Neve Campbell

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Neve Campbell
Campbell in 2009
Born	Neve Adrianne Campbell October 3, 1973 (age 41) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Jeff Colt (m. 1995–1998) John Light (m. 2007–2011)
Partner(s)	JJ Feild
Children	1

Neve Adrianne Campbell (/ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/; born October 3, 1973) 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 (1996) and Wild Things (1998), and later several films that received a limited theatrical release, such as Panic (2000), and The Company (2003).

Early life

Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario. Her mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam.^[1] Her father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from Glasgow, Scotland,^[2] and taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario (first at Westwood Secondary School, later at Lorne Park Secondary School, and now at Erindale Secondary School). 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".^[3]^[4]
Campbell has three brothers: Christian, Alex, and Damian (known as Damian McDonald). 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 (who received custody of the two),^[2] 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.^[2] 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 Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph.^[2]

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.^[5] The show won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 1996.

Campbell at the Emmy Awards in 1997

Campbell's first widely released film was The Craft (1996). She starred as Sidney Prescott in Scream (1996), 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."^[6] 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.

Campbell at the 2006 BAFTA Awards

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^[7] but received only a brief and limited theatrical release. In Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (2009 edition), 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.^[8] Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in the West End in Love Song, alongside Cillian Murphy, Michael McKean, and Kristen Johnston, to mixed reviews.^[9]
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,^[10] which was released on April 15, 2011.^[11] She then starred in the film, The Glass Man, which received a limited release in 2011.^[12] She appeared in the film Singularity, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival in May 2012.^[13] 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.^[14]
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.^[15] 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.^[16] 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.^[17] The couple lived together in Islington, North London for 5 years,^[18] until Campbell filed for divorce on June 30, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.^[19] In March 2012, Campbell and her partner, actor JJ Feild, confirmed that they were expecting their first child together.^[20] Their son, Caspian, was born in August 2012.^[21]
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 (at #31), 1999 (at #20), 2000 (at #31) and 2001 (at #42).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	The Dark	Jesse Donovan
1994	The Passion of John Ruskin	Effie Gray	Short film
1994	Paint Cans	Tristesse
1994	I Know My Son is Alive	Beth	Television film
1994	The Forget-Me-Not Murders	Jess Foy	Television film
1995	Love Child	Deidre
1996	The Canterville Ghost	Virginia "Ginny" Otis	Family Film Award for Best Actress – TV
1996	The Craft	Bonnie
1996	Scream	Sidney Prescott	Saturn Award for Best Actress Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
1997	Scream 2	Sidney Prescott	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actress – Horror MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
1998	54	Julie Black
1998	Hairshirt	Renée Weber
1998	Wild Things	Suzie Marie Toller	Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Matt Dillon and Denise Richards)
1998	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride	Kiara	Voice
1999	Three to Tango	Amy Post
2000	Scream 3	Sidney Prescott	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favourite Actress – Horror Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance
2000	Drowning Mona	Ellen Rash
2000	Panic	Sarah Cassidy
2001	Investigating Sex	Alice
2002	Last Call	Frances Kroll	Television film Prism Award for Performance in TV Movie or Miniseries
2003	Lost Junction	Missy Lofton
2003	The Company	Loretta "Ry" Ryan
2003	Blind Horizon	Chloe Richards
2004	When Will I Be Loved	Vera Barrie
2004	Churchill: The Hollywood Years	Princess Elizabeth
2005	Reefer Madness	Miss Poppy
2006	Relative Strangers	Ellen Minola
2007	Closing the Ring	Marie
2007	Love Bites	Mina
2007	I Really Hate My Job	Abi
2007	Partition	Margaret Stilwell
2008	Agent Crush	Cassie	Voice
2009	Dirty Oil	Narrator	Voice
2009	Owl Song	Peggy Glanville-Hicks
2011	Scream 4	Sidney Prescott	Nominated – Scream Award for Best Horror Actress Nominated – Teen Choice Awards for Best Horror Movie
2011	The Glass Man	Julie Pyrite
2013	An Amish Murder	Kate Burkholder	Television film
2014	Walter	Allie
201?	Vivaldi	Norina
201?	Bremen Town Musicians	Princess Lielle	Voice

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1991	My Secret Identity	Student	1 episode Uncredited
1992	The Kids in the Hall	Laura Capelli	1 episode
1992	Catwalk	Daisy McKenzie
1993	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Nonnie Walker	Episode: "Tale of the Dangerous Soup"
1994	Kung Fu: The Legend Continues	Trish Collins	Episode: "Kundela"
1994	Aventures dans le Grand Nord	Nepeese	Episode: "Bari"
1994–2000	Party of Five	Julia Salinger	143 episodes Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress (1999)
1995	MADtv	Julia Salinger	1 episode
1997	Saturday Night Live	Host	1 episode
2007	Medium	Debra	3 episodes
2008	Burn Up	Holly	2 episodes
2008	Sea Wolf	Maude Brewster
2009	The Philanthropist	Olivia Maidstone
2009	The Simpsons	Cassandra	Voice Episode: "Rednecks and Broomsticks"
2012	Titanic: Blood and Steel	Joanna
2012	Grey's Anatomy	Lizzie Shepherd	2 episodes
2014	Mad Men	Lee Cabot