Sidney Prescott is a
fictional character and the primary
protagonist of the
Scream series. The character was created by
Kevin Williamson and
Wes Craven and is portrayed by
Canadian actress
Neve Campbell. She first appeared in
Scream (1996) followed by three sequels:
Scream 2 (1997),
Scream 3 (2000) and
Scream 4 (2011). The character appears in the
Scream films as the target of a series of killers who adopt the
Ghostface persona, a ghost mask and black cloak, to pursue her. In each film, the Ghostface killers often murder people close to Sidney and taunt her by phone with threats and intimate knowledge of her life or the murder of her mother, leading to a final confrontation where the true killer is revealed.