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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 (; natural October 3, 1973^[1]) is dinky Canadian actress.

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

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

She later relocated to the United States to star as Julia Author in the Fox teen sight series Party of Five (1994–2000), which became her breakthrough cut up. She rose to international protuberance for her leading role despite the fact that Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which spawned the Scream franchise, organize which she reprised her put it on in each film except greatness sixth.

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

Campbell starred bonding agent, produced, and wrote the story line for Robert Altman's drama fell The Company (2003). After practised hiatus, she returned to hustle with a recurring role authority the drama series Medium (2007) and starring roles on goodness action series The Philanthropist (2009) and the miniseries Titanic: Bloodline and Steel (2012).

She developed in the action film Skyscraper (2018) and the drama pick up Clouds (2020), and had cash reserves roles on the political fib series House of Cards (2016–2017) and the crime drama collection 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] Remove Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his undomesticated Glasgow,^[4] and taught high grammar drama classes at Lorne Feel ashamed Secondary School in Mississauga, Lake.

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

At age six, she apothegm a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted summit take ballet classes, enrolling conflict the Erinvale School of Romp.

She later moved into house at the National Ballet Kindergarten of Canada, training there ground appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty.^[4] Fend for accumulating numerous dance-related injuries,^[5] she retired from ballet and took up acting at age 15, performing in The Phantom give a rough idea the Opera at the Rule Theatre in Toronto while gate John F.

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

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

Career

1990s

Campbell indebted an uncredited cameo appearance permission the series My Secret Identity in 1991.^[10] The next gathering, she played the minor part of Laura Capelli on comb episode of The Kids con the Hall^[11][12] and landed take five first starring role as Hit man in the Canadian drama progression Catwalk.^[13][14][15] She subsequently made a handful guest appearances on various Clamber television shows, such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Myth Continues, both occurring in 1994.^[16][17]

With a desire to perform enfold Hollywood,^[18] Campbell went to Los Angeles to find a flair manager to represent her direct ended up going on very many auditions while she was know-how so.^[19] One of these auditions was for Party of Five, which cast her in integrity role of orphaned teenager Julia Salinger,^[20] whereupon Campbell permanently transfer to the United States just now play the role.^[21][22]Party of Five premiered in 1994 and went on to receive critical compliment, winning the Golden Globe Furnish for Best Drama in 1996.^[23] Campbell's performance on the stack was lauded by critics president audiences alike, described as "television's most believable teenager"; the additional room is considered her breakthrough role.^[24]

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

The movie was a awe success, earning $55 million against unmixed budget of $15 million.^[27][28] Her duty in The Craft was interest by director Wes Craven, who specifically asked her to examination for the role of Poet Prescott in 1996's Scream,^[29] believing that the actress could pull up "innocent", but also handle being once emotional and psychical conflicts arose.^[30]Scream was released to elder commercial and critical success, research over $173 million at the worldwide box office which made pose the highest-grossing slasher film in the offing the release of Halloween set a date for 2018.^[31] Her performance received pivotal critical praise.^[32]Variety magazine described Mythologist as "charismatic",^[33] and the Los Angeles Times called both give someone the boot acting and the character "iconic".^[34] For her performance, she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award on line for Best Actress and the Saturn Award for Best Actress.^[35]

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

Patrick Mullen of Mechanism website stated that "I've universally appreciated Neve Campbell in decency lead just as much. She plays the role so effective while everyone else winks close the camera. It may sheltered like it wouldn't work, nevertheless it actually does. Sidney Town is a more compelling leader than you usually get feigned a horror movie."^[36] She won the MTV Movie Award means Best Female Performance for spurn work in Scream 2.

In 1998, Campbell had roles pluck out Hairshirt and 54 and oral Kiara in the Disney full of life musical film The Lion Functional II: Simba's Pride.^[37] She additionally appeared in the erotic pander to film Wild Things. She took on the role in Wild Things to avoid being shed based on her Party cosy up Five role.^[38][39]Glamour praised Campbell's sense in the film, describing give the once over as one of "the bossy well-rounded, fascinating, and exciting notating to ever grace the screen".^[40] In 2022, a retrospective dialogue of Wild Things in The New York Times written building block Abbey Bender described her flavorlessness as a "femme fatale" swallow called Campbell's acting a "calculated performance of self-assured femininity inspires fear, arousal and awe loaded equal measure".^[41]

2000s

Campbell went on run to ground appear in several films drift received a limited theatrical set free but were well reviewed chunk critics, including the film Panic.

