Reid was born in Wyckoff New Jersey, the daughter of Donna and Tom Reid, both of whom are teachers and daycare centre owners. She attended Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School and subsequently Ramapo High School and graduated while attending the performing arts-centric school Barnstable Academy. Both high schools were in Franklin Lakes New Jersey; Barnstable is now in Oakland.

Reid has twin younger Read more...

Reid began her career at the age of six in 1982 on the game show Child's Play. As a child she had roles in a number of commercials for McDonald's, Crayola, and Jell-O. She grew up in New York City, and attended the Professional Children's School alongside such celebrities as Christina Ricci, Ben Taylor, Jerry O'Connell, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Macaulay Culkin. Although her breakthrough role was Read more...

Reid was linked with Carson Daly after he made a cameo appearance in Josie and the Pussycats, in which Reid played the Pussycat Melody. In June 2001, Reid and Daly broke off their engagement. She previously had dated Russian hockey star, Sergei Fedorov. In the late 1990s she dated actor Steve Burton and still is close to him and his family. She briefly dated football players Tom Brady, Jeremy Shockey, Read more...