Actor profile

Nell Campbell

24th May 1953 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Acting

Laura Elizabeth Campbell (born 24 May 1953), better known as Nell Campbell or by her stage name Little Nell, is an Australian actress, singer, and former club owner. She is best known for her role as Columbia in the 1975 film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the original stage play from which it was adapted. Campbell released her EP, The Musical World of Little Nell (Aquatic Teenage Sex & Squalor), through A&M Records in 1978. She appeared as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 film Shock Treatment. In 1984, she appeared as Beth in the BAFTA and Oscar-award-winning drama film The Killing Fields.

32 Movies 5 TV Shows 40 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sane Inside Insanity poster

Sane Inside Insanity 28th October 2025 as Self

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror poster

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror 26th September 2025 as Self

Seriously Red poster

Seriously Red 24th November 2022 as Doc Nell

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie poster

Rocky Horror 45: The Movie 24th May 2021 as Self

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream poster

The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream 31st October 2020 as Columbia

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness poster

Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness 21st April 2020 as Self

Palm Beach poster

Palm Beach 8th August 2019 as Woman in Shop

The Last Impresario poster

The Last Impresario 26th June 2014 as Self

The British Guide to Showing Off poster

The British Guide to Showing Off 11th November 2011 as Self (archive footage)

Rocky Horror Tribute Show poster

Rocky Horror Tribute Show 14th October 2008 as Columbia

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special poster

Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special 30th October 2000

Intern poster

Intern 21st January 2000 as Lady #4

Joe Gould's Secret poster

Joe Gould's Secret 21st January 2000 as Tamar (Hostess)

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 31st October 1999 as Self

Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations 30th January 1998 as Erica Thall

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show poster

The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show 14th August 1995 as Self

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York poster

Tracey Ullman Takes on New York 9th October 1993

The Killing Fields poster

The Killing Fields 23rd November 1984 as Beth

Stanley: Every Home Should Have One poster

Stanley: Every Home Should Have One 23rd August 1984 as Amy Benton

Dead on Time poster

Dead on Time 1st January 1983 as Female Teller

Pink Floyd: The Wall poster

Pink Floyd: The Wall 14th July 1982 as Groupie

Shock Treatment poster

Shock Treatment 21st August 1981 as Nurse Ansalong

Dead Man's Kit poster

Dead Man's Kit 30th September 1980 as Zoe Summers

The Alternative Miss World poster

The Alternative Miss World 18th September 1980 as Self

Jubilee poster

Jubilee 1st February 1978 as Crabs (as Little Nell)

Journey Among Women poster

Journey Among Women 18th August 1977 as Meg

Summer of Secrets poster

Summer of Secrets 24th December 1976 as Kym

Sebastiane poster

Sebastiane 17th December 1976 as Emperor's Guest

Lisztomania poster

Lisztomania 1st October 1975 as Olga Janina

The Rocky Horror Picture Show poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show 14th August 1975 as Columbia

Alfie Darling poster

Alfie Darling 17th July 1975 as Party Guest

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own poster

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own 12th December 1974 as Nerida Brealey

The Word poster

The Word 10th August 1990

Bergerac poster

Bergerac 18th October 1981 as Mrs Moberley

Shoestring poster

Shoestring 30th September 1979 as Joanna Lomas

Rock Follies poster

Rock Follies 24th February 1976 as Sandra

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self (uncredited)