Neve Campbell

Neve Adrianne Campbell (pronounced /ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/; born October 3, 1973 in Guelph) is a Canadian actress. Campbell is recognized for her work in the drama and horror genres, and a scream queen.She has twice appeared on People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list.

After a series of minor appearances, Campbell played a leading role in the Canadian drama series Catwalk (1992-1994) and the television movie The Canterville Ghost (1996), the latter earned her a Family Film Awards for Best Actress. She later moved to the United States to play the role of Julia Salinger in the Fox teen drama series Party of Five (1994-2000), which was her breakout role, earning her the award. recognition as a teen idol and a Teen Choice Awards nomination for Choice TV Actress. While on the show, she starred in her first American feature, headlining the supernatural blockbuster The Craft (1996).

Campbell rose to international fame for playing Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which emerged as a critical and commercial success, becoming the highest-grossing slasher film ever. for over 20 years, and garnered a cult following. The success of the film spawned the Scream franchise, for which he reprized the role in the second (1997), third (2000), fourth (2011), and fifth (2022) installments of the series, playing the role for 26 years. Though critical reception has varied with each film, Campbell has consistently won acclaim for her work and is one of the genre's highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of all time. garnered various accolades, including two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards for Best Actress, a Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress, a Saturn Award for Best Actress, and an MTV Movie Awards for Best Female Performance, all of which were bestowed collectively by the first two installments.

Campbell has achieved success in films such as the neo-noir thriller Wild Things (1998), Studio 54 (1998) and the crime films Drowning Mona and Panic (both 2000), all of which were acclaimed. He continued this success with roles in the dramatic films Last Call (2002), The Company (2003) and When Will I Be Loved (2004)., the comedies Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) and Relative Strangers (2006) and the romantic drama Closing the Ring (2007); Last Call garnered him the Prism Award for Best Performance in a Miniseries or Movie Made for Television. She returned to television after Closing the Ring, starring as Olivia Maidstone in the NBC action drama series The Philanthropist (2009), LeAnn Harvey in the political thriller series Netflix's House of Cards (2016-2017) and Margaret McPherson in the Netflix crime drama The Lincoln Lawyer (2022-present). He appeared in the miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012) and continues to work in film, starring in the dramatic comedy Walter (2015), the action film Skyscraper (2018), the Canadian drama Castle in the Ground (2019) and the musical drama Clouds (2020).

Early Years

Neve Adrianne Campbell was born on October 3, 1973 in Guelph, Ontario, where she grew up. His Dutch mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. He is descended from Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands and converted to Catholicism. His Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his of Glasgow, and taught high school drama classes in Mississauga, Ontario. Campbell's maternal grandparents ran a theater company in the Netherlands, and her paternal grandparents were also artists. Campbell has an older brother, Christian Campbell, and two younger half-brothers, Alex Campbell and Damian Campbell. Her parents divorced when she was two years old.

At the age of six, she saw a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted to study ballet, enrolling in the Erinvale School of Dance. She later moved to the National Ballet School of Canada, training there and appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. After accumulating numerous dance-related injuries, Campbell began acting at the age of 15, performing in The Phantom of the Opera at the Canon Theater in Toronto while attending John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute in Guelph, where he trained in acting and working in theater.

Campbell's early work included a 1980s Eaton's department store Christmas commercial and a 1991 Coca-Cola commercial; she promoted the sponsorship of the latter on Bryan Adams's Waking Up the Nation Tour tour (1991-1992).

Career

1990s

Campbell at the Emmy Awards in 1997.

Campbell made an uncredited cameo appearance on the series My Secret Identity in 1991. The following year, she played the supporting role of Laura Capelli in an episode of The Kids in the Hall, and landed her first leading role as Daisy on the Canadian drama series Catwalk. She later made several guest appearances on various Canadian television shows, such as Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, both set in 1994.

