Neve Campbell
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Birth name
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Neve Adrianne Campbell
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Born
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October 3, 1973 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Notable Roles
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Julia Salinger in Party of Five, Sidney Prescott in Scream
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Notable Episodes
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Awards
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Biography
Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor, and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher. Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five. Described as TV's most believable teenager, her first major film role came in the form of innocent victim "Sidney Prescott" in Scream (1996), the film which re-defined the slasher genre.
Roles
Starring Roles
Recurring Roles
- House of Cards: Leann Harvey
Guest Starring Roles
Series
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Role
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Episode
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Airdate
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My Secret Identity |
Student |
3x15 - Pirate Radio |
February 11, 1991
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The Kids in the Hall |
Laura Capelli |
3x13 - Episode 313 |
March 10, 1992
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? |
Nonnie Walker |
3x13 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup |
April 16, 1994
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Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |
Trish Collins |
2x16 - Kundela |
October 17, 1994
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Aventures dans le Grand Nord |
Nepeese |
1x02 - Bari |
December 30, 1994
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MADtv |
Julia Salinger |
1x06 - Episode 106 |
November 18, 1995
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MADtv |
Herself |
2x05 - Episode 205 |
November 2, 1996
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Saturday Night Live |
Herself |
22x12 - Neve Campbell/David Bowie |
February 8, 1997
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Medium |
Debra McCall |
3x20 - Head Games |
May 2, 2007
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Medium |
Debra McCall |
3x21 - Heads Will Roll |
May 9, 2007
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Medium |
Debra McCall |
3x22 - Everything Comes to a Head |
May 16, 2007
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The Simpsons |
Cassandra |
21x07 - Rednecks and Broomsticks |
November 29, 2009
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The Simpsons |
Cassandra |
21x08 - O Brother, Where Bart Thou? |
December 13, 2009
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x01 - A City Divided |
April 15, 2012
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x07 - The Truth Shall Set You Free |
May 13, 2012
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x08 - High Stakes |
May 13, 2012
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x09 - Burden of Proof |
May 21, 2012
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x11 - The Tipping Point |
May 30, 2012
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Titanic: Blood and Steel |
Joanna Yaegar |
1x12 - The 'Unsinkable' Sets Sail |
May 30, 2012
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Grey's Anatomy |
Lizzie Shepherd |
9x08 - Love Turns You Upside Down |
December 6, 2012
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Grey's Anatomy |
Lizzie Shepherd |
9x09 - Run, Baby, Run |
December 13, 2012
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Mad Men |
Lee Cabot |
7x01 - Time Zones |
April 13, 2014
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Specials and Made-for-TV Movies
Talk, News and Game Show Appearances
Series
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Episode
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Airdate
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
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December 6, 1996
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Maury |
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October 8, 1997
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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December 5, 1997
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
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February 18, 1998
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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March 13, 1998
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Maury |
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April 30, 1998
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Celebrity Profile |
Jennifer Love Hewitt |
December 2, 1998
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The Directors |
The Films of Wes Craven |
January 1, 1999
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
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February 10, 1999
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Access Hollywood |
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June 23, 1999
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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October 13, 1999
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
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January 19, 2000
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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March 1, 2000
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Rotten TV |
Episode #1.2 |
July 31, 2000
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Access Hollywood |
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September 21, 2000
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
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January 22, 2001
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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April 19, 2001
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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May 25, 2002
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E! True Hollywood Story |
Scream |
October 31, 2001
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The Early Show |
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February 28, 2003
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Tussen de sterren |
Episode #1.3 |
November 17, 2003
