there were shootings in projects such as Brutal Games and Around the Fire.
Big breakthrough
A truly turning point in the life and career of Tara was the participation in the filming of a youth comedy called "American Pie", which was released in 1999. The film was considered provocative and forbidden to view it to persons under the age of majority. However, in spite of everything, he made the real stars of all the actors employed in him, among whom, in addition to Tara Reid, were Shannon Elizabeth, Alison Hannigan, Jason Biggs, Chris Klein and others. The heroine of our today's story is now considered solely as a sex symbol. In this connection, invitations to photographing in frank outfits for popular magazines rained down on her like a cornucopia .
2000s
Tara Reid, films with the participation of which now included a real hit, continued to actively pursue her film career with the beginning of the new millennium, regularly appearing on the screen. So, in 2000, a picture with her participation entitled “Naked Bodies” was released. According to critics, the film was warmly received by the audience solely due to the presence of intimate scenes. This was followed by a frankly unsuccessful role in the melodrama Doctor T and His Women, where Richard Gere played the main character. Tara was not able to reveal the character of her heroine.
The next year was more successful for the actress. She starred in such films as "Aliens in America" and "Josie and her cats." In 2002, Raid expected another wave of success. This is due to the release of the second part of the acclaimed "American Pie", as well as its participation in the comedy "The King of Parties". Thanks to these works, Tara has a firmly established reputation as one of the best youth actresses.
In 2003, Tara Reid appeared on the big screen in films such as The Devil's Island and The Daughter of My Boss. Then came two episodic roles in the films Paradise Pond and Nodules. After which, Tara Reid played one of the central characters in the mystical film "Raven: Evil Prayer." In addition, for three years (from 2003 to 2005 inclusive), the actress took part in the filming of the most popular series "Clinic".
The year 2005 was also rewarding for Tara, when three films were released at once, in which she performed one of the roles: “Alone in the Dark”, “Shadow Partner”, “Raven: Cruel Communion”. This was followed by the participation of the actress in such films as “To know that I was a genius” (2007), “Unnatural Occasion” (2008), “Vipers” (2008). In 2012, a third of the sensational once American Pie was released.
Atrisa's personal life
Being a very young girl, Tara met with a hockey star - Russian Sergei Fedorov. Her next boyfriend was the MTV Carson Daily. The couple even announced their engagement, but in 2001 the lovers broke up.
Reid had another serious romance with Nuremberg Internet entrepreneur Michael Akstmann. The couple announced their engagement and decision to get married in the summer of 2010. However, a few months before the ceremony, Tara and Michael broke up.
In August 2011, Raid married Zak Kekhayova, whom she had been dating for about a year.
Interesting facts about the actress
- Tara Reid was twice nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award as the performer of the worst female role. The first time the reason for this was her work in the film "The Daughter of My Boss" (2004), and the second - "Alone in the Dark" (2006).
- The heroine of our story does not hide at all that she resorted to liposuction several times, and also increased her breasts. However, as Tara Reid herself admitted, after the operation, she can no longer participate in candid photo shoots due to the remaining scars.
- In 2002, Maxim magazine included the actress in one hundred “hot” women of the planet. By the way, Tara took an honorable fourth place in this rating.