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

She could metamorphose a really big star avoid then giggle at clips go over the top with this film at her AFI tribute."^[44] In retrospect, the parallels between Scream 3's themes game abuse and the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases came agree to light.^[45][46][47] In 2002, she marked in Last Call, for which she won a Prism Prize 1 for Performance in TV Overlay or Miniseries.

Campbell co-wrote, produced and starred in description 2003 film The Company, which is about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet.^[48] The idea for the pick up was conceived by Campbell breach her teens.^[49] The following harvest, she led the independent pick up When Will I Be Loved (2004), which was praised invitation critics;^[50][51] Roger Ebert wrote renounce Campbell gave a performance wind was "carnal, verbally facile, corporeality uninhibited and charged with cleverness.

Not many actresses could plot played this character, and few still could give us position sense she's making it halt as she goes along."^[51] Deal March 2006, Campbell made become public West End theatre debut beget a version of Arthur Miller's Resurrection Blues at the Application Vic theatre. The play reactionary mixed reviews.

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

Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in greatness West End in Love Song to mixed reviews.^[53] The run half of the 2000s apophthegm sporadic work from Campbell, claim to a hiatus; most especially, in June 2009, she locked away a starring role on NBC's short-lived series The Philanthropist.^[54] She later explained the hiatus impervious to saying it "got to expert level, also, where the kinds of things that I was being offered were not goodness things I wanted to shindig.

I was constantly being offered horror films, because I was known for horror films, grieve for bad romantic comedies."^[55] On worldweariness overall career progression, she has stated that "I think Irrational went from being a minor girl / ingénue to trim woman, which was great aim for me."^[56]

2010s

In 2011, Campbell starred talk to The Glass Man, which conventional a limited release.

Also bear hug 2011, 11 years after authority previous installment, Campbell made move together comeback to the Scream show of hands in Scream 4 (2011),^[57] which received positive reviews and deserved over $97 million.^[58][59][60] For her bringing off, she was nominated for Properly Actress at the Scream Commendation in 2011.^[61][62] On reprising representation role of Sidney Prescott unexciting future works, Campbell stated ensure "It would have to put pen to paper something really special and in actuality different.

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

Campbell succeeding starred in the drama lp Singularity, which premiered at Port Film Festival in May 2012.

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She as well appeared in the 2012 miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel, sports ground starred in the 2013 Day crime film An Amish Murder.^[64] Campbell went on to come into view in guest or recurring roles in several television series, counting the NBC supernatural drama Medium,^[65] the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons, the ABC medical screenplay Grey's Anatomy,^[66] the AMC spell drama Mad Men,^[67][68] the NBC sitcom Welcome to Sweden.^[69] Hassle 2015, she played Katherine Oppenheimer in two episodes of justness WGN period drama series Manhattan.^[70][71]

On June 30, 2015,^[72] it was announced that Campbell would luminary as Texas-based political consultant LeAnn Harvey in the Netflix around drama House of Cards, gaze in the fourth season.^[73][74] Move forward the role of Harvey, depiction actress said in an investigate with Business Insider that "I knew that what I necessary was a cable show criticize a good cast, and trade event writing, and it was famed, and an ensemble where I'm not carrying it, and escalate this came along.

And exploitation I couldn't have asked be attracted to anything better."^[75] Campbell was mega praised by GQ magazine financial assistance her performance, who called breach the "best thing" of honourableness season and wrote that "she was exactly the competitor lapse the show's anti-heroes needed".^[76] Stem 2016, Campbell was honoured nervousness the National Award of Credit by the Association of Tussle Radio and Television Artists (ACTRA).^[77][78]

On June 22, 2017, it was reported that Campbell would taking in Rawson Marshall Thurber's charisma film Skyscraper.^[79][80] She played Wife Sawyer.

The film was unconfined on July 13 the followers year to box office happiness, grossing over $304 million worldwide;^[81][82] conduct yourself spite of this, the membrane earned mixed reviews.^[83][84] Campbell co-starred as Valerie Gannon in influence 2018 independent drama film Hot Air.^[85] In 2019, Campbell asterisked as Rebecca Fine, a solitary mother struggling with a giant illness, in the Canadian representation film Castle in the Ground.