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The Charlie Rose Show |
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January 16, 2004
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The Ellen DeGeneres Show |
Show 86 |
January 21, 2004
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The Charlie Rose Show |
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January 29, 2004
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Last Call with Carson Daly |
Show 312 |
February 11, 2004
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Tinseltown TV |
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February 21, 2004
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The Early Show |
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March 11, 2004
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Late Show with David Letterman |
Show 2231 |
September 6, 2004
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Live! With Regis and Kelly |
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August 13, 2004
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Today |
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August 18, 2004
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Show 1946 |
September 7, 2004
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The View |
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September 8, 2004
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E! True Hollywood Story |
Scream Queens |
October 31, 2004
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Open Access |
Charities |
November 7, 2004
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This Morning (UK) |
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November 11, 2004
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Biography (1987) |
Val Kilmer |
November 17, 2004
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Dinner for Five |
Episode #4.2 |
January 7, 2005
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The Bigger Picture |
Episode #2.2 |
January 16, 2006
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Richard & Judy |
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February 17, 2006
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GMTV |
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November 29, 2006
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ADHDtv: With Lew Marklin |
Obama Ball 90210 |
January 1, 2008
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Xposé |
Episode #3.217 |
July 24, 2009
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The Republic of Telly |
Episode #2.11 |
January 1, 2011
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The Marilyn Denis Show |
Episode #1.59 |
March 31, 2011
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
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April 4, 2011
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The Hour |
Episode #7.129 |
April 6, 2011
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In the House with Peter Bart & Peter Guber |
Zachary Gordon/Neve Campell/Peter Adee |
April 7, 2011
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Up Close with Carrie Keagan |
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April 11, 2011
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The 7PM Project |
Episode #1.433 |
April 14, 2011
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Made in Hollywood |
Episode #6.23 |
April 16, 2011
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Memorable Moments
Awards and Accolades
(1 Win in 4 Nominations)
Trivia
- She wanted to take ballet and become a Professional Prima Ballerina at age six after her father took her to see a production of "The Nutcracker." She received ballet lessons that Christmas. At age nine, she joined The National Ballet of Canada.
- Is a former smoker.
- Despite making herself especially known as a "Scream Queen," despite that he personally hated horror movies. Though her personal favorite is Kubrick's 1980 "The Shining."
- While training for a career in ballet, she developed accumulating injuries (she had a bunion removed from her big toe and her joints were practically worn away), so she finally gave up dance. She still works out at the bar regularly and made the movie 2003 "The Company" because of her love for the art.
- She appeared in the Toronto production of the Broadway Musical "Phantom of the Opera" as a ballerina (early 90's).
- She was in People (USA) magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list.
- She turned to acting after quitting dance and was soon cast as the Degas Ballerina Girl in "The Phantom of the Opera" starring Colm Wilkinson at Toronto's Pantages Theater. At 16, she was at the time the youngest person ever to be cast in this production. In total, she performed in over 800 shows. It was there that she met actor Jeff Colt, a bartender at the theater. They married in 1995 in England's Westminster Cathedral, but divorced three years later.
- After the production of her film "The Company" wrapped, the Joffrey company offered her a spot. She turned them down.
Quotes
- (If she could change one feature about her, what would it be?): "I have the ugliest feet in the world. But even if I didn't dance, they would still be ugly. My toes are too big!"
- ("What was the most difficult time of her life?"): Probably when I was at the National Ballet School of Canada, from the ages of nine to fourteen. It's the best dance school in the world, but an extremely competitive one, and there was a lot of pressure for a child. It had an extremely back-stabbing mentality, and there was a lot of favoritism. I wanted to be there because I wanted to be a dancer. I love to dance, and that was my dream. When you're in that school, it means you've beaten out two thousand people to get there, so you're not exactly gonna quit. But I did, at fourteen, because I basically had a nervous break-down--I wouldn't have been able to function had I stayed there. It was a huge decision. But I'd just about given up on my dream of being a dancer and realized that I'd completely lost myself and had no friends and was very unhappy in my life and couldn't have continued if I'd stayed there.
- (Asked "Was she injured during the filming of The Company (2003)): "I broke my rib three days before going to Chicago. I did the training for four and a half months getting ready to go and three days before I went, when I was really nervous to join the company and see where I stood, I broke my rib. We were learning "Funny Valentine" and because we were learning from the tape, we were doing one of the lifts wrong. He lifted me from under my ribs. So then I had to go and do it with a broken rib".
