Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canadian actress.
She became known in the 1990s for her teenage roles as Julia Salinger in the drama series
Party of Five, and as Sidney Prescott in the horror film series Scream.
She has also starred in films such as The Craft and Wild Things, and later several films
that received a limited theatrical release, such as Panic, and The Company.
Early life Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario.
Her mother, Marnie, is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam.
Her father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland, and taught
high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario.
Campbell's maternal grandparents ran a theater company in the Netherlands and her paternal
grandparents were also performers.
On her mother's side, Campbell is descended from Sephardi Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands
and converted to Catholicism.
She has stated: "I am a practising Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks
me if I'm Jewish, I say yes".
Campbell has three brothers: Christian, Alex, and Damian.
Her parents divorced when she was two years old.
At age six, Neve saw a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted to take
ballet, enrolling at the Erinvale School of Dance.
She and her brother Christian lived mostly with their father, with regular periods at
their mother's home until Neve was nine years old.
At that time, she moved into residence at the National Ballet School of Canada, training
there and appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.
After accumulating numerous dance-related injuries and a stress-induced nervous breakdown,
she moved into acting at the age of 15, performing in The Phantom of the Opera at the Canon Theatre
in Toronto while attending John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph.
Acting career Campbell appeared in a 1991 Coca-Cola commercial,
promoting its sponsorship on Bryan Adams' 1991–1992 Waking Up the Nation Tour.
Her first starring role was as Daisy in the Canadian youth series Catwalk, which she played
from 1992 to 1994.
She made several guest appearances on shows such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung
Fu: The Legend Continues.
Described as "television's most believable teenager", Campbell rose to fame outside Canada
after being cast as Julia Salinger in the drama series Party of Five, which she played
from 1994 to 2000.
The show won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 1996.
Campbell's first widely released film was The Craft.
She starred as Sidney Prescott in Scream, which was a huge success, earning over $173
million at the worldwide box office and winning critical acclaim.
Her role has received significant critical praise throughout the Scream series, earning
her the Saturn Award for Best Actress for her role in Scream.
The film was followed by three sequels, all of which were also hugely successful, with
Scream 2 earning over $170 million, Scream 3 over $160 million, and Scream 4 over $97
million.
Campbell won the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance for Scream 2.
In his review of Scream 3, Roger Ebert wrote: "The camera loves her.
She could become a really big star and then giggle at clips from this film at her AFI
tribute."
Campbell appeared in Wild Things and 54, both of which were moderately successful.
She also appeared in Three to Tango and provided the voice of Simba and Nala's daughter, Kiara,
in Disney's The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
Following the third film in the Scream series, Campbell appeared in several films that received
a limited theatrical release but were well reviewed by critics, including the 2000 film
Panic, in which she appeared alongside William H. Macy and Donald Sutherland.
In 2002, she appeared in Last Call opposite Sissy Spacek and Jeremy Irons, for which she
won a Prism Award for Performance in TV Movie or Miniseries.
Campbell co-wrote, produced, and starred in the 2003 film The Company, about Chicago's
Joffrey Ballet.
Next came the independent film When Will I Be Loved.
Released in 2004, the film was praised by critic Roger Ebert but received only a brief
and limited theatrical release.
In Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, the film critic describes it as an "Unlikable film
... crammed with coldhearted characters who are obsessed with big bucks, sleazy sex, and
endless hustling."
In March 2006, Campbell made her West End theatre debut, in a version of Arthur Miller's
Resurrection Blues at the Old Vic theatre.
Matthew Modine and Maximilian Schell also appeared in the play, which received mixed
reviews.
Resurrection Blues was directed by Robert Altman, with whom Campbell had previously
worked in The Company.
Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in the West End in Love Song, alongside Cillian
Murphy, Michael McKean, and Kristen Johnston, to mixed reviews.
On July 7, 2007, she presented at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London.
In 2007, she was featured for a third time on People most beautiful people list.
On June 24, 2009, Campbell returned to television in a starring role on NBC's The Philanthropist.
She had a guest voice role on The Simpsons in "Rednecks and Broomsticks" in 2009.
On April 1, 2010, the screenwriter of the Scream franchise, Kevin Williamson, confirmed
that Campbell would once again portray Sidney Prescott in Scream 4, which was released on
April 15, 2011.
She then starred in the film, The Glass Man, which received a limited release in 2011.
She appeared in the film Singularity, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.
Campbell had a starring role in the 12-part mini series, Titanic: Blood and Steel, which
originally aired in the US from October 8, 2012 to October 13, 2012 on Encore.
She played the role of Norina, in the film Vivaldi, which follows the early life of the
famous musician, Antonio Vivaldi.
A release date for the film is still unknown.
In October 2012, it was announced she would guest star on the popular television show,
Grey's Anatomy for two episodes that aired in December 2012.
Campbell reunites with former Scream 3 cast member Patrick Dempsey on the show, playing
his sister, Lizzie.
It has also been suggested that she may later guest star in more episodes of the series.
Campbell starred in the 2013 Lifetime original movie, An Amish Murder.
She plays the lead role of a police detective who returns home to her Amish community, years
after surviving a brutal killing spree.
It premiered on the network on January 6, 2013.
The film stood as a back-door pilot for the show, which would star Campbell, if the movie
was successful.
Neve has also recently appeared on the National Geographic Channel for a few episodes of "The
90s: The Last Great Decade".
Personal life Campbell married Canadian actor Jeff Colt
on April 3, 1995.
The couple, who met when he was a bartender at Toronto's Pantages Theatre, divorced in
May 1998.
In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, an English actor whom she met while filming
Investigating Sex.
The couple became engaged in December 2005, and married in Malibu, California on May 5,
2007.
The couple lived together in Islington, North London for 5 years, until Campbell filed for
divorce on June 30, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
In March 2012, Campbell and her partner, actor JJ Feild, confirmed that they were expecting
their first child together.
Their son, Caspian, was born in August 2012.
Campbell has appeared in campaign literature and videos for the Tourette Syndrome Foundation
of Canada and the Tourette Syndrome Association.
Popularity In 1998 and 2000, Campbell was on People's
"50 Most Beautiful People" list.
In 1998, she was ranked #3 in Empire's "100 Sexiest Movie Stars".
Campbell was also included in FHM's "Sexiest Women in the World" list in 1998, 1999, 2000
and 2001.
Filmography Film
Television See also
References
External links Neve Campbell at the Internet Movie Database
CNN interview IGN Films interview
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