Novella Christine Nelson (December 17, 1939 – August 31, 2017) was an American actress and singer. She established her career as a singer, both on the off-Broadway and Broadway stage and in cabaret-style locales.
Known for
7.5
Movie
The Devil's Advocate
1997
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
6.5
Movie
You Were Never Really Here
2017
6.3
Movie
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
7.4
TV
Sex and the City
1998
6.5
Movie
A Perfect Murder
1998
7.5
TV
30 Rock
2006
7.3
TV
Law & Order
1990
8.3
TV
The West Wing
1999
6.1
Movie
Birth
2004
6.9
Movie
Antwone Fisher
2002
6.1
Movie
Green Card
1990
Filmography(60)
60 titles across Movies & TV
6.4
Movie
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
2023
7.0
Movie
Mr. SOUL!
2018
6.5
Movie
You Were Never Really Here
2017
6.3
Movie
A Walk Among the Tombstones
2014
5.2
Movie
Nancy, Please
2012
4.8
Movie
The Ten
2007
7.5
TV
Damages
2007
7.5
TV
Army Wives
2007
4.4
TV
The Starter Wife
2007
5.8
Movie
Stephanie Daley
2007
7.5
TV
30 Rock
2006
7.1
Movie
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
5.4
Movie
Premium
2006
9.0
Movie
Preaching to the Choir
2005
5.8
Movie
Dear Wendy
2005
6.1
Movie
Birth
2004
8.8
TV
Whoopi
2003
5.6
Movie
Head of State
2003
6.9
Movie
Antwone Fisher
2002
7.0
Movie
The Gilded Six Bits
2001
5.9
Movie
Judy Berlin
1999
7.9
TV
Third Watch
1999
8.3
TV
The West Wing
1999
8.0
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
7.6
TV
Mama Flora's Family
1998
7.4
TV
Sex and the City
1998
6.5
Movie
A Perfect Murder
1998
7.5
Movie
The Devil's Advocate
1997
3.8
Movie
White Lies
1997
6.8
Movie
The Summer of Ben Tyler
1996
7.0
Movie
Harambee!
1996
6.3
Movie
Manny & Lo
1996
5.1
Movie
Girl 6
1996
6.6
Movie
Mercy
1995
5.7
Movie
The Keeper
1995
0
Movie
Notes for My Daughter
1995
7.3
TV
New York Undercover
1994
6.0
Movie
Dead Funny
1994
5.1
Movie
Weekend at Bernie's II
1993
5.3
Movie
Daybreak
1993
6.3
Movie
Citizen Cohn
1992
5.4
Movie
Strictly Business
1991
6.1
Movie
Green Card
1990
4.7
Movie
Privilege
1990
7.3
TV
Law & Order
1990
8.0
Movie
The Littlest Victims
1989
7.5
TV
Hothouse
1988
5.7
Movie
Orphans
1987
6.8
TV
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
5.2
Movie
Kojak: The Price of Justice
1987
7.1
TV
The Equalizer
1985
6.0
Movie
The Flamingo Kid
1984
6.5
Movie
He's Fired, She's Hired
1984
6.5
Movie
The Cotton Club
1984
6.7
Movie
A Doctor's Story
1984
7.9
TV
Chiefs
1983
4.9
Movie
Abuse
1983
7.0
Movie
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
