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Neve Adrianne Campbell born October 3, 1973 is a Canadian actress. After working in Canadian and American television, Campbell emerged as a scream queen for her leading roles in horror and thriller films. She has also appeared in blockbusters and independent films.
After a number of minor roles, Campbell had a lead role in the drama series Catwalk (1992–1993) and the television film The Canterville Ghost (1996). She then moved to the United States to play Julia Salinger in the Fox teen drama series Party of Five (1994–2000), which became her breakthrough role. She gained international fame for her leading role as Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which spawned the Scream franchise, in which she reprised her role in every film except the sixth. She also had lead roles in the horror film The Craft (1996), the thriller film Wild Things (1998), and the drama film Panic (2000).
Campbell starred in, produced, and wrote the story for Robert Altman's drama film The Company (2003). After a hiatus, she returned to television with a recurring role in the drama series Medium (2007) and leading roles in the action series The Philanthropist (2009) and the miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012). Subsequently, she appeared in the action film Skyscraper (2018) and the drama film Clouds (2020), and had leading roles in the political thriller series House of Cards (2016–2017) and the crime drama series The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–present).
Early life
Campbell was born on October 3, 1973 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Campbell's Dutch mother, Marnie is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. She is a descendant of Sephardic Jews who immigrated to the Netherlands and converted to Catholicism. Her Scottish father, Gerry Campbell, immigrated to Canada from his native Glasgow,and taught high school drama classes at Lorne Park Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. Campbell's maternal grandparents ran a theatre company in the Netherlands, and her grandparents were also actors. Campbell has an older brother, Christian Campbell, and two younger half-brothers, Alex Campbell and Damian McDonald.
At the age of six, she saw a performance of The Nutcracker and decided she wanted to take ballet classes, and enrolled at the Erinvale School of Dance. She later moved to live at the National Ballet School of Canada, training there and appearing in performances of The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty. After accumulating several dance-related injuries, she retired from ballet and began acting at age 15, performing in The Phantom of the Opera at Toronto's Canon Theatre while attending the John F. Kennedy School of Government in Guelph. Ross attended Collegiate Vocational Institute where she trained in acting and majored in theatre. One of her classmates was actress Tara Strong.
Campbell's early work included a 1980s Eaton's department store Christmas ad and a 1991 Coca-Cola commercial; she promoted Coca-Cola's sponsorship of Bryan Adams's Waking Up the Nation Tour (1991–1992).
In March 2012, Campbell and her partner, actor JJ Field, confirmed they were expecting their first child. Their son was born in 2012 On June 29, 2018, Campbell announced the adoption of her second son.
Personal life
Campbell has said, "I'm raised Catholic, but I have Jewish ancestry, so if someone asks me if I'm Jewish, I say yes
Campbell married Jeff Colt on April 3, 1995, and 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 on May 5, 2007, in Malibu, California. They lived together in Islington, London, for five years until Campbell filed for divorce in Los Angeles on June 30, 2010.
In March 2012, Campbell and her partner, actor JJ Field, confirmed they were expecting their first child. Their son was born in 2012. On June 29, 2018, Campbell announced the adoption of her second son.
Campbell has advocated against poverty and world hunger. In a 2016 interview, she declared herself a socialist. In 2020, she and several other Scream co-stars hosted a charity event to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. In July 2022, she appeared in a commercial for the American Red Cross, where she played Sidney Prescott.
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