Campbell, Neve 1973–

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CAMPBELL, Neve 1973


PERSONAL


Given name rhymes with "Bev"; full name, Neve Adrienne Campbell; born October 3, 1973, in Guelph, Ontario, Canada; immigrated to United States, 1994; daughter of Gerry (a high school drama teacher) and Marnie (a psychologist and yoga instructor; maiden name, Neve) Campbell; married Jeff Colt (an actor and songwriter), April 3, 1995 (divorced, May 8, 1998); sister of Christian Campbell (an actor and producer). Education: Studied at National Ballet School of Canada, 198287. Avocational Interests: Dance, swimming, horseback riding, inline skating, yoga and meditation, reading, singing, listening to classical music, making jewelry.


Addresses: Agent International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Manager Arlene Forster, Forster Entertainment, 12533 Woodgreen, Los Angeles, CA 90066. Publicist Jennifer Allen, PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.


Career: Actress, producer, and ballet dancer. Blue Sphere Alliance (production company), Los Angeles, founding partner, c. 1998; founded a theatre company with brother Christian Campbell in Los Angeles. Appeared in television and print commercials; Tourette Syndrome Association, national spokesperson.


Awards, Honors: Family Film Award, best television actress, 1996, for The Canterville Ghost; Saturn Award, best actress, Academy of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Films, and MTV Movie Award nomination, best female performance, both 1997, for Scream; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite horror actress, and MTV Movie Award, best female performance, both 1998, for Scream 2; shared MTV Movie Award nomination, best kiss (with Matt Dillon and Denise Richards), 1999, for Wild Things; named one of the fifty most beautiful people of the year, People Weekly, 1998; MTV Award nomination, best female performance, 2000, and Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite horror actress (from Internet poll), 2001, both for Scream 3; Prism Award, outstanding performance in a television movie or miniseries, 2003, for Last Call.


CREDITS


Television Appearances; Series:

Daisy McKenzie, Catwalk, MTV, 19921993.

Julia Salinger Holbrook, Party of Five, Fox, 19942000.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Jess Foy, The ForgetMeNot Murders (also known as Janek: ForgetMeNot Murders ), CBS, 1994.

Beth, I Know My Son Is Alive (also known as Web of Deceit ), NBC, 1994.

Nepeese, Baree (also known as Baree: The Wolf Dog, Bari, and Northern Passage ), 1994.

Virginia "Ginny" Otis, The Canterville Ghost, ABC, 1996.

Frances Kroll, Last Call (also known as Fitzgerald ), Showtime, 2003.

Missy Lofton, Lost Junction, USA Network, 2003.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Pirate Radio," My Secret Identity, 1991.

Nonnie Walker, "Tale of the Dangerous Soup," Are You Afraid of the Dark?, 1994.

Trish Collins, "Kundela," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 1994.

Guest, Mad TV, 1995.

Host, Mad TV, 1996.

Guest, Late Night with Conan O'Brian, NBC, 1996.

Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1996, 2001.

Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1997, 1999, 2001.

Guest host, Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1997.

Guest, Rosie O'Donnell Show, 1998.


Appeared as Laura Capelli in an episode of The Kids in the Hall.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Interviewee, Paparazzi, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Celebrity Profile: Jennifer Love Hewitt, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

Scream: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Interviewee, Kevin Bacon: Am I Me?, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.


Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, CBS, 1997.

Presenter, The 1998 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1998.

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, UPN, 1998.

Presenter, The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

The 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

7th Annual Prism Awards, F/X Channel, 2003.


Television Appearances; Other:

Herself, The Witching Hour, 1996.


Film Appearances:

Deputy Jesse Donovan, The Dark, Imperial Entertainment, 1994.

Rose, Ruskin (also known as The Passion of John Ruskin ), 1994.

Tristesse, Paint Cans, 1994.

Deidre, Love Child, 1995.

Bonnie, The Craft, Columbia, 1996.

Sidney Prescott, Scream, Dimension Films, 1996.

Sidney Prescott, Scream 2, Dimension Films, 1997.

Julie Black, 54, Miramax, 1998.

Renee Weber, Hairshirt (also known as Too Smooth ), Lions Gate Releasing, 1998.

Voice of adult Kiara, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (animated), Buena Vista Home Video/Walt Disney Home Video, 1998.

Suzie Marie Toller, Wild Things (also known as Sex Crimes ), Columbia, 1998.

Amy Post, Three to Tango, Warner Bros., 1999.

Sarah, Panic, Artisan Entertainment, 1999.

Herself, Predators from beyond Neptune, 1999.

Sidney Prescott, Scream 3, Miramax/Dimension Films, 2000.

Ellen Rash, Drowning Mona, Destination Films, 2000.

Alice, Investigating Sex, Janus Films/Kingsgate Films, 2001.

Against the Current, 2002.

Ry, The Company (musical), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.

Chloe, Blind Horizon, Nu Image, 2004.

Churchill: The Hollywood Years, Pathe, 2004.


Film Producer:

(With others) Hairshirt (also known as Too Smooth ), Lions Gate Releasing, 1998.

The Company (musical), Sony Pictures Classics, 2003.


Stage Appearances:

Member of ballet chorus, The Phantom of the Opera, Pantages Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, c. 19891990.


Performed in The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty, both National Ballet of Canada.


RECORDINGS


Videos:

Conjuring "The Craft, " 2000.

Sidney Prescott (in archive footage), Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (also known as Boogeymen ), Flixmix, 2001.

Made in Canada, Volume 1: Best of the CFC, Asylum, 2002.


ADAPTATIONS


The musical film The Company, released by Sony Pictures Classics in 2003, was based on a story by Campbell.


OTHER SOURCES


Books:

Furman, Elina, Neve Campbell: An Unauthorized Biography, Renaissance Books, 2000.

Newsmakers 1998, Issue 2, Gale, 1998.

Tracy, Kathleen, Neve Campbell, ECW Press, 2000.


Periodicals:

Cosmopolitan, January, 1997, p. 80.

Dance, February, 2003, p. 11.

Entertainment Weekly, June 21, 1996, p. 24; August 22, 2003, p. 81.

Interview, January, 1997, p. 60.

Jane, May, 1999, pp. 9397.

Movieline, Volume 8, number 5, 1996, p. 14.

People Weekly, May 27, 1996, pp. 7980; July 15, 1996, May 11, 1998, p. 103; May 8, 2000, p. 106.

Premiere, Volume 5, number 4, 1997, p. 27.

Rolling Stone, October 6, 1994, p. 93; September 18, 1997, pp. 5660.

Sassy, June, 1996.

Teen, April, 2000.

Time, March 23, 1998, p. 78.

Time International, March 30, 1998, p. 44.

TV Guide, August 14, 1996; February 8, 1997, pp. 2224, 2628.

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