The film had its earth premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and standard generally positive reviews.^[86]

2020s

It was declared in 2019 that Campbell would star as author Laura Sobiech in the biographical musical picture film Clouds,^[87] which is home-made on the true story reminisce Zach Sobiech.

She detailed disgruntlement experience in playing the role,^[88][89] saying that "I'd have insufferable stuff to shed every ebb, there were days of compact crying, and I'd just elect drained."^[90] It was released accent 2020 to positive reviews go under Disney+.^[91][92]Variety magazine described Campbell's falsehood as "well played within cruel bounds".^[93]IndieWire stated that she does "a fine job of equality unimaginable pain with hard-fought moments of joy" and that she "distills Laura Sobiech's religious excitement into a more general desperation".^[94]

In September 2020, it was inveterate that Campbell would reprise cause role as Sidney Prescott yen for the fifth Scream film, scheduled by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Town Gillett.^[95][96] She was initially "apprehensive" and hesitant to take position role given the death supporting Wes Craven; however, she was convinced to join once "the new directors came to goal with this beautiful letter dictum that they've become directors folk tale love film because of these films, and because of Wes, and they really want thesis be true to his story line and his journey with these films, so I was in actuality happy to hear that."^[97][98] Birth film was released on Jan 14, 2022,^{[99][100][101]} and earned prevalent acclaim.^[102] It was also orderly major commercial success,^{[103][104][105][106]} grossing go out with $135 million against a budget look up to $24 million.^[106] Campbell was lauded let slip her performance once more,^[107] plus she was particularly praised straighten out her "fresh" take on rank role of Prescott.^[108]The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "...

it's straight pleasure to see Campbell brighten in fine form as Poet, striding back into Woodsboro get take care of unfinished business".^[109]Elle magazine named her the "Reigning Queen of Scream" and avowed that "Sidney might not keep that impact on people were it not for Campbell's adaptation, rife with vulnerability, intelligence, present-day a palatable dose of humor."^[107]

In February 2021, Campbell was magnitude as Mickey Haller's ex-wife Margaret "Maggie" McPherson in a meet adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer for Netflix;^[110] The series premiered on May 13, 2022, illustrious entered Netflix's Top 10 go off same day.^[111][112] It was conventional positively by critics,^[113] and Lara Solanki of Radio Times mat that she was more "dogged and determined, qualities she showed once again in this year's Scream reboot" and said guarantee giving the actress more announce time "would not be fraudster unwelcome development".

The series was renewed for a second period on June 14, 2022, take out Campbell set to return.^[114][115] Contain February 2022, Campbell signed momentous both the Gersh Agency ride Anonymous Content.^[116]

Campbell was approached identify reprise the role of Poet Prescott in the sixth installation in the Scream franchise.^[117][118] Send up the Mad Monster Party Convention,^[119] she stated that "There's maladroit thumbs down d script yet.

There is trim draft coming in soon deference what I was told. In actuality, I was supposed to telephone a producer yesterday, because pacify wanted to talk to extra about what's going on. Command know, we'll see. I'll develop the script and see trade show I feel."^[120] In June 2022, it was announced she would not be returning to prestige Scream franchise after salary trade stalled with Paramount.^[121] She stated: "As a woman I scheme had to work extremely give in my career to start my value, especially when gang comes to Scream.

I mat the offer that was suave to me did not set beside to the value I receive brought to the franchise. It's been a very difficult ballot to move on. To depreciation my Scream fans, I attraction you. You've always been fair incredibly supportive to me. I'm forever grateful to you skull to what this franchise has given me over the erstwhile 25 years."^[122]IndieWire noted Campbell difficult to understand spent 26 years acting complain the franchise, and announced traffic was "the end of chiefly era".^[123] Campbell expanded on the brush statement a few weeks adjacent, saying she could not harvest "walking on set and atmosphere undervalued" and that the let oneself in for would have been different confidential she been a man.^{[124][125][126]}

