Biography

Tara was born November 8, 1975, in Wyckoff, New Jersey. Tara is an accomplished star actress. She is the daughter of Tom and Donna Reid, both teachers who run a pair of day care centers. Tara is of Irish, Italian, French, Hungarian, and English decent, but she has the unique all-American look.

By the time Tara was five years old, she was showing off, singing and dancing on the tables in the local mall. A New York talent agent caught her impromptu act and immediately gave her a contract to work in commercials. Her cute smile graced children's game shows, and she acted in commercials for Crayola, Jell-O and McDonald's. Tara didn't stop her young ambition there, and decided to make professional acting a career goal.

To prepare for her future, she attended the prestigious Professional Children's School in New York City. Her classmates included Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, MaCualay Culkin, and Ben Taylor.

In 1994, Tara was cast on the long time teen institution, "Saved By the Bell". The show is not exactly known for creating successful actresses, but Tara proved to be the exception. After spending a year with that TV production, she moved on to daytime television, with a recurring role on "Days of Our Lives". A number of good, but not great roles followed, most notably roles in "Urban Legends", and "Cruel Intentions".

Then, in the summer of 1999, Tara's career finally took off with "The Big Lebowski", where Tara was cast as Bunny, the much younger wife of The Big Lebowski. Tera next starred as Vicki in "American Pie", the surprise gross-out hit of the year, along with sexpot Shannon Elizabeth. Tara's fame can be firmly attributed to this highly successful film where she played a virgin named Vicki.

Tara's role's in these films centered around high school and sex, and featured a number of unforgettable scenes and struck a chord with teenagers acrossed the country. The film's box office success tossed Tara into the spotlight and created such an impression that she has not had a second to spare these days.

Tara is a young, bright, and extremely sexy celebrity with a very promising future. Her happy-go-lucky attitude makes Tara an easy actress to work with. The reason she has a legion of fans is simple, she is a very talented sexy girl with a physique worthy of worship.

Filmography

Heaven's Pond (2003) .... Julianne Olsen
Guest, The (2002) .... Lisa
Van Wilder (2002) .... Gwen Pearson
... aka National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) (USA)
Backstage Pass (2001) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Making of 'Josie and the Pussycats', The (2001) (TV) (Australia: DVD title)
American Pie 2 (2001) .... Vicky
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) .... Melody Valentine
Just Visiting (2001) .... Angelique
... aka Visiteurs en Amérique, Les (2001) (France)
Dr. T & the Women (2000) .... Connie Travis

Spotlight on Location: American Pie (1999) (TV) .... Herself
... aka Making of 'American Pie', The (1999) (TV) (USA: DVD title)
Body Shots (1999) .... Sara Olswang
American Pie (1999) .... Vicky Lathum
Around the Fire (1999) .... Jennifer
Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Marci Greenbaum
... aka Sexual Provocation (1999) (Belgium: English title)
What We Did That Night (1999) (TV) .... The Girl
... aka Murder at Devil's Glenn (1999) (TV) (USA)
Urban Legend (1998) .... Sasha Thomas
... aka Mixed Culture (1998) (USA)
... aka Urban Legend (1998) (France)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) .... Prom Queen/Nightclub Bartender
... aka Ed Wood's I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
... aka I Awoke Early the Day I Died (1999) (USA)
Girl (1998) .... Cybil
Big Lebowski, The (1998) .... Bunny Lebowski
"Days of Our Lives" (1965) TV Series .... Ashley (1995)
... aka "Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives" (1990) (USA: new title) (summer title)
... aka "DOOL" (1965) (USA: informal short title)
... aka "Days" (1965) (USA: abbreviated title)
"Saved by the Bell: The New Class" (1993) TV Series .... Sandy (1994)

Return to Salem's Lot, A (1987) .... Amanda
"Child's Play" (1982) TV Series .... Cast Member (1982)