14 Facts About Nell Campbell

Nell Campbell 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.

Nell Campbell appeared as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 film Shock Treatment.

Nell Campbell grew up with three siblings: Sally, Patrick, and Cressida.

Elder sister Sally was a property master, a set designer, and a fashion designer; younger sister Cressida Nell Campbell is an artist; elder brother Patrick was a solar engineer at the University of New South Wales.

Nell Campbell attended high school at Abbotsleigh School for Girls in Sydney, supporting herself as a waitress.

Nell Campbell sold clothes at Kensington Market; her stall was next to Freddie Mercury's.

Nell Campbell worked as a busker and as a soda jerk in a cafe, where her tap dancing is often noted as the reason why she was cast as Columbia in the original production of The Rocky Horror Show following an impromptu audition.

Nell Campbell reprised the role in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, released in 1975, and starred as Nurse Ansalong in the 1981 sequel, Shock Treatment.

Nell Campbell recorded a disco version of the song "Fever" in 1978, which was again backed with "Do the Swim".

Nell Campbell has appeared in several stage productions, including the Off-Broadway play You Should Be So Lucky and the Broadway musical Nine.

Nell Campbell appeared as Sandra LeMon in the British TV series Rock Follies of '77.

In 1986, Campbell opened the nightclub Nell's on West 14th Street in Manhattan with Keith McNally and Lynn Wagenknecht.

Nell's was sold in 1998 to Noel Ashman and his business partner, actor Chris Noth, right before Campbell gave birth to her daughter, Matilda Violet, with ex-boyfriend and business partner, Eamon Roche.

Nell Campbell has written several magazine articles, including regular segments called "MamaTalks" and "FirstLook" in the now defunct Talk magazine, starting in the December 1999 issue.