Date of birth: 3
October 1973
Birthplace: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Canadian-born actress who earned national attention
as Julia Salinger on the critically acclaimed TV drama, Party of Five
(1994–present) with Scott
Wolf. Neve Campbell made her big-screen
debut in the Canadian film Paint Cans (1994), before going on to star
in Wes Craven's farcical horror films Scream and Scream 2. Spine-tingling
screams won her the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance two years in
a row (1997, 1998). She was married to Jeffrey Colt from 1995 to 1997. In 1998,
she was vote one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. Other
film credits include The Craft (1996), Wild Things (1998) with
Denise Richards and Matt
Dillon and 54 (1998) with Ryan
Phillippe and Salma Hayek.
Facts about Neve Campbell:
(1998 and 2000) On People (USA)
magazine's '50 Most Beautiful' list.
(1999) Dated John Cusack.
Neve is her mother's maiden name.
Neve is an Italian word meaning
"snow".
Younger sister of Christian Campbell.
Joined the National Ballet School
of Canada at age 9.
Posed for a swimsuit photo believing
it to be intended for a catalogue only to see it appear on a Toronto billboard.
Mother is Dutch, father Scottish.
Had to turn down the role in Armageddon
(1998) because of conflicts with the Party of Five schedule.
Had to turn down the role in Rounders
(1998) because in the contract it said she would have to be in Scream 2 (1997)
and she wasn't sure if she wanted to do it or not.
(1999) Revealed that at aged 14
she suffered a "nervous breakdown" which resulted in complete hairloss,
and that only intensive acupunture grew it back.
In a public restroom, a fan knocked
on her stall door, put a pen and paper underneath and said, "Can I get
your autograph?" Campbell replied, "Can I finish peeing first?"
-- Cosmopolitan magazine, October 1999
Appeared in the Toronto production
of the Broadway Musical "Phantom of the Opera" as a ballerina (early
90's).
Was a chorus girl in the original
Toronto cast of Phantom of the Opera starring Colm Wilkinson.
Has a "no nudity" clause
in her contract
First came to TV screens as "Daisy"
in the short-lived series CATWALK about sex, booze and Rock 'n Roll which was
somewhat modelled after the Fox show, THE HEIGHTS. Played alongside some other
Canadian actors like Keram Malicki-Sanchez (24, ER, Buffy the Vampire Slayer);
Nicole deBoer (Deep Space Nine);and Chandra West (Jack and Jill, CSI).
Personal quotes:
"Someone else told me I have a Type-A personality
(laughs), but this is the way I've always been. I love working. I love acting,
performing, entertaining people, and I 've been doing it since i started dancing
with the National ballet School when I was nine. I can't imagine not doing this
in some way. Plus, the roles are coming, so why not take them as they come?"
- Neve Campbell
