Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Sidney Prescott in the horror film series Scream. She got her start appearing in the Canadian television series Catwalk, before she played Julia Salinger in the American drama series Party of Five (1994–2000). She has starred in films such as The Craft (1996), Wild Things (1998), Panic (2000), and The Company (2003). Campbell has made guest appearances on several television series, such as Medium, Grey's Anatomy and Mad Men, as well as a starring role in the fourth season of the critically acclaimed Netflix drama series House of Cards.
Early life
Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada on October 3, 1973. Campbell's mother, Marnie (nee Neve) was a yoga instructor and psychologist. Her father Gerry Campbell is an immigrant to Canada from Scotland. He taught high school drama classes. On her mother's side, Campbell is descended from Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands and converted to Catholicism; she has stated, "I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes".
Campbell has three brothers, Alex, Christian and Damian. Her parents divorced when she was 2 years old. At age six, Campbell saw the performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted to take ballet. When she was 9, she moved into the residence of National Ballet School of Canada, training there and appearing in performances such as The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. After accumulating a lot of dance injuries, Neve moved from dancing to acting at age 15.
Acting career
She appeared in a 1991 Coca-Cola commercial.
Campbell's first starring role was Daisy in the Canadian youth TV series Catwalk, which she held from 1992 to 1994. She made several appearances in Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
1994-2000
Described as 'TV'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 performed from 1994 to 2000. The show won a Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 1996.
Campbell's first widely released film was 1996's The Craft.
2000-present
Following the third film in the Scream series, Neve appeared in several films that received a limited theatrical release but were well reveiwed by critics, incuding the 2000 film Panic.
On April 1st, 2010, Kevin Williamson, writer of the Scream films, confirmed that Campbell would once again return as Sindey Prescott in Scream 4.
Personal life
On April 3, 1995, Campbell married Canadian actor Jeff Colt. The couple divorced in May 1998. In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, an English actor whom she met while on the set of Investigating Sex. The couple engaged in December 2005 in Malibu. In 2007, they lived together for 5 years before their divorce on June 30, 2010. In March 2012, Campbell and her partner J.J Field confirmed that they are expecting their first child together.
Trivia
- Voted No.3 in EMPIRE (UK) magazine's 100 sexiest movie stars of 1998.
- Joined the National Ballet School of Canada at age 9.
- Revealed that at age 14 she suffered a nervous breakdown which resulted in complete hair loss, and that only intensive acupuncture grew it back.
- Has a "no nudity" clause in her contract. But, she lifted it for her role in the film, When Will I Be Loved (2004), her first movie showing her completely nude. She also later appeared nude in I Really Hate My Job (2007).
- Her name means "snow" in Portuguese and Italian.