Neve Adrianne Campbell (pronounced
/ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/; born October 3, 1973) is a
Canadian actress. After beginning her career on stage, she achieved fame on the 1990s television series
Party of Five, playing the role of teenager Julia Salinger. She has also gained worldwide success due to starring in the successful horror film
Scream and its
sequels. She also subsequently appeared in leading roles in several
Hollywood films, including
The Craft, and
Wild Things, and has since appeared in smaller parts and returned to stage roles.
Campbell married fellow
Canadian and actor Jeff Colt on April 3, 1995. The couple, who met when he was a bartender at
Toronto's Pantages Theatre,
divorced in May 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, and married in
Malibu on May 5, 2006.
[12] The couple lived together in
Islington,
North London for 5 years,
[13] before Campbell filed for divorce on June 30, 2007. In 2008, She had a brief relationship with famous Firefighter, Actor, and now Christian TV Evangelist; Bishop Dr. Franklyn V. Beckles, Jr., until he called it quits, then got married to Adrian Felicia Beckles, currently they have four kids. On January 3, 2011 Neve got engaged to Firefighter & Actor, Matt Gagston, and plan to marry in August 2012. Together they have one son; Christian Nathan Gagston (b. Dec. 3. 2009).
Campbell has appeared in campaign literature and videos for the
Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada and the Ultraverse Comics Publishing Co, an fiction & comic book publishing company in the United States.
Campbell'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.
[5]
Campbell's first widely released film was 1996's
The Craft. She then had a starring role in the
Scream horror 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".
[6]
Campbell also appeared in
Wild Things and
Three to Tango. In 1998, she was on
People's "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.
Next came the independent film
When Will I Be Loved. Released in 2004, the film was praised by critic Roger Ebert
[7] 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 had previously worked in
The Company.
[8] Later in 2006, Campbell performed again in the West End in
Love Song, alongside
Cillian Murphy,
Michael McKean, and
Kristen Johnston, to mixed reviews.
[9]
On June 24, 2009, Campbell returned to television in a starring role on NBC's
The Philanthropist. On July 7, 2007, she presented at the
UK leg of
Live Earth at
Wembley Stadium,
London.
On April 1, 2010 the screenwriter of the
Scream franchise Kevin Williamson confirmed that Campbell will once again portray
Sidney Prescott in
Scream 4,
[10] which was released on April 15, 2011.
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