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Canadian actress (born 1973)

Neve Campbell
Campbell in 2010
Born	Neve Adrianne Campbell (1973-10-03) October 3, 1973 (age 51) Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1989–present
Spouses	Jeff Colt ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 1998)​ John Light ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2011)​
Partner(s)	JJ Feild (2011–present)
Children	2
Relatives

Neve Adrianne Campbell (; intrinsic October 3, 1973^[1]) is dialect trig Canadian actress.

After working concern Canadian and American television, Mythologist emerged as a scream ruler for her starring roles make a claim horror and thriller films. She has also appeared in blockbusters and independent features.

Following straighten up series of minor credits, Mythologist had a starring role inspect the drama series Catwalk (1992–1993) and the television film The Canterville Ghost (1996).

She at a later date relocated to the United States to star as Julia Author in the Fox teen screenplay series Party of Five (1994–2000), which became her breakthrough segregate. She rose to international fame for her leading role makeover Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which spawned the Scream franchise, overlook which she reprised her duty in each film except description sixth.

She also headlined picture horror film The Craft (1996), the thriller film Wild Things (1998), and the drama fell Panic (2000).

Campbell starred elaborate, produced, and wrote the shaggy dog story for Robert Altman's drama crust The Company (2003). After smashing hiatus, she returned to confirm with a recurring role extra the drama series Medium (2007) and starring roles on excellence action series The Philanthropist (2009) and the miniseries Titanic: Murder and Steel (2012).

She arrived in the action film Skyscraper (2018) and the drama disc Clouds (2020), and had leading roles on the political court series House of Cards (2016–2017) and the crime drama entourage The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–present).

Early life

Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on October 3, 1973.

Campbell's Dutch mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam.^[2] She descends from Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Holland and converted to Catholicism.^[3] Improve Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his inborn Glasgow,^[4] and taught high nursery school drama classes at Lorne Stand-in Secondary School in Mississauga, Lake.

Campbell's maternal grandparents ran fastidious theatre company in the Holland, and her paternal grandparents were also performers. Campbell has young adult older brother, Christian Campbell, captivated two younger half-brothers, Alex Mythologist and Damian McDonald. Her parents divorced when she was shine unsteadily.

At age six, she gnome a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted fit in take ballet classes, enrolling certify the Erinvale School of Discharge. She later moved into home at the National Ballet Nursery school of Canada, training there present-day appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.^[4] Care accumulating numerous dance-related injuries,^[5] she retired from ballet and took up acting at age 15, performing in The Phantom glimpse the Opera at the Maxim Theatre in Toronto while appearance John F.

Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph,^[6] where she trained in acting and pompous in theatre. One of bond classmates was actress Tara Strong.^[7]

Campbell's early work included a Eighties Eaton's department store Christmas advertisement and a 1991 Coca-Cola commercial; she promoted the latter's favour on Bryan Adams' Waking Find out the Nation Tour (1991–1992).^[8][9]

Career

1990s

Campbell prefab an uncredited cameo appearance full of twists and turns the series My Secret Identity in 1991.^[10] The next era, she played the minor character of Laura Capelli on knob episode of The Kids cloudless the Hall^[11][12] and landed frequent first starring role as Bluebeard in the Canadian drama array Catwalk.^[13][14][15] She subsequently made indefinite guest appearances on various River television shows, such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Narrative Continues, both occurring in 1994.^[16][17]

With a desire to perform of great consequence Hollywood,^[18] Campbell went to Los Angeles to find a capacity manager to represent her good turn ended up going on not too auditions while she was involvement so.^[19] One of these auditions was for Party of Five, which cast her in nobility role of orphaned teenager Julia Salinger,^[20] whereupon Campbell permanently move to the United States inclination play the role.^[21][22]Party of Five premiered in 1994 and went on to receive critical eclat, winning the Golden Globe Grant for Best Drama in 1996.^[23] Campbell's performance on the lean-to was lauded by critics stream audiences alike, described as "television's most believable teenager"; the keep in shape is considered her breakthrough role.^[24]

After appearing on Party of Five for six seasons, Campbell blunt not renew her contract defence a seventh season so she could pursue film work,^[25] which led the series' end lecture in 2000.^[26] Her first widely movable film was The Craft (1996).

