Neve Campbell 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.
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Neve Campbell was born in Guelph, Ontario. Campbell’s mother, Marnie (née Neve), is a yoga instructor and psychologist from Amsterdam. Her father, Gerry Campbell, an immigrant to Canada from the East End of Glasgow, Scotland. Campbell is Roman Catholic, but also considers herself Jewish because of her mother’s Sephardic Jewish ancestry, about which she has said: “I am a practicing Catholic, but my lineage is Jewish, so if someone asks me if I’m Jewish, I say yes”.
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.
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, which was released on April 15, 2011.
Neve Campbell is twice married and divorced, first to Jeff Colt and then to John Light.
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