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* Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist *

Nell Blaine Nell Blair Walden Blaine (July 10, 1922–November 14, 1996) was an American landscape painter, expressionist, and Watercolor painting, watercolorist. From Richmond, Virginia, she had most of her career based in New York City and Gloucester, Mass ...

(1922–1996), American painter * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer * Nell Tiger Free (born 1999), English actress *

Nell Carter Nell Carter (born Nell Ruth Hardy; September 13, 1948 – January 23, 2003) was an American actress and singer. Carter began her career in 1970, singing in the theater, and later began work on television. She was best known for her role as Nell ...

(1948–2003), American singer and actress *

Nell Dunn Nell Mary Dunn (born 9 June 1936) is an English playwright, screenwriter and author. She is known especially for a volume of short stories, '' Up the Junction'', and a novel, ''Poor Cow''. Early years Dunn was born in London the second daughter ...

(born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author * Nell Fortner (born 1959), American women's college basketball coach *

Nell Freudenberger Nell Freudenberger (born April 21, 1975 in New York City) is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Education Freudenberger graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts from New Yo ...

(born 1975), American novelist *

Nell Gwyn Eleanor Gwyn (also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne; 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was an English people, English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Stuart Restoration, Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances ...

(1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England * Nell Martindale (1891–1976), American physical educator * Nell Mescal (born 2003), Irish singer-songwriter *

Nell McAndrew Tracey Jane McAndrew (born 6 November 1973), known as Nell McAndrew, is an English glamour model, TV presenter and fitness trainer. She is also an accomplished amateur athlete, with a marathon personal best time of 2:54:39. She was named Yorkshi ...

(born 1973), English glamour model * Nell McCafferty (born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist *

Nell O'Day Nell O'Day (September 22, 1909 – January 5, 1989) was an accomplished American equestrian and B-movie actress of the 1930s and 1940s. Biography O'Day was born in Prairie Hill, Texas. Her father was an official with a railroad. Her firs ...

(1909–1989), American equestrian and actress *

Nell Rankin Nell Rankin (January 3, 1924 – January 13, 2005) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. Though a successful opera singer internationally, she spent most of her career at the Metropolitan Opera, where she worked from 1951 to 1976. She was pa ...

(1924–2005), American opera singer * Nell Scott, American politician *

Nell Scovell Helen Vivian "Nell" Scovell is an American television and magazine writer, and producer. She is the creator of the television series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', which aired on ABC and The WB from 1996 until 2003 and co-author of the book '' ...

(born 1986), American screenwriter * Nell Sinton (1910–1997), American painter *

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, writer, and director who was active in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s. She used "the girl from God's country" as her sobriquet after starr ...

(1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter *

Nell Sigland Ragnhild Westgaard (born 13 November 1976), or often referred to as Nell Sigland, is a Norwegian singer from Hamar, best known as the lead vocalist of Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy from 2004 to 2010. She was also the lead singer ...

, Norwegian heavy metal singer

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Jeremy Nell Jeremy Talfer Nell (born 1979) is a South African cartoonist who writes under the pen name Jerm. In 2020, his public page was removed by Facebook after repeatedly violating the social network's policies against hate speech. He was previousl ...

(born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger *

William Cooper Nell William Cooper Nell (December 16, 1816 – May 25, 1874) was an American abolitionist, journalist, publisher, author, and civil servant of Boston, Massachusetts, who worked for the integration of schools and public facilities in the state. Wri ...

(1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

Fictional characters

* Nell the kitchen wench, in Shakespeare's play ''

Comedy of Errors ''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farce, farcical Shakespearean comedy, comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addit ...

'' * Nell, short for Nellodee, the protagonist in Neal Stephenson's ''

The Diamond Age ''The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a Bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, set in a future world in wh ...

'' *

Nell Fairfax Nell Fairfax is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Emmerdale'', played by Scarlett Archer. She made her first appearance on 30 March 2017. Archer was grateful to join the soap opera and was able to quit her job as a waitress, alth ...

, from the British soap opera ''

Emmerdale ''Emmerdale'' (known as ''Emmerdale Farm'' until 1989) is a British television soap opera that is broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV. The show is set in Emmerdale (known as Beckindale until 1994), a List of fictional towns and villages, fict ...

'' *

Nell Fenwick Dudley Do-Right is a fictional character created by Alex Anderson, Chris Hayward, Allan Burns, Jay Ward, and Bill Scott, who appears as the main protagonist of "Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties", a segment on ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bull ...

, from the "Dudley Do-Right" segments of ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' television series *

Nell Jones This is an overview of regular and recurring characters on the TV series ''NCIS: Los Angeles''. Overview Main cast Recurring cast Main characters G. Callen Agent Grisha "G." Callen (born: Nikolaev) (portrayed by Chris O'Donnell) ...

, a special agent from the television series ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' * Nell Kellty, the protagonist in the play ''

Idioglossia An idioglossia (from the Ancient Greek , 'own, personal, distinct' and , 'tongue') is an idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one or two people. Most often, ''idioglossia'' refers to the "private languages" of young c ...

'' by

Mark Handley Mark Handley is a playwright and screenwriter. Personal life In 1977, he and his wife moved to the Pacific Northwest where they lived in isolation in a log cabin that they built themselves. Career He is best known for his play ''Idioglos ...

and its 1994 film adaptation, '' Nell'' * Nell Mangel, from the Australian soap opera ''

Neighbours ''Neighbours'' is an Australian television soap opera that has aired since 18 March 1985. It was created by television executive Reg Watson. The Seven Network commissioned the show following the success of Watson's earlier soap '' Sons and ...

'' * Nell Ruggles, a superhuman in the comic book series ''

Squadron Supreme The Squadron Supreme is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, of which there are several notable alternate versions. The original team was created by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, derived from the previous ...

'' *

Nell Trent Nell Trent, also referred to as Little Nell, is a fictional character in the 1841 novel ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' by Charles Dickens. The novel's main character, she is portrayed as infallibly good and virginal. An orphan, she leads her grandfath ...

, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' ''

The Old Curiosity Shop ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is the fourth novel by English author Charles Dickens; being one of his two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 t ...

Other uses

Nell (band) Nell () is a South Korean alternative rock band formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist, keyboardist and guitarist Kim Jong-wan, lead guitarist Lee Jae-kyung, bass guitarist Lee Jung-hoon and previously drummer Jung Jae-won until his de ...

, South Korean band *

Mitsubishi G3M The was a Japanese bomber and transport aircraft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) during World War II. The Yokosuka L3Y (Allied reporting name "Tina"), was a transport variant of the aircraft manufactured by the Yokosu ...

, Japanese WWII medium bomber, codenamed "Nell" *

Nell (film) ''Nell'' is a 1994 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Michael Apted from a screenplay written by William Nicholson (writer), William Nicholson. The film stars Jodie Foster (who also produced) as Nell Kellty, a young woman ...

, a 1994 film starring

Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as leading actress in film. She has received List of awards and nominations re ...

and

Liam Neeson William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Liam Neeson, several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, BAFT ...

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