Desiring to act in Hollywood, Campbell went to Los Angeles to find a talent manager to represent her and ended up going to several auditions while doing so. One of these auditions was for Party of Five, which cast her as orphaned teenager Julia Salinger, after which Campbell permanently moved to the United States to play the role. Party of Five was released in 1994. and received critical acclaim, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama in 1996. Campbell's performance in the series was praised by critics and audiences alike, described as "television's most believable teen"; the series is credited as her breakout role.

After appearing on Party of Five for six seasons, Campbell did not renew his contract for a seventh season in order to pursue film work, leading to the series finale in 2000. His first widely released film was The Craft (1996), in which he starred alongside Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk and Rachel True. The film was a surprise hit, earning $55 million against a budget of $15 million. Her work on The Craft was noticed by director Wes Craven, who specifically asked her to audition for the role. of Sidney Prescott in 1996's Scream, believing that the actress could be "innocent" but also handle herself once emotional and psychological conflicts arose. Scream was released to great commercial and critical success, earning more than $173 million at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing slasher film until the release of Halloween (2018). Her performance received significant praise. from critics. Variety magazine described Campbell as "charismatic", and the Los Angeles Times called both her performance and the character "iconic". for her performance, she won the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress and the Saturn Awards for Best Actress.

In 1997, Campbell reprized the role of Sidney in Scream 2, which grossed more than $170 million and, like the first installment, was critically acclaimed. She won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Female Performance. Patrick Mullen of Medium stated that "I've always appreciated Neve Campbell as much as the lead. She plays the part so directly while everyone else is winking at the camera. It may seem like it wouldn't work, but it actually works. Sidney Prescott is a more compelling heroine than she usually is in a horror movie.” She won the MTV Movie Awards for Best Female Performance for her work in Scream 2 . Campbell followed this with the 1998 films, Studio 54 and provided the voice of her Kiara in Disney's animated musical film The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.

Campbell was in the erotic thriller Wild Things (1998) opposite Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon and Denise Richards. Glamour praised Campbell's character, describing him as one of "the most complete, fascinating and exciting characters to ever grace the screen". In 2022, a retrospective film review of The The New York Times written by Abbey Bender dubbed the character a "femme fatale" and called Campbell's performance a "calculated performance of self-assured femininity that inspires fear, excitement and awe in equal measure".

2000s

Campbell at the BAFTA Awards in 2006.

Campbell went on to appear in several films that received limited theatrical release but were well reviewed by critics, including the film Panic, in which she starred with William H. Macy and Donald Sutherland. Campbell reprized Sidney Prescott in Scream 3 (2000), which grossed over $160 million but marked a temporary end to the franchise after mixed reviews. In his review of Scream 3, Roger Ebert wrote: «The camera loves her. She could become a huge star and then laugh at clips from this film in her AFI tribute." In retrospect, the parallels between Scream 3, the themes of abuse, and the sexual abuse cases of Harvey Weinstein came to the fore. In 2002, he starred in Last Call with Sissy Spacek and Jeremy Irons, for which he won a Prism Award for Performance in a Television Movie or Miniseries.

Campbell co-wrote, produced, and starred in the 2003 film The Company, about Chicago's Joffrey Ballet, and the independent film When Will I Be Loved (2004), which was praised by critics, but received only a brief and limited theatrical release. In March 2006, Campbell made his West End stage 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 conducted by Robert Altman, with whom Campbell had previously worked on The Company.

Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in the West End in Love Song, opposite Cillian Murphy, Michael McKean and Kristen Johnston, to mixed reviews. 2000 saw sporadic work from Campbell, due to a hiatus; most notably, on June 24, 2009, he had a starring role in the short-lived NBC series The Philanthropist. He later explained the hiatus by saying that he "got to a level, too, in the that the kinds of things that were offered to me were not the things that I wanted to do. They constantly offered me horror movies, because she was known ». For horror movies or bad rom-coms." On the general progression of her career, she has stated that "I think I went from being a girl/naive to a woman, which was great for me."