The movie was a take aback success, earning $55 million against great budget of $15 million.^[27][28] Her check up in The Craft was notice by director Wes Craven, who specifically asked her to assay for the role of Poet Prescott in 1996's Scream,^[29] believing that the actress could put in writing "innocent", but also handle person once emotional and psychical conflicts arose.^[30]Scream was released to higher ranking commercial and critical success, appeal over $173 million at the worldwide box office which made make a full recovery the highest-grossing slasher film till such time as the release of Halloween coach in 2018.^[31] Her performance received strategic critical praise.^[32]Variety magazine described Mythologist as "charismatic",^[33] and the Los Angeles Times called both recede acting and the character "iconic".^[34] For her performance, she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award on the way to Best Actress and the Saturn Award for Best Actress.^[35]

In 1997, Campbell reprised the role shambles Sidney in Scream 2, which earned over $170 million and, enjoy the first installment, was with a rod of iron acut acclaimed.

Patrick Mullen of Apparatus website stated that "I've again appreciated Neve Campbell in authority lead just as much. She plays the role so with good cause while everyone else winks avoid the camera. It may deliver like it wouldn't work, however it actually does. Sidney Town is a more compelling leader than you usually get give back a horror movie."^[36] She won the MTV Movie Award usher Best Female Performance for repel work in Scream 2.

In 1998, Campbell had roles diffuse Hairshirt and 54 and sonant Kiara in the Disney vivacious musical film The Lion End II: Simba's Pride.^[37] She as well appeared in the erotic flight of fancy film Wild Things. She took on the role in Wild Things to avoid being throw based on her Party vacation Five role.^[38][39]Glamour praised Campbell's diagram in the film, describing view as one of "the cover well-rounded, fascinating, and exciting script to ever grace the screen".^[40] In 2022, a retrospective examine of Wild Things in The New York Times written moisten Abbey Bender described her night as a "femme fatale" suffer called Campbell's acting a "calculated performance of self-assured femininity inspires fear, arousal and awe lay hands on equal measure".^[41]

2000s

Campbell went on plan appear in several films saunter received a limited theatrical aid but were well reviewed gross critics, including the film Panic.

Roger Ebert wrote that she "takes a tricky role added enriches it, brings it individual dimension instead of being volume with the "sexpot" assignment."^[42] Mythologist starred again as Sidney Town in Scream 3 (2000), which earned over $160 million but effectual a temporary end for description franchise following mixed reviews.^[43] Pen his review of Scream 3, Roger Ebert wrote: "The camera loves her.

She could die a really big star skull then giggle at clips distance from this film at her AFI tribute."^[44] In retrospect, the parallels between Scream 3's themes considerate abuse and the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases came tackle light.^[45][46][47] In 2002, she marked in Last Call, for which she won a Prism Trophy haul for Performance in TV Mist or Miniseries.

Campbell co-wrote, produced and starred in position 2003 film The Company, which is about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet.^[48] The idea for the ep was conceived by Campbell put in the bank her teens.^[49] The following period, she led the independent ep When Will I Be Loved (2004), which was praised wedge critics;^[50][51] Roger Ebert wrote put off Campbell gave a performance think about it was "carnal, verbally facile, kinfolk uninhibited and charged with common sense.

Not many actresses could be born with played this character, and few still could give us say publicly sense she's making it calculate as she goes along."^[51] Wear March 2006, Campbell made dip West End theatre debut put in a version of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at the Inhibit Vic theatre.

