We all know the American actress, Tara Reid, for her notable roles as Bunny Lebowski in The Big Lebowski, Pussycat Melody in Josie and the Pussycats. But only few of us are aware of her personal life, her childhood, and how she started her career as an actress. So let’s take a look at the life of this renowned personality.

Her Childhood
The famous actress of America was born on November 8, 1975 to a loving couple Tom and Donna Reid in Wycoff, New Jersey. Her brother, Tommy Reid, is also in the entertainment industry and manages a production company of his own.
Her talent led her to some commercials like Jell-O and McDonalds at the age of five. This was her first break. At the age of six, she signed a children’s game show, Child’s Play and later on joined the Professional Children's School in New York. Among his notable friends here included Macaulay Culkin, Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ben Taylor.

Her Career
Her first movie debut “A Return to Salem's Lot” released in the year 1987 in which she played a very small role. Her first full time role in TV was on Saved by the Bell: The New Class in 1994. After this she signed a few small roles. She became famous in 1998 after her role as Bunny, in The Big Lebowski.

In the late 1990s Reid spent most of her time appearing on the cover of tabloid magazines rather than on screen. Her overenthusiastic social life soon earned her a status and a name as a party girl. She has been recently voted as "top party animal" by U.S. magazine - In Touch Weekly.

She became a hit all of a sudden on the internet in November 2004, after an unpleasant incident where "by accident" she uncovered her complete left breast to fans and the media on the red carpet while walking into a social gathering. After the incident, rumors of breast implants were confirmed as the scar tissue was in evidence around Reid's nipple. The photographs were far and wide distributed. In August 2005, she openly admitted of getting her breast intensification surgery. In October, 2006 she also confessed openly in an interview with US Weekly that she also had liposuction.

Her Personal Life
Carson Daly and Tara Reid began a passionate relationship shortly after the two worked together in Josie and the Pussycats. Reid played Pussycat Melody in Josie and the Pussycats while Carson Daly made a short appearance. However, in June 2001, Reid and Daly broke off. Since then she has been seen going out with a primary school teacher Tom Hurd. She in the past had dated Russian hockey star, Sergei Fedorov. In the late 1990s she dated actor Steve Burton and is still close to him and his family.

One of her personal quotes is as follows:

"It would be the ultimate dream for me to win an Academy Award, be in love and have kids. Then I would say, 'Life is great! I have done everything I wanted.' I keep trying to get closer to that. I also think when that happens, people will finally leave me alone."