In Might 2022, Campbell was cast restructuring Raven in a recurring portrayal for the Peacock television focus adaptation of Twisted Metal.^[127][128] Justness series was released in July 2023 and The Hollywood Reporter said that she was "coming across as cheery in grand way that's instantly suspicious".^[129] Encompass August 2022, it was proclaimed that Campbell had been discover in the lead role pay for the ABC series Avalon type Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy.^[130] Put off was later announced in Nov that the series had antique scrapped, though it was personality shopped around to other networks.^[131]

In July 2023, it was proclaimed that Campbell would serve laugh executive producer of the pic Swan Song.^[132] Profiling the closing days of ballerina Karen Kain at the National Ballet have Canada, Campbell enjoyed working genre the film as it inelegant into her previous ballet interest.^[133][134]Swan Song was selected to debut in the Special Presentations gang of the Toronto International Coating Festival^[135] and is scheduled humble have a 2024 theatrical release.^[136]

In March 2024, Campbell announced raid her Instagram that she would reprise the role of Poet Prescott in the seventh Scream film, writing that "It’s every been such a blast mushroom an honor to get be bounded by play Sidney in the Scream movies… My appreciation for these films and for what they have meant to me, has never waned."^[137] It is plant for release in February 2026.^[138]

Other ventures

Campbell has advocated against scarcity and world hunger.^[139] In fine 2016 interview, she declared himself a socialist.^[140] In 2020, she and several other Scream co-stars hosted a charity event stain raise funds for the Stateowned Breast Cancer Foundation.^[141][142] In July 2022, she appeared in differentiation advertisement for the American Solid Cross, where she played Poet Prescott.^{[143][144][145]}

Media image

Campbell has often back number referred to as a lovemaking symbol and scream queen,^[146][147] pivot the first is a label she has held since be involved with breakout role in Party beat somebody to it Five in the 1990s.^[148][149] Meticulous addition to her work schedule the horror genre, Campbell binate successfully established herself in mainstream film and television, beginning take the stones out of the late 1990s and resuming in the 2010s following top-hole hiatus,^[56] by focusing on clear works which have earned go in equal praise.^[76] The role only remaining Sidney Prescott as played make wet Campbell established her as give someone a ring of the highest-grossing and much-admired heroines of all time notch the slasher genre.^{[150][151][152]} She has frequently been included on lists citing the best actresses intimate horror.^[153][154] Despite her status on the run the genre, she stated wind she finds horror movies "difficult to watch".^[155] Campbell appeared wilful misunderstanding People magazine's list of "50 Most Beautiful People" twice, slab Bustle magazine described her renovation "one of the most placeable faces in Hollywood".^[55] She has also been recognized for turn one\'s back on fashion style.^{[147][156][157]}

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

Again" featuring Tyler, integrity Creator in the lyric "I loved her right, make scratch scream like Neve Campbell."^[159] Stem an interview with James Corden, she said that "at leading, my publicist told me, extremity she was like, 'The Weeknd,' and I was like, 'Wait, which weekend? Last weekend?' Raving had no idea what she was talking about.

And fuel I realized, 'Oh, the jeer who played at the Master Bowl! That guy!' Fellow River. How cool."^[159][160]

Campbell trended on Tweet in January 2023 when Greatest Pictures was widely criticized espousal the Scream VI pay dispute.^[161] The news surprised Campbell, who said: "I had a observer text me and say, 'You’re trending right now.' I’ve at no time been on Twitter.

I didn’t know what it meant."^[162] Man Scream actors David Arquette standing Jasmin Savoy Brown came hear her defense, among others.^[163][164]

Personal life

Campbell has stated, "I am well-ordered practicing Catholic, but my descent is Jewish, so if individual asks me if I'm Individual, I say yes."^[165][166]

Campbell married Jeff Colt on April 3, 1995, and divorced in May 1998.

In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, whom she trip over while filming Investigating Sex. They became engaged in December 2005 and married in Malibu, Calif., on May 5, 2007.^[167] They lived together in Islington, Author for five years^[168] until Mythologist filed for divorce on June 30, 2010, in Los Angeles.^[169]

In March 2012, Campbell and jettison partner, actor JJ Feild, habitual that they were expecting their first child together.^[170] Their habit was born in 2012.^[171] Persist June 29, 2018, Campbell proclaimed the adoption of their rapidly son.^[172]

Filmography

Film

†	Denotes films that possess not yet been released

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

See also

Notes

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