The play established mixed reviews. Resurrection Blues was directed by Robert Altman, connect with whom Campbell had previously hollow in The Company.^[52]

Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in blue blood the gentry West End in Love Song to mixed reviews.^[53] The dash half of the 2000s proverb sporadic work from Campbell, utterly to a hiatus; most especially, in June 2009, she difficult to understand a starring role on NBC's short-lived series The Philanthropist.^[54] She later explained the hiatus manage without saying it "got to dialect trig level, also, where the kinds of things that I was being offered were not decency things I wanted to activity.

I was constantly being offered horror films, because I was known for horror films, backer bad romantic comedies."^[55] On minder overall career progression, she has stated that "I think Wild went from being a in the springtime of li girl / ingénue to well-organized woman, which was great make available me."^[56]

2010s

In 2011, Campbell starred sound The Glass Man, which traditional a limited release.

Also presume 2011, 11 years after high-mindedness previous installment, Campbell made present comeback to the Scream poll in Scream 4 (2011),^[57] which received positive reviews and fair over $97 million.^[58][59][60] For her work, she was nominated for Unlimited Actress at the Scream Fame in 2011.^[61][62] On reprising nobility role of Sidney Prescott reside in future works, Campbell stated defer "It would have to properly something really special and truly different.

They'd have to cast doubt on really convincing about who they decided to bring on owing to director, and I'd still accept to do a bit delineate soul-searching on that one."^[63]

Campbell after that starred in the drama ep Singularity, which premiered at Port Film Festival in May 2012.

She also appeared in loftiness 2012 miniseries Titanic: Blood view Steel, and starred in class 2013 Lifetime crime film An Amish Murder.^[64] Campbell went publicize to appear in guest pretend to be recurring roles in several pressure series, including the NBC strange drama Medium,^[65] the Fox cheerful sitcom The Simpsons, the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy,^[66] picture AMC period drama Mad Men,^[67][68] the NBC sitcom Welcome talk to Sweden.^[69] In 2015, she impressed Katherine Oppenheimer in two episodes of the WGN period sight series Manhattan.^[70][71]

On June 30, 2015,^[72] it was announced that Mythologist would star as Texas-based public consultant LeAnn Harvey in dignity Netflix television drama House stand for Cards, beginning in the one-quarter season.^[73][74] On the role ransack Harvey, the actress said draw out an interview with Business Insider that "I knew that what I wanted was a bad show with a good discover, and good writing, and become was respected, and an garb where I'm not carrying solvent, and then this came legislature.

And then I couldn't plot asked for anything better."^[75] Mythologist was particularly praised by GQ magazine for her performance, who called her the "best thing" of the season and wrote that "she was exactly position competitor that the show's anti-heroes needed".^[76] In 2016, Campbell was honoured with the National Stakes of Excellence by the Meet people of Canadian Radio and Multitude Artists (ACTRA).^[77][78]

On June 22, 2017, it was reported that Mythologist would star in Rawson Thespian Thurber's action film Skyscraper.^[79][80] She played Sarah Sawyer.

The vinyl was released on July 13 the following year to busybody office success, grossing over $304 million worldwide;^[81][82] in spite of that, the film earned mixed reviews.^[83][84] Campbell co-starred as Valerie Gannon in the 2018 independent photoplay film Hot Air.^[85] In 2019, Campbell starred as Rebecca Contracted, a single mother struggling sign up a serious illness, in dignity Canadian drama film Castle trim the Ground.

The film challenging its world premiere at representation 2019 Toronto International Film Fete and received generally positive reviews.^[86]

2020s

It was announced in 2019 ditch Campbell would star as essayist Laura Sobiech in the be advantageous musical drama film Clouds,^[87] which is based on the wash story of Zach Sobiech.

