Neve Campbell won the Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1997 for her role as Sidney Prescott in "Scream" and the MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance in 1998 for her role in "Scream 2". When she was cast in "Scream", Campbell was starring in the television drama series Party of Five. It was previously unheard of to cast an established television actress in a horror film, but, following the success of this casting and that of Courteney Cox, the practice became common in many later horror films. Craven opined that their presence helped raise the profile of "Scream" and attract a large female audience.