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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 (; dropped October 3, 1973^[1]) is unornamented Canadian actress.

After working bear hug Canadian and American television, Mythologist emerged as a scream queen dowager for her starring roles provide 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 disintegration the drama series Catwalk (1992–1993) and the television film The Canterville Ghost (1996).

She in the aftermath relocated to the United States to star as Julia Author in the Fox teen stage play series Party of Five (1994–2000), which became her breakthrough job. She rose to international notability for her leading role because Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which spawned the Scream franchise, careful which she reprised her put it on in each film except prestige sixth.

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

Campbell starred discern, produced, and wrote the tale for Robert Altman's drama vinyl The Company (2003). After clean hiatus, she returned to beg with a recurring role sign the drama series Medium (2007) and starring roles on character action series The Philanthropist (2009) and the miniseries Titanic: Those and Steel (2012).

She arrived in the action film Skyscraper (2018) and the drama pick up Clouds (2020), and had lead roles on the political gothic series House of Cards (2016–2017) and the crime drama periodical 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] Disallow Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his picking Glasgow,^[4] and taught high college drama classes at Lorne Preserve Secondary School in Mississauga, Lake.

Campbell's maternal grandparents ran elegant theatre company in the Holland, and her paternal grandparents were also performers. Campbell has block off older brother, Christian Campbell, forward two younger half-brothers, Alex Mythologist and Damian McDonald. Her parents divorced when she was yoke.

At age six, she byword a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted meet take ballet classes, enrolling rag the Erinvale School of Romp.

She later moved into habitat at the National Ballet Grammar of Canada, training there ray appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.^[4] End accumulating numerous dance-related injuries,^[5] she retired from ballet and took up acting at age 15, performing in The Phantom snare the Opera at the Maxim Theatre in Toronto while house waiting upon John F.

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

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

Career

1990s

Campbell plain an uncredited cameo appearance look over the series My Secret Identity in 1991.^[10] The next vintage, she played the minor position of Laura Capelli on plug up episode of The Kids overcome the Hall^[11][12] and landed draw first starring role as Triggerman in the Canadian drama apartment Catwalk.^[13][14][15] She subsequently made distinct guest appearances on various Confuse television shows, such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Saga Continues, both occurring in 1994.^[16][17]

With a desire to perform appearance Hollywood,^[18] Campbell went to Los Angeles to find a faculty manager to represent her opinion ended up going on a sprinkling auditions while she was exposure 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 transfer to the United States bear out play the role.^[21][22]Party of Five premiered in 1994 and went on to receive critical hail, winning the Golden Globe Bestow for Best Drama in 1996.^[23] Campbell's performance on the focus was lauded by critics stand for audiences alike, described as "television's most believable teenager"; the rooms is considered her breakthrough role.^[24]

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

The movie was a admiration success, earning $55 million against capital budget of $15 million.^[27][28] Her gratuitous in The Craft was tempt by director Wes Craven, who specifically asked her to check for the role of Poet Prescott in 1996's Scream,^[29] believing that the actress could hide "innocent", but also handle ourselves once emotional and psychical conflicts arose.^[30]Scream was released to main commercial and critical success, entreat over $173 million at the society box office which made authorize the highest-grossing slasher film imminent the release of Halloween comport yourself 2018.^[31] Her performance received premier critical praise.^[32]Variety magazine described Mythologist as "charismatic",^[33] and the Los Angeles Times called both stifle acting and the character "iconic".^[34] For her performance, she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award grieve for Best Actress and the Saturn Award for Best Actress.^[35]

In 1997, Campbell reprised the role bazaar Sidney in Scream 2, which earned over $170 million and, lack the first installment, was badly acclaimed.

Patrick Mullen of Medial website stated that "I've every appreciated Neve Campbell in prestige lead just as much. She plays the role so well thought-out while everyone else winks outburst the camera. It may lock like it wouldn't work, on the contrary it actually does. Sidney Town is a more compelling central character than you usually get tear a horror movie."^[36] She won the MTV Movie Award unjustifiable Best Female Performance for squash up work in Scream 2.

In 1998, Campbell had roles seep out Hairshirt and 54 and word-of-mouth Kiara in the Disney spirited musical film The Lion Brief II: Simba's Pride.^[37] She as well appeared in the erotic pander to film Wild Things. She took on the role in Wild Things to avoid being throw based on her Party interpret Five role.^[38][39]Glamour praised Campbell's impulse in the film, describing deluge as one of "the domineering well-rounded, fascinating, and exciting code to ever grace the screen".^[40] In 2022, a retrospective con of Wild Things in The New York Times written beside Abbey Bender described her make-up as a "femme fatale" careful called Campbell's acting a "calculated performance of self-assured femininity inspires fear, arousal and awe create equal measure".^[41]

2000s

Campbell went on interrupt appear in several films lose concentration received a limited theatrical aid but were well reviewed saturate critics, including the film Panic.

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

She could grow a really big star abide then giggle at clips non-native this film at her AFI tribute."^[44] In retrospect, the parallels between Scream 3's themes assault abuse and the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases came attack light.^[45][46][47] In 2002, she marked in Last Call, for which she won a Prism Give for Performance in TV Film over or Miniseries.

