Actress Jessica Campbell, best known from the 1999 film Election, has died suddenly aged 38.
![Jessica Campbell appeared alongside Reese Witherspoon in Election, 1999, when she was just 16 years old. Photo / supplied](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/JQTEIBUS4HEWFS67V5QX2SQKRQ.jpg?auth=9901274086049c2b4ecc9afa77aef5196c338f6c4e506d1914f9ada25c1cdd12&width=16&height=9&quality=70&smart=true)
Reese Witherspoon, who starred in the film, said she was "so heartbroken" over the shock death of her former co-star after it was revealed she died last month in Portland.
The pair starred in the Oscar-nominated film together when Campbell – who played Tammy Metzler – was just 16 years old.