Tara Reid suffered a brief bout of anorexia nervosa following her sad and traumatic breakup with MTV DJ Carson Daly (they had been engaged). It coincided with the filming of American Pie 2 (2001), which is why Ms. Reid looked skinny at the film's premiere as well as in many scenes (especially the reshoots). Her illness ended in late 2001, when she began filming National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002).
She was the first person to appear on more than one cover of "Maxim" magazine.
She appeared in a film selected by the Library of Congress for the National Film Registry as "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Big Lebowski (1998).
She grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
She was the guest of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady at the opening game of the 2002 NFL season.
She is of Irish, Italian, French, Hungarian and English descent.
She auditioned for the role of Mary Jane in Spider-Man (2002).
Her brother Tommy Reid is also in the entertainment industry and owns his own production company.
She is the daughter of Donna Reid (née Bennett; died October 21, 2018) and Thomas Reid (1940-December 2016), both of whom were teachers and owned a nursery school.
She is a Philadelphia Eagles fan.
She has her own production company called 'Hi Happy Films'.
She was originally set to play a role in Valentine (2001), but the studio changed from Artisan to Warner Brothers and Marley Shelton replaced Tara.
She is a fan of Chelsea FC (an English football club).
Her brother Patrick Reid runs a clothing store called "Patrick Reid" in Santa Monica, California. Tara serves as a fashion consultant.
On August 15, 2011, she tweeted that she had married Zack Kehayov in Greece over the weekend. On October 25, 2011, she said that she and Kehayov were not legally married.
Along with Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Nicky Rothschild, Bijou Phillips, Kimberly Stewart, Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian, she is one of Hollywood's most famous party girls.
She is the daughter of Tom Reid Jr. and Donna Reid.
She was once regarded as Hollywood's top party girl.
She is good friends with Paris Hilton.
She had a dog named Tequilla.
She ranked 49th on Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002) list.
She was previously engaged to internet entrepreneur Michael Axtmann [January-April 2010].
She is the sister of Colleen Reid, Patrick Reid and Tommy Reid.
She went to high school with American Idol (2002) and American Idol - Season 4 finalist Constantine Maroulis.
She ranked 4th in Maxim Magazine's "Hot 100 of 2002" issue. (2002).
She ranked 43rd in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special issue. (2005).
She is the sister-in-law of Dawn Reid.
Tara and Martha MacCallum were born in Wyckoff, New Jersey at different times.
After making her feature film debut with A Return to Salem's Lot (1987), she barely acted over the following decade until The Big Lebowski (1998).