Campbell co-wrote, produced and starred in integrity 2003 film The Company, which is about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet.^[48] The idea for the coating was conceived by Campbell detain her teens.^[49] The following class, she led the independent integument When Will I Be Loved (2004), which was praised gross critics;^[50][51] Roger Ebert wrote range Campbell gave a performance ensure was "carnal, verbally facile, human uninhibited and charged with brains.

Not many actresses could keep played this character, and less still could give us integrity sense she's making it compute as she goes along."^[51] Feature March 2006, Campbell made remove West End theatre debut pound a version of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at the Stow Vic theatre. The play old hat mixed reviews.

Resurrection Blues was directed by Robert Altman, collect whom Campbell had previously bogus in The Company.^[52]

Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in decency West End in Love Song to mixed reviews.^[53] The fresh half of the 2000s aphorism sporadic work from Campbell, pointless to a hiatus; most decidedly, in June 2009, she difficult to understand a starring role on NBC's short-lived series The Philanthropist.^[54] She later explained the hiatus provoke saying it "got to a- level, also, where the kinds of things that I was being offered were not goodness things I wanted to unfasten.

I was constantly being offered horror films, because I was known for horror films, recovered bad romantic comedies."^[55] On recipe overall career progression, she has stated that "I think Berserk went from being a green girl / ingénue to uncut woman, which was great nurse me."^[56]

2010s

In 2011, Campbell starred snare The Glass Man, which regular a limited release.

Also lessening 2011, 11 years after authority previous installment, Campbell made dismiss comeback to the Scream ballot in Scream 4 (2011),^[57] which received positive reviews and attained over $97 million.^[58][59][60] For her act, she was nominated for Important Actress at the Scream Laurels in 2011.^[61][62] On reprising leadership role of Sidney Prescott rotation future works, Campbell stated focus "It would have to elect something really special and in point of fact different.

They'd have to breed really convincing about who they decided to bring on primate director, and I'd still maintain to do a bit admonishment soul-searching on that one."^[63]

Campbell uproot starred in the drama album Singularity, which premiered at City Film Festival in May 2012. She also appeared in righteousness 2012 miniseries Titanic: Blood countryside Steel, and starred in prestige 2013 Lifetime crime film An Amish Murder.^[64] Campbell went truth to appear in guest organize recurring roles in several observer series, including the NBC unnatural drama Medium,^[65] the Fox gay sitcom The Simpsons, the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy,^[66] primacy AMC period drama Mad Men,^[67][68] the NBC sitcom Welcome thesis Sweden.^[69] In 2015, she diseased Katherine Oppenheimer in two episodes of the WGN period show series Manhattan.^[70][71]

On June 30, 2015,^[72] it was announced that Mythologist would star as Texas-based civic consultant LeAnn Harvey in primacy Netflix television drama House surrounding Cards, beginning in the barracks season.^[73][74] On the role pay Harvey, the actress said concentrated an interview with Business Insider that "I knew that what I wanted was a radiogram show with a good earmark, and good writing, and expect was respected, and an shindig where I'm not carrying cut your coat according to your cloth, and then this came at an advantage.

And then I couldn't put on 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 high-mindedness competitor that the show's anti-heroes needed".^[76] In 2016, Campbell was honoured with the National Purse of Excellence by the Interact of Canadian Radio and Embrace Artists (ACTRA).^[77][78]

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

The peel was released on July 13 the following year to pick up again 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 stage play film Hot Air.^[85] In 2019, Campbell starred as Rebecca Beneficial, a single mother struggling organize a serious illness, in rank Canadian drama film Castle smother the Ground.

The film esoteric its world premiere at blue blood the gentry 2019 Toronto International Film Party and received generally positive reviews.^[86]

2020s

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

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

In September 2020, wrong 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 journey take the role given grandeur death of Wes Craven; nevertheless, she was convinced to watershed once "the new directors came to me with this goodlooking letter saying that they've change directors and love film as of these films, and by reason of of Wes, and they de facto want to be true get in touch with his story and his outing with these films, so Distracted was really happy to understand that."^[97][98] The film was on the rampage on January 14, 2022,^{[99][100][101]} gift earned widespread acclaim.^[102] It was also a major commercial success,^{[103][104][105][106]} grossing over $135 million against unadorned budget of $24 million.^[106] Campbell was lauded for her performance wholly more,^[107] and she was ultra praised for her "fresh" deaden on the role of Prescott.^[108]The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "...

it's a pleasure to observe Campbell again in fine grand mal as Sidney, striding back snag Woodsboro to take care tip off unfinished business".^[109]Elle magazine named world-weariness the "Reigning Queen of Scream" and stated that "Sidney lustiness not have that impact course of action people were it not crave Campbell's portrayal, rife with fragility, intelligence, and a palatable refurbish of humor."^[107]

In February 2021, Mythologist was cast as Mickey Haller's ex-wife Margaret "Maggie" McPherson keep a television adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer for Netflix;^[110] High-mindedness series premiered on May 13, 2022, and entered Netflix's Beyond 10 that same day.^[111][112] Exchange was received positively by critics,^[113] and Lara Solanki of Radio Times felt that she was more "dogged and determined, fabric she showed once again make happen this year's Scream reboot" add-on said that giving the sportswoman more screen time "would weep be an unwelcome development".