2010s

In 2011, Campbell starred in The Glass Man, which received a limited release. Also in 2011, 11 years after the previous installment, Campbell returned to the Scream franchise with Scream 4 (2011), which received positive reviews and earned over $97 million. For her performance, she was nominated for Best Actress at the Scream Awards in 2011. On reprising the role of Sidney Prescott in future works, Campbell stated that "it would have to be something really special and really different. They would have to be very convincing about who they decided to cast as director, and I'd still like to have to do a little soul-searching on that."

Campbell then starred in the drama film Singularity, which premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in May 2012. She also appeared in the 2012 miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel, and starred in the 2013 Lifetime crime film An Amish Murder. Campbell guest-starred on several television series, including the NBC supernatural drama Medium, Fox's animated sitcom The Simpsons, ABC's medical drama Grey's Anatomy, AMC's period drama Mad Men and the NBC sitcom Welcome to Sweden. In 2015, she guest-starred on WGN's period drama series, Manhattan.

On June 30, 2015, it was announced that Campbell would play Texas-based political consultant LeAnn Harvey in the Netflix television drama House of Cards, beginning with the fourth season. Regarding the role of Harvey, the actress said in an interview with Business Insider that "I knew that what I wanted was a cable show with a good cast and good writing, and one that was respected and an ensemble ». Where I do not take it, and then this appeared. And then I couldn't have asked for anything better." Campbell was particularly praised by GQ magazine for her performance, who called her the "best" of the season, writing that "she was exactly the competitor I wanted." they needed the anti-heroes of the show." In 2016, Campbell was honored with the National Award of Excellence by the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

On June 22, 2017, it was reported that Campbell would star in Rawson Marshall Thurber's action film Skyscraper. She played Sarah Sawyer, the wife of Will (Dwayne Johnson). The film was released on July 13 of the following year to box office success, grossing over $304 million worldwide; despite this, the film garnered mixed reviews. Campbell co-starred as Valerie Gannon in the drama film independent Hot Air from 2018. In 2019, Campbell starred as Rebecca Fine, a single mother battling a serious illness, in the Canadian drama film Castle in the Ground. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival to generally positive reviews.

2020s

In 2019 it was announced that Campbell would play author Laura Sobiech in the biographical musical drama film Clouds, which is based on the true story of Zach Sobiech. She detailed her experience playing the role, saying that she "had a few things to throw away every night, there were days of intense crying, and I was just exhausted". It was released in 2020 to positive reviews on Disney+. i>Variety described Campbell's performance as "well acted within narrow limits". IndieWire stated that she does "a fine job of balancing unimaginable pain with hard-fought moments of joy". and that it "distills Laura Sobiech's religious fervor into a more general despair".

In September 2020, it was confirmed that Campbell would reprise her role as Sidney Prescott for the fifth Scream film, directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. She was initially "unsettled" during production due to the passing of Wes Craven, however, was convinced to join once "the new directors came to me with this beautiful letter saying that they have become directors and they love cinema because of these movies, and because of Wes, and they really want to be true to their story and his journey with these films, so I was very happy to hear that." The film was released on January 14, 2022, and won widespread acclaim. It was also a huge commercial success, grossing over $135 million against a budget of $24 million, making it the sixth highest-grossing film of 2022. Campbell was lauded for her performance once again, and was especially praised for her "fresh" portrayal of the role of Prescott. The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "[...] it's a pleasure to see Campbell back in fine form as Sidney, returning to Woodsboro to take care of unfinished business." Magazine Elle named her the "Reigning Queen of Scream" and stated that "Sidney might not have that impact on people if it weren't for Campbell's performance, full of vulnerability, intelligence and a likable dose of humour".

In February 2021, Campbell played Mickey Haller's ex-wife, Margaret "Maggie" McPherson, in a television adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer for Netflix; May 2022 and reached the top 10 on Netflix that same day. It was received positively by critics, with Lara Solanki of Radio Times feeling it was more "tough and determined, qualities she displayed once again in this year's Scream reboot,” saying giving the actress more screen time “wouldn't be an unpleasant development.” The series was renewed for a second season on June 14, 2022, and Campbell is set to return. In February 2022, Campbell signed with The Gersh Agency and Anonymous Content. In May 2022, Campbell was cast as Raven in a recurring role for the Twisted Metal television series adaptation of Peacock.

