About
Neve Campbell
Overview
Neve Adrianne Campbell (born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress, who is an influential figure in popular culture, and is recognized for her work in the drama and horror genres. Campbell is regarded as a sex symbol and scream queen, and appeared on People magazine's list of "50 Most Beautiful People" twice.
Following a series of minor appearances, Campbell played a starring role in the Canadian drama series Catwalk (1992–1994) and the television film The Canterville Ghost (1996), the latter winning her a Family Film Award for Best Actress. She subsequently relocated to the United States to play the role of Julia Salinger in the Fox teen drama series Party of Five (1994–2000), which is her breakthrough role, earning her recognition as a teen idol and a nomination for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress. While on the show, she starred in her first American feature film, headlining the supernatural blockbuster The Craft (1996).
Campbell rose to international prominence for starring as Sidney Prescott in Wes Craven's slasher film Scream (1996), which emerged as a critical and commercial success—the highest grossing slasher film for over 20 years, it obtained a cult following and spawned the Scream franchise, where she reprised the character in the series' second (1997), third (2000), fourth (2011) and fifth (2022) installments; although critical reception has varied with each film, Campbell has consistently earned praise for her work, and is one of the genre's highest-grossing and acclaimed heroines of all time. Scream has earned her several 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 Award for Best Female Performance collectively awarded for the first two installments.
Campbell has achieved success in films such as the neo-noir thriller Wild Things (1998), the crime films Drowning Mona and Panic (both 2000), all of which garnered acclaim. She furthered this success with roles in the drama 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 won her the Prism Award for Best Performer in a TV Film/Miniseries. She returned to television after Closing the Ring, notably playing Olivia Maidstone in the NBC action drama series The Philanthropist (2009) and LeAnn Harvey in the Netflix political thriller series House of Cards (2016–2017), and appearing in the miniseries Titanic: Blood and Steel (2011). She continues to work in film, starring in the comedy-drama Walter (2015), the action Skyscraper (2018), the Canadian-drama Castle in the Ground (2019) and the musical drama Clouds (2020).
Known for
Acting |
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2026 | Scream 7 | Actor | Sidney Prescott | N/A N/A |
2022 | Scream | Actor | Sidney Prescott | 65 Fair |
2021 | Castle in the Ground | Actor | Rebecca | 58 Average |
2020 | Clouds | Actor | Laura Sobiech | 74 Good |
2020 | Find Your Groove | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2018 | Skyscraper | Actor | Sarah Sawyer | 62 Fair |
2018 | Hot Air | Actor | Valerie Gannon | 58 Average |
2017 | Making a New American Nutcracker | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2017 | Heroes Manufactured | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
2015 | Walter | Actor | Allie | 58 Average |
2014 | Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2013 | No Land No Food No Life | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2013 | Seduced and Abandoned | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2013 | An Amish Murder | Actor | Kate Burkholder | 59 Average |
2011 | The Glass Man | Actor | Julie Pyrite | 58 Average |
2011 | Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2011 | Scream 4 | Actor | Sidney Prescott | 64 Fair |
2011 | Scream: The Inside Story | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2009 | Sea Wolf | Actor | Maud Brewster | 58 Average |
2009 | Sea Wolf | Actor | Maud Brewster | 67 Fair |
2009 | The Philanthropist | Actor | Olivia Maidstone | 69 Fair |
2009 | Dirty Oil | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2008 | Burn Up | Actor | Holly | 70 Good |
2008 | Agent Crush | Actor | Cassie (voice) | 58 Average |
2007 | I Really Hate My Job | Actor | Abi | 58 Average |
2007 | Closing the Ring | Actor | Marie | 59 Average |
2007 | Partition | Actor | Margaret Stilwell | 59 Average |
2006 | Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
2006 | O Lucky Malcolm! | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2006 | Relative Strangers | Actor | Ellen Minnola | 58 Average |
2006 | Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical | Actor | Miss Poppy | 59 Average |
2005 | The Outsider | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2004 | Churchill: The Hollywood Years | Actor | Princess Elizabeth | 58 Average |
2004 | When Will I Be Loved | Actor | Vera Barrie | 57 Average |
2003 | The Company | Actor | Loretta 'Ry' Ryan | 57 Average |
2003 | Blind Horizon | Actor | Chloe Richards | 58 Average |
2003 | Mayor of the Sunset Strip | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2003 | Lost Junction | Actor | Missy Lofton | 58 Average |
2002 | Last Call | Actor | Frances Kroll | 58 Average |
2002 | Intimate Affairs | Actor | Alice | 58 Average |
2000 | Panic | Actor | Sarah | 59 Average |
2000 | Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2000 | Drowning Mona | Actor | Ellen Rash | 58 Average |
2000 | Scream 3 | Actor | Sidney Prescott | 59 Average |
1999 | Predators from Beyond Neptune | Actor | Herself | N/A N/A |
1999 | Three to Tango | Actor | Amy Post | 58 Average |
1998 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Actor | Kiara (voice) | 68 Fair |
1998 | Hairshirt | Actor | Renee | 58 Average |
1998 | 54 | Actor | Julie Black | 58 Average |
1998 | Wild Things | Actor | Suzie Toller | 62 Fair |
1997 | Scream 2 | Actor | Sidney Prescott | 64 Fair |
1996 | Scream | Actor | Sidney Prescott | 72 Good |
1996 | The Craft | Actor | Bonnie | 66 Fair |
1996 | The Canterville Ghost | Actor | Virginia 'Ginny' Otis | 59 Average |
1995 | Love Child | Actor | Deidre | 59 Average |
1994 | Bari | Actor | Nepeese | 59 Average |
1994 | The Passion of John Ruskin | Actor | Effie Gray | N/A N/A |
1994 | Paint Cans | Actor | Tristesse | N/A N/A |
1994 | Party of Five | Actor | Julia Salinger | 69 Fair |
1994 | The Forget-Me-Not Murders | Actor | Jess Foy | 58 Average |
1994 | I Know My Son Is Alive | Actor | Beth | 59 Average |
1993 | The Dark | Actor | Officer Jesse Donovan | 58 Average |
Writing |
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2003 | The Company | Writing | Writer | 57 Average |
Production |
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2023 | Swan Song | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2013 | An Amish Murder | Production | Executive Producer | 59 Average |
2003 | The Company | Production | Producer | 57 Average |
1998 | Hairshirt | Production | Producer | 58 Average |