Background
Camp was born in Aiken, South Carolina. Her mother, Dee (née Kornegay), is a Democratic Party volunteer, and her father, Thomas Sewell Camp, is a bank executive.
Camp was born in Aiken, South Carolina. Her mother, Dee (née Kornegay), is a Democratic Party volunteer, and her father, Thomas Sewell Camp, is a bank executive.
She attended Meadowfield Elementary School and was cast in a Drug Abuse Resistance Education production in the second grade, introducing her to acting. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2004.
She is known for her role as Sarah Newlin in True Blood, and her recurring roles in Mad Men (2010), The Good Wife (2011-2012), and The Mindy Project. She is also known for her role as Aubrey Posen in Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (filming) (2017). She made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of A Country House and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus.
On film she is known for her roles as Jolene French in The Help (2011) and Aubrey Posen in Pitch Perfect (2012) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015).
Her elder sister, Saluda, is also an actress. Camp grew up in Columbia, South Carolina.
She moved to New York City shortly thereafter. Camp played the role of Prefect in columbinus in 2005.
She played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus at the Broadhurst Theatre, which starred Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Strang.
Speaking about the role, Camp said, "I had a lot of thought. I didn"t even know if I was going to do Equus because of the nudity and because of the high profile of lieutenant But you only live once and you have to take those risks because you"ll only be a better person or actor because of lieutenant"
Camp appeared in Reinventing the Wheelers, a 2007 television pilot which was not ordered to series by American Broadcasting Company. In 2008, she had a role in the pilot of the American Broadcasting Company television dramedy Cashmere Mafia.
She had a starring role as Sarah Newlin in the second season of the Home Box Office supernatural drama series True Blood, which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.
Camp had earlier auditioned for the role of Sookie Stackhouse. Camp has made guest appearances on The Office (2009), Glee (2009), Numb3rs (2010), and Covert Affairs (2010).
In 2011, Camp starred in the premiere of All New People, a play written by Zach Braff and staged at Second Stage Theatre. The production was directed by Peter DuBois and also starred Justin Bartha, David Wilson Barnes and Krysten Ritter.
Camp had a starring role in the first season of Fox sitcom The Mindy Project, and played Aubrey Posen in the 2012 musical comedy film Pitch Perfect and reprised her role in Pitch Perfect 2.