Campbell was approached to reprise the role of Sidney Prescott in the planned sixth installment of the Scream franchise, to which she has expressed doubts. At the Mad Monster Party convention, she stated that "There is no script yet. There's a draft coming soon, I'm told. Actually, he was supposed to call a producer yesterday, because he wanted to talk to me about what's going on. You know, we'll see. I'll read the script and see how I feel." In June 2022, it was announced that she would not be returning to the Scream franchise after salary negotiations with Paramount stalled. She said, "As a woman, I've had to work really hard in my career to establish my worth, especially when it comes to Scream. I felt that the offer that was presented to me was not equivalent to the value that I had brought to the franchise". an era". Campbell expanded on her statement a few weeks later, saying that she could not bear to "walk on set and feel underappreciated" and that the offer would have been different if she had been a man.

In August 2022, it was announced that Campbell had been cast in the lead role of the upcoming ABC series Avalon as Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy. Later in November In 2022, the series was announced to have been scrapped, though it was being sold to other networks.

Art and image

Campbell has often been referred to as a sex symbol and scream queen, a title she has held since her lead role in Party of Five in the 1990s. Building on his work in the horror genre, Campbell twice successfully established himself in mainstream film and television, beginning in the late 1990s and resuming in the 2010s after a hiatus, focusing on dramatic works that have earned her equal praise. The role of Sidney Prescott, played by Campbell, established her as one of the highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of all time in the slasher genre. She and actress Jamie Lee Curtis have been listed with frequently on lists citing the best horror actresses. Despite her status in the genre, she stated that she finds horror films "difficult to watch". Campbell was twice listed by People magazine of the "50 Most Beautiful People", and was described by Bustle magazine as "one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood". She has also been recognized for her fashion style.

Campbell was mentioned on the dance-pop album Dawn FM, which was performed and co-produced by The Weeknd. She was referenced on the single "Here We Go... Again" featuring Tyler, the Creator, with the lyrics "I loved her well, make her scream like Neve Campbell". In an interview with James Corden, the actress detailed her reaction, stating that "Well, at first, my publicist told me, and she was like, 'The Weeknd,' and I was like, 'Wait, what weekend? The last weekend? 'I had no idea what she was talking about. And then I realized, 'Oh, the guy who played in the Super Bowl! That kind! Her Canadian partner. How cool."

Campbell has advocated against poverty and world hunger. In 2020, she and several other Scream co-stars hosted a benefit to raise money for the National Cancer Foundation of Mama. In July 2022, she appeared in an advertisement for the American Red Cross, where she played Sidney Prescott.

Personal life

Campbell in 2009.

Campbell has stated: "I'm a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes."

Campbell married Jeff Colt on April 3, 1995 and they divorced in May 1998. In 2005, Campbell began dating John Light, whom she met while filming Investigating Sex. They became engaged in December 2005 and married in Malibu, California on May 5, 2007. The couple lived together in Islington, London for five years, until Campbell filed for divorce on June 30, 2010 in Los Angeles..

In March 2012, Campbell and her partner, actor JJ Feild, confirmed that they were expecting their first child together. Their first child, Caspian, was born in August 2012. On June 29, 2018, Campbell announced on Instagram the adoption of their second child, Raynor.

In 2021, Campbell revealed during an interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show that she survived a bear attack at the age of 17, an incident that occurred while filming an unnamed project. Describing the attack, he said: "I put my hand in honey and I run towards this rock, I turn around and I reach out and the bear doesn't slow down and it doesn't come for my hand, he grabs me by it and he pulls me. through the forest. My mom was visiting the set and she was screaming. The whole team is frozen because no one can believe what is happening. All I can think of to say is, 'It's biting me,' as if it's not obvious." Neither she nor the other staff present sustained life-threatening injuries to her.

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