Biography
Nell Campbell, also known as Little Nell, is an Australian actress and singer. Born Laura Elizabeth Campbell on 24 May 1953 in Sydney, she trained in ballet, modern dance, tap and singing from the age of ten. After moving to London at 18, she worked as a busker before being cast as Columbia in the original stage production of The Rocky Horror Show.
She reprised the role in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show and appeared as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 sequel Shock Treatment. Other film roles include Beth in The Killing Fields (1984) and Erica Thrall in Great Expectations (1998). She also played Sandra in the television series Rock Follies of '77.
Campbell released an EP, The Musical World of Little Nell, in 1978 and opened the New York nightclub Nell's in 1986, which she ran until 2004. Her sister is the artist Cressida Campbell.
