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Nell (artist) Nell (born 1975) is an Australian artist working across performance, installation, video, painting and sculpture. In 2013 she won the University of Queensland Self-Portrait Award. In 2017 she was inducted into the Maitland City Hall of Fame in ...

(born 1975), Australian artist *

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

(1922–1996), American painter * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer *

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

(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 The second daughter of Sir Philip Dunn an ...

(born 1936), English playwright, screenwriter, and author *

Nell Fortner Nell Fortner (born March 3, 1959) is the current women's college basketball coach at Georgia Tech. She is most well known for leading the 2000 Olympics team to a gold medal. She has received numerous awards including the 1997 National Coach of th ...

(born 1959), American women's college basketball coach *

Nell Freudenberger Nell Freudenberger (born 1975, in New York City) is an American novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Education Freudenberger graduated from Harvard and has traveled extensively in Asia. Career Fiction Freudenberger's fiction has appeared ...

(born 1975), American novelist * Nell Gwyn (1650–1687), mistress of King Charles II of England *

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. Early life McAndrew w ...

(born 1973), English glamour model *

Nell McCafferty Nell McCafferty (born 28 March 1944) is an Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner and feminist. She has written for ''The Irish Press'', ''The Irish Times'', '' Sunday Tribune'', ''Hot Press'' and ''The Village Voice''. Early l ...

(born 1944), Irish journalist, playwright, civil rights campaigner, and feminist * Nell O'Day (1909–1989), American equestrian and actress *

Nell Rankin Nell is a traditional nickname for Eleanor. Nell is the name of: People Given name * Nell (artist) (born 1975), Australian artist * Nell Blaine (1922–1996), American painter * Nell Bryden (born 1977), American singer * Nell Carter (1948–2003), ...

(1924–2005), American opera singer *

Nell Scott Nell Scott Chadwick was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician from the U.S. territory of Alaska. She was the first woman to serve in the Alaska Territorial Legislature, serving a single term in the Alaska Territorial House of Re ...

, American politician *

Nell Sinton Eleanor "Nell" Walter Sinton ( née Eleanor Walter; 1910–1997) was an American artist, an art community leader, and educator. She was a distinguished San Francisco Bay Area abstract painter and collagist. Sinton served on the San Francisco Arts ...

(1910–1997), American painter *

Nell Shipman Nell Shipman (born Helen Foster-Barham; October 25, 1892 – January 23, 1970) was a Canadian actress, author, screenwriter, producer, director, animal rights activist and animal trainer. Her works often had autobiographical elements to them and ...

(1892–1970), Canadian actress and screenwriter *

Nell Sigland Ragnhild Westgaard "Nell" Sigland (born 13 November 1976) 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 for Norwegian gothic ro ...

, Norwegian heavy metal singer

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Cristal Nell Cristal R. Nell (July 7, 1978 – July 24, 2020) was an American bridge player. She was a national champion. She was known for dressing up to play Bridge. Bridge accomplishments Wins * North American Bridge Championships (1) ** Rockwell Mixed Pa ...

(1978–2020), American bridge player * Jeremy Nell (born 1979), South African cartoonist and blogger *

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

(1816–1874), American abolitionist and author

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

Nell Mangel Eleanor "Nell" Worthington (previously Mangel) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera '' Neighbours'', played by Vivean Gray. She made her first on-screen appearance on 29 April 1986. She was known almost exclusively to others as ...

, from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' * Nell Trent, or Little Nell, heroine of Charles Dickens' ''

The Old Curiosity Shop ''The Old Curiosity Shop'' is one of two novels (the other being ''Barnaby Rudge'') which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial ''Master Humphrey's Clock'', from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York r ...

'' * 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 farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. ...

'' * 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 ...

'' *

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 G. Callen (portrayed by Chris O'Donnell) is a Special Agent in Charge as ...

, a special agent from the TV 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 idiosyncratic language invented and spoken by only one person or only two people. Most often, ''idioglossia'' refers to the "private languages" of young chi ...

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Mark Handley Mark Handley is a playwright and screenwriter. In 1977, he and his wife moved to the Pacific Northwest where they lived in isolation in a log cabin that they built themselves. He is best known for his play ''Idioglossia An idioglossia (from ...

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Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and the hono ...

's film adaptation '' Nell''

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