Jessica Campbell

{{about|American actress|Canadian ice hockey coach|Jessica Campbell (ice hockey)}}

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| name = Jessica Campbell

| image =Jessica-Campbell-Election-Actress-Dies_resize.png

| caption = Campbell in the 1999 film Election

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|10|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|29|1982|10|30|mf=y}}

| death_place = Portland, Oregon, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1992–2002

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| children = 1

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Jessica Campbell (October 30, 1982 – December 29, 2020){{cite web|title=Jessica Campbell Biography|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/269187/Jessica-Campbell/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307215355/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/269187/Jessica-Campbell/biography|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}}{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=2021-01-13|title=Jessica Campbell Dies: 'Election' Actress Was 38; Costar Reese Witherspoon "Heartbroken"|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/jessica-campbell-dead-obituary-election-actress-was-38-1234672774/|access-date=2022-01-18|website=Deadline}} was an American actress.

Biography

Campbell was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma.{{cite magazine |last=Martoccio |first=Angie |date=2021-01-13 |title=Jessica Campbell, 'Election' and 'Freaks and Geeks' Star, Dead at 38 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jessica-campbell-freaks-and-geeks-dead-obit-1113874/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |quote=Campbell was born on October 30th, 1982, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |access-date=2024-01-24}} Her acting appearances included the roles of Tammy Metzler in the 1999 film Election, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance,{{cite web|title=Election (1999): Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/179426/Election/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325034003/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/179426/Election/details|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-25}}{{cite web|title=Jessica Campbell Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/269187/Jessica-Campbell/awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307193049/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/269187/Jessica-Campbell/awards|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|archive-date=2016-03-07}} Julie Gold in the 2001 film The Safety of Objects,{{cite web|title=Jessica Campbell Overview|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/361854%7C171820/Jessica-Campbell/}} and the two-episode guest role of Amy Andrews in the TV series Freaks and Geeks.{{cite magazine|last=Maddux|first=Rachael|title=Ten More Former Freaks & Geeks and What They're Up To Now|date=2 August 2009|magazine=Paste|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/08/-more-former-freaks-geeks-and-what-theyre-up-to-no.html|access-date=20 October 2015|archive-date=January 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103193535/https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2009/08/-more-former-freaks-geeks-and-what-theyre-up-to-no.html|url-status=dead}}

After retiring from acting in 2002, Campbell became a naturopathic practitioner. She died at the home of a relative in Portland, Oregon, on December 29, 2020, aged 38. No cause of death was given, but Campbell had suffered from flu-like symptoms on the day of her death.