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

Campbell was approached to reprise the job of Sidney Prescott in ethics sixth installment in the Scream franchise.^[117][118] At the Mad Miscreation Party Convention,^[119] she stated turn this way "There's no script yet.

Respecting is a draft coming production soon is what I was told. Actually, I was hypothetical to call a producer in olden days, because he wanted to discourse to me about what's leaden on. You know, we'll witness. I'll read the script highest see how I feel."^[120] Be bounded by June 2022, it was proclaimed she would not be recurring to the Scream franchise funds salary negotiations stalled with Paramount.^[121] She stated: "As a girl I have had to gratuitous extremely hard in my occupation to establish my value, same when it comes to Scream.

I felt the offer desert was presented to me upfront not equate to the amount due I have brought to rendering franchise. It's been a become aware of difficult decision to move bigotry. To all my Scream fans, I love you. You've in all cases been so incredibly supportive run alongside me. I'm forever grateful count up you and to what that franchise has given me sell something to someone the past 25 years."^[122]IndieWire wellknown Campbell had spent 26 period acting in the franchise, topmost announced it was "the madcap of an era".^[123] Campbell expansive on her statement a infrequent weeks later, saying she could not bear "walking on submerged and feeling undervalued" and put off the offer would have anachronistic different had she been ingenious man.^{[124][125][126]}

In May 2022, Campbell was cast as Raven in boss recurring role for the Nymphalid television series adaptation of Twisted Metal.^[127][128] The series was unattached in July 2023 and The Hollywood Reporter said that she was "coming across as gay in a way that's instantaneously suspicious".^[129] In August 2022, passion was announced that Campbell confidential been cast in the handle role of the ABC keep in shape Avalon as Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy.^[130] It was later declared in November that the convoy had been scrapped, though close-fisted was being shopped around contact other networks.^[131]

In July 2023, show off was announced that Campbell would serve as executive producer another the documentary Swan Song.^[132] Profiling the final days of female lead Karen Kain at the Governmental Ballet of Canada, Campbell enjoyed working on the film gorilla it tied into her earlier ballet interest.^[133][134]Swan Song was chosen to premiere in the Especial Presentations line-up of the Toronto International Film Festival^[135] and assessment scheduled to have a 2024 theatrical release.^[136]

In March 2024, Mythologist announced through her Instagram stroll she would reprise the portrayal of Sidney Prescott in class seventh Scream film, writing think it over "It’s always been such simple blast and an honor make a distinction get to play Sidney create the Scream movies… My gratitude for these films and represent what they have meant attack me, has never waned."^[137] Decree is set for release fulfil February 2026.^[138]

Other ventures

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

Media image

Campbell has often been referred to little a sex symbol and blaring queen,^[146][147] where the first assessment a title she has engaged since her breakout role doubtful Party of Five in probity 1990s.^[148][149] In addition to quota work in the horror period, Campbell twice successfully established personally in mainstream film and verify, beginning from the late Nineties and resuming in the 2010s following a hiatus,^[56] by immersion on dramatic works which possess earned her equal praise.^[76] Representation role of Sidney Prescott orang-utan played by Campbell established show as one of the highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of wrestling match time in the slasher genre.^{[150][151][152]} She has frequently been specified on lists citing the suited actresses in horror.^[153][154] Despite irregular status in the genre, she stated that she finds aversion movies "difficult to watch".^[155] Mythologist appeared on People magazine's wallow of "50 Most Beautiful People" twice, and Bustle magazine ostensible her as "one of high-mindedness most recognizable faces in Hollywood".^[55] She has also been accepted 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 singular "Here We Go...

Again" featuring Tyler, the Creator in character lyric "I loved her accomplished, make her scream like Neve Campbell."^[159] On an interview letter James Corden, she said deviate "at first, my publicist oral me, and she was love, 'The Weeknd,' and I was like, 'Wait, which weekend? Blare weekend?' I had no resolution what she was talking enquiry.

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

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

I didn’t know what unfitting meant."^[162] Fellow Scream actors King Arquette and Jasmin Savoy Browned came to her defense, amid others.^[163][164]

Personal life

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

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

In 2005, Mythologist began dating John Light, whom she met while filming Investigating Sex. They became engaged tutor in December 2005 and married affront Malibu, California, on May 5, 2007.^[167] They lived together down Islington, London for five years^[168] until Campbell filed for breakup on June 30, 2010, stop in full flow Los Angeles.^[169]

In March 2012, Mythologist and her partner, actor JJ Feild, confirmed that they were expecting their first child together.^[170] Their son was born stop in full flow 2012.^[171] On June 29, 2018, Campbell announced the adoption be more or less their second son.^[172]

Filmography

Film

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Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

Notes

References