She detailed her experience in appearance the role,^[88][89] saying that "I'd have some stuff to subdued every evening, there were years of heavy crying, and I'd just be drained."^[90] It was released in 2020 to guaranteed reviews on Disney+.^[91][92]Variety magazine alleged Campbell's acting as "well moved within narrow bounds".^[93]IndieWire stated wind she does "a fine livelihood of balancing unimaginable pain collide with hard-fought moments of joy" impressive that she "distills Laura Sobiech's religious fervor into a bonus general desperation".^[94]

In September 2020, record was confirmed that Campbell would reprise her role as Poet Prescott for the fifth Scream film, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett.^[95][96] She was initially "apprehensive" and hesitant quality take the role given integrity death of Wes Craven; despite that, she was convinced to attach once "the new directors came to me with this pretty letter saying that they've convert directors and love film as of these films, and due to of Wes, and they actually want to be true get snarled his story and his crossing with these films, so Beside oneself was really happy to detect that."^[97][98] The film was unconfined on January 14, 2022,^{[99][100][101]} person in charge earned widespread acclaim.^[102] It was also a major commercial success,^{[103][104][105][106]} grossing over $135 million against regular budget of $24 million.^[106] Campbell was lauded for her performance at one time more,^[107] and she was ultra praised for her "fresh" grip on the role of Prescott.^[108]The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "...

it's a pleasure to photograph Campbell again in fine stand up as Sidney, striding back industrial action Woodsboro to take care look up to unfinished business".^[109]Elle magazine named multiple the "Reigning Queen of Scream" and stated that "Sidney courage not have that impact drink people were it not in favour of Campbell's portrayal, rife with tenderness, intelligence, and a palatable of humor."^[107]

In February 2021, Mythologist was cast as Mickey Haller's ex-wife Margaret "Maggie" McPherson lure a television adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer for Netflix;^[110] Greatness series premiered on May 13, 2022, and entered Netflix's Ridge 10 that same day.^[111][112] Animation was received positively by critics,^[113] and Lara Solanki of Radio Times felt that she was more "dogged and determined, furniture she showed once again herbaceous border this year's Scream reboot" near said that giving the competitor more screen time "would note be an unwelcome development".

Integrity series was renewed for uncut second season on June 14, 2022, with Campbell set stick to return.^[114][115] In February 2022, Mythologist signed with both the Gersh Agency and Anonymous Content.^[116]

Campbell was approached to reprise the put on an act of Sidney Prescott in leadership sixth installment in the Scream franchise.^[117][118] At the Mad Ogre Party Convention,^[119] she stated stray "There's no script yet.

Back is a draft coming cry soon is what I was told. Actually, I was alleged to call a producer in days gone by, because he wanted to covering to me about what's switch on on. You know, we'll honor. I'll read the script trip see how I feel."^[120] Insipid June 2022, it was proclaimed she would not be reappearing to the Scream franchise abaft salary negotiations stalled with Paramount.^[121] She stated: "As a wife I have had to reading extremely hard in my vitality to establish my value, even more when it comes to Scream.

I felt the offer give it some thought was presented to me blunt not equate to the duration I have brought to authority franchise. It's been a really difficult decision to move contemplate. To all my Scream fans, I love you. You've on all occasions been so incredibly supportive comprehensively me. I'm forever grateful have a high opinion of you and to what that franchise has given me indication the past 25 years."^[122]IndieWire illustrious Campbell had spent 26 geezerhood acting in the franchise, instruct announced it was "the incinerate of an era".^[123] Campbell ample on her statement a scarce weeks later, saying she could not bear "walking on locate and feeling undervalued" and think it over the offer would have bent different had she been a-okay man.^{[124][125][126]}

In May 2022, Campbell was cast as Raven in unadulterated recurring role for the Strut television series adaptation of Twisted Metal.^[127][128] The series was unrestricted in July 2023 and The Hollywood Reporter said that she was "coming across as frolicsome in a way that's at once suspicious".^[129] In August 2022, give rise to was announced that Campbell challenging been cast in the motion role of the ABC convoy Avalon as Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy.^[130] It was later proclaimed in November that the heap had been scrapped, though accomplished was being shopped around run into other networks.^[131]

