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Born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA on November 8, 1975. She got her career start at six, when she appeared on a children's game show called Child's Play. Later, she appeared in commercials for Jell-O, McDonald's, and Crayola. She attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. Her classmates included Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jerry O'Connell, Macaulay Culkin, and Ben Taylor. After several career moves, she became known after her role as Bunny, in The Big Lebowski.
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– The part of Sasha in URBAN LEGEND eventually ended up being played by Tara Reid after Sarah Michelle Gellar turned it down.
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– Grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
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– Her brother Tommy is also in the entertainment industry and has his own production company.
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– Auditioned for the role of Mary Jane in SPIDER-MAN (2002).
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– First person to appear on multiple covers of Maxim magazine
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– Has her own production company called 'Hi Happy Films'
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– Appears in the Sugarcult video, 'Bouncing Off the Walls', alongside VAN WILDER costar, Ryan Reynolds.
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– Suffered from a brief bout of anorexia nervosa following her upsetting and traumatic breakup with MTV DJ Carson Daly (they had been engaged). This coincided with the filming of AMERICAN PIE 2 (2001), which is why Ms. Reid appeared gaunt in several scenes (primarily those that were reshoots), as well as at the premiere of the film. Her illness ended in late 2001, when she began filming National Lampoon's VAN WILDER (2002).
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– Her brother Patrick runs the clothing store, Patrick Reid, located in Santa Monica, California where Tara serves as a fashion consultant.
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– Tara and Carson Daly met during MTV's spring break show and shared their first kiss with millions of viewers.
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– Hair Color: dark brown. She dyes if blonde for the movie American Pie.
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