Neve Campbell
Neve Campbell | |
|---|---|
 at the 2006 BAFTAs. | |
| Born | Neve Adrianne Campbell |
| Spouse(s) | John Light (2007 - present) Jeff Colt (1995 - 1998; divorced) |
| Awards | Saturn Award for Best Actress (film) 1997 Scream |
Neve Adrianne Campbell (Template:Pron-en "nev camble"; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian film and television actress. Beginning her career on stage, she came to fame on the 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of the teenager Julia Salinger. She subsequently appeared in leading roles in several Hollywood films, including Scream, The Craft, and Wild Things, and has since appeared in smaller parts and returned to stage roles.
Biography
Early life
Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario. Campbell's mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist[1] from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her father, Gerry Campbell, an immigrant to Canada from the East End of Glasgow, Scotland,[2] taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario — first at Westwood Secondary School (now Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School) and later at Lorne Park Secondary School and now at Erindale Secondary School. Campbell's maternal grandparents ran a theatre company in the Netherlands and her paternal grandparents were also performers. Campbell is Roman Catholic, but also identifies as Jewish because of her mother's Sephardic Jewish ancestry, about which she has said: "I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes".[3][4]
Campbell's parents divorced when she was two years old. She and brother Christian resided largely 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] Campbell moved from dancing into acting at the age of 15, when she performed in The Phantom of the Opera at the Pantages Theatre in Toronto.[2]
Career
Neve's first starring role was Daisy in the Canadian youth TV series Catwalk, which she held from 1992 to 1994. She rose to fame outside Canada after being cast as Julia Salinger in the drama series Party of Five, in which she performed from 1994 to 2000.
Campbell's first widely released film was 1996's The Craft. She then had a starring role in the Scream horror/comedy film trilogy. Roger Ebert, in his review of Scream 3, wrote of Campbell, "The camera loves her. She could become a really big star and then giggle at clips from this film at her AFI tribute."[citation needed]
Campbell also appeared in Wild Things and Three to Tango. In 1998, she was on Peoples "50 Most Beautiful People" list.
Following the last of 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, and the 2003 film The Company, about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet. Campbell co-wrote, produced, and starred in that film.
The independent film When Will I Be Loved, released in 2004, was praised by critic Roger Ebert[5] 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 has previously worked in The Company.[6] Later in 2006 Neve performed again in the West End in Love Song, alongside Cillian Murphy, Michael McKean, and Kristen Johnston, to mixed reviews.[7]
On July 7, 2007, Campbell presented at the UK leg of Live Earth at Wembley Stadium, London. In July 2010, Campbell is scheduled to reprise her role as Sidney Prescott in Scream 4.[8][unreliable source?]
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 on May 8, 1998. In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, an English actor whom she met while filming the movie Investigating Sex. The couple became engaged in December 2005.[9] They married in Malibu in May 2007.[10]
Campbell has appeared in campaign literature and videos for the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada and the Tourette Syndrome Association, a similar organization in the United States.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? | Nonnie | |
| 1994 | The Dark | Jesse Donovan | |
| 1996 | The Craft | Bonnie | |
| Scream | Sidney Prescott | ||
| 1997 | Scream 2 | Sidney Prescott | |
| 1998 | 54 | Julie Black | |
| Hairshirt | Renée Weber | ||
| Wild Things | Suzie Marie Toller | ||
| The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Kiara | ||
| 1999 | Three to Tango | Amy Post | |
| 2000 | Drowning Mona | Ellen Rash | |
| Panic | Sarah Cassidy | ||
| Scream 3 | Sidney Prescott | ||
| 2001 | Investigating Sex | Alice | |
| 2002 | Last Call | Frances Kroll | aka Fitzgerald |
| 2003 | Lost Junction | Missy Lofton | |
| The Company | Ry | ||
| Blind Horizon | Chloe Richards | ||
| 2004 | When Will I Be Loved | Vera Barrie | |
| Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Princess Elizabeth | ||
| 2005 | Reefer Madness | Miss Poppy | |
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Ellen Minola | |
| Partition | Margaret Stilwell | ||
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Marie | |
| Love Bites | Mina | ||
| I Really Hate My Job | Waitress | ||
| 2008 | Agent Crush | Cassie (voice) | |
| Burn Up | Holly | ||
| 2009 | 90210 | Casey Kindley | Announced, 5 Episodes |
| Vivaldi | Norina |
References
- ^ Neve Campbell Biography (1973-)
- ^ a b c d Findlay, Jane (2000-02-20). "SCREEN STAR'S SCOTS DREAM; NEVE CAMPBELL JUST CAN'T WAIT TO VISIT THE LAND OF HER FATHER". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 2007-12-10.
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- ^ Neve Campbell - MiniBio
- ^ :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: When Will I Be Loved (xhtml)
- ^ globeandmail.com: Print Edition
- ^ Campbell, Johnston, McKean and Murphy to Star in West End Love Song, Broadway.com Buzz
- ^ Morris, Clint (July 22, 2008). "Scream 4 spec scribe talks". Moviehole.net. Retrieved 2008-07-23.
- ^ IOL: Campbell settles in London with fiancé
- ^ Article in People http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20038016,00.html
External links
- Tracy, Kathleen. Neve Campbell. E C W Pr. ISBN 1-55022-401-8. (Unauthorised biography)
- A page at the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada featuring Neve
- Neve Campbell at IMDb
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- CNN interview (January 13, 2004)
- IGN Films interview (January 5, 2004)
- E Online! interview (December, 1997)