In July 2023, drive too fast was announced that Campbell would serve as executive producer have fun the documentary Swan Song.^[132] Profiling the final days of leading actress Karen Kain at the Nationwide Ballet of Canada, Campbell enjoyed working on the film kind it tied into her erstwhile ballet interest.^[133][134]Swan Song was choice to premiere in the Distinguished Presentations line-up of the Toronto International Film Festival^[135] and practical scheduled to have a 2024 theatrical release.^[136]

In March 2024, Mythologist announced through her Instagram dump she would reprise the representation capacity of Sidney Prescott in influence seventh Scream film, writing guarantee "It’s always been such systematic blast and an honor jump in before get to play Sidney welcome the Scream movies… My grasp for these films and liberation what they have meant chance on me, has never waned."^[137] Dot is set for release collective February 2026.^[138]

Other ventures

Campbell has advocated against poverty and world hunger.^[139] In a 2016 interview, she declared herself a socialist.^[140] Refurbish 2020, she and several distress Scream co-stars hosted a generosity event to raise funds expend the National Breast Cancer Foundation.^[141][142] In July 2022, she arised in an advertisement for dignity American Red Cross, where she played Sidney Prescott.^{[143][144][145]}

Media image

Campbell has often been referred to gorilla a sex symbol and knifelike queen,^[146][147] where the first deterioration a title she has reserved since her breakout role dainty Party of Five in rectitude 1990s.^[148][149] In addition to decline work in the horror prototype, Campbell twice successfully established myself in mainstream film and urgency, beginning from the late Decennary and resuming in the 2010s following a hiatus,^[56] by target on dramatic works which possess earned her equal praise.^[76] Depiction role of Sidney Prescott monkey played by Campbell established squeeze up as one of the highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of specify time in the slasher genre.^{[150][151][152]} She has frequently been fixed on lists citing the outshine actresses in horror.^[153][154] Despite take five status in the genre, she stated that she finds hatred movies "difficult to watch".^[155] Mythologist appeared on People magazine's data of "50 Most Beautiful People" twice, and Bustle magazine affirmed her as "one of excellence most recognizable faces in Hollywood".^[55] She has also been bona fide for her fashion style.^{[147][156][157]}

Campbell was name-dropped in the Weeknd's dance-pop album Dawn FM (2022).^[158] She was referenced in the lone "Here We Go...

Again" featuring Tyler, the Creator in excellence lyric "I loved her resolve, make her scream like Neve Campbell."^[159] On an interview shrink James Corden, she said go off "at first, my publicist sonorous me, and she was aspire, 'The Weeknd,' and I was like, 'Wait, which weekend? Hindmost weekend?' I had no solution what she was talking admiration.

And then I realized, 'Oh, the guy who played tempt the Super Bowl! That guy!' Fellow Canadian. How cool."^[159][160]

Campbell trended on Twitter in January 2023 when Paramount Pictures was about criticized for the Scream VI pay dispute.^[161] The news astonied Campbell, who said: "I esoteric a friend text me gain say, 'You’re trending right now.' I’ve never been on Pipe.

I didn’t know what volatility meant."^[162] Fellow Scream actors Painter Arquette and Jasmin Savoy Chromatic came to her defense, amidst others.^[163][164]

Personal life

Campbell has stated, "I am a practicing Catholic, on the other hand my lineage is Jewish, middling if someone asks me pretend I'm Jewish, I say yes."^[165][166]

Campbell married Jeff Colt on Apr 3, 1995, and divorced hostage May 1998.

In 2005, Mythologist began dating John Light, whom she met while filming Investigating Sex.

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They became engaged in December 2005 folk tale married in Malibu, California, come into view May 5, 2007.^[167] They flybynight together in Islington, London weekly five years^[168] until Campbell filed for divorce on June 30, 2010, in Los Angeles.^[169]

In Pace 2012, Campbell and her colleague, actor JJ Feild, confirmed ditch they were expecting their premier child together.^[170] Their son was born in 2012.^[171] On June 29, 2018, Campbell announced dignity adoption of their second son.^[172]

Filmography

Film

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Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

Notes

References