- (On her dance injuries): "I have got arthritis in my neck and my hips. I have had surgery on my feet. I have had snapping hip syndrome, tendonitis, shin splints, bursitis... I have had almost every injury imaginable."
- "TS has really taught me a lesson about judging people who are different. Now when I see somebody do or say something I don't understand, I try to look beyound appearances and ask myself what makes that person tick - no pun intended. Think about it: When you keep an open mind about things that seem unusual or strange, all sorts of new understanding come to you. The world gets bigger, and so do you. ["Celebrity Diary", Teen People Magazine, April 2000]
- "When I look back on it now, I am so glad that the one thing that I had in my life was my belief that everything in life is a learning experience, whether it be positive or negative. If you can see it as a learning experience, you can turn any negative into a positive."
- "I'm always sad I left dance. I'm just in my element when I'm in the dance world. I'm so much more content in my heart when I'm sitting on a dance floor in a studio. It sounds so cheesy but it's just my home, it's where I grew up, I've been doing it since I was 6. It makes so much more sense to me than anything else I do."
- (On Pointe-work in ballet): "You'd better love it, or there's absolutely no point. Unless, of course, you're a complete masochist."
- "Classical ballet is physically challenging. You don't have any control over your career. You have to take instruction. You can't talk back. You can't have an opinion. You have to have great discipline and endurance. You have to tolerate pain. If you don't make it within a five-year period after training, you won't get into a company. You can't do it after you turn 35, because your body hurts so much. If you do ballet, you have to do it all day, every day.
- [on her favorite death scenes from the "Scream" series]: It's really chilling that people think it's fun that she's dying [on Jada Pinkett Smith in Scream 2 (1997)]. And just for gross fun, Tatum [Rose McGowan] in the garage [in the first "Scream"]."
- [on Hollywood favoring sequels and remakes/reboots instead of new material]: "We're going back to versions of movies that were only out a short while ago. There are sequels and all theses prequels to all the sequels. It's a terrible situation, it truly is. It makes me sad because there are so many great stories out there waiting to be told."
- "Every single comic, every single book is made into a film. Do you know an author pitching a book nowadays is asked to consider whether there's a possibility of making a film from it? So films are even limiting the kinds of books we'll be able to read.
- [on Scream 4 (2011)]: I was definitely apprehensive because we'd decided ten years ago that maybe we should stop there. But ten years later, it suddenly seemed like something that might be worth revisiting. For me, it was a matter of heading Kevin's ideas. I thought his pitch and his concept were really good. As usual, he's really smart, and that made my decision. I felt we'd done such a good trilogy we shouldn't push our luck. Then Kevin pitched me his idea and I thought, 'This could actually be really great'. I knew it would be fun to see everyone again."
- [on returning to the "Scream" series after so 11 years and how much of a challenge it was]: "As an actor, I think the worst you can do is practice faces in the mirror. It's not that challenging, to be honest. I've been doing this character for 15 years and they're great films and, if I can imagine what she's going through, it's not a challenge to figure out how to play it."
- [on Scream 4 (2011)]: "What I loved about the movie was the fact that we brought it to a new generation. You know, 11 years later, things have changed a great deal with social networking, multimedia, reality television and how people relate to fame and fortune now and YouTube and all of that ... it adds something to these films that hadn't been in there before and keeps it fresh and up to date."
- [on being compared to or included with other 'Final Girl' characters in the horror genre like Laurie Strode in "Halloween" and Nancy Thompson in "A Nightmare on Elm Street"]: "She was used as a tool within the first film in that she's the eyes of the audience and people are constantly following Sidney's character throughout these films and experience the films through her eyes in some way. Also, I think, the fact that she's always been less of a victim. She's much less the victim in this film. But even in the first one, although she was young and terrified with what she was going through, she became somewhat of a fighter.
- [on if she would return for a "Scream" film if her character was to be killed off]: Sure I would! If it's a really good film and good fun and great for the story, why not?"