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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1995
The West Wing
2004
30 Rock
2010
Third Watch
2003
Sex and the City
1998
Army Wives
2008
Damages
2010
The Equalizer
1986
New York Undercover
1995
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1989
The Devil's Advocate
1997

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
65
2023
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
as Self
2018
Mr. SOUL!
as Self
2017
You Were Never Really Here
as Diner Woman
2014
A Walk Among the Tombstones
as Librarian
2012
Nancy, Please
as Dr. Bannister
2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story
as Professor
2010
30 Rock
as Novella Nelson
2010
Damages
as Older Female Victim
2009
The Toe Tactic
as Victoria Hadaway
2008
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge
2008
Army Wives
as Vivian Burton
2007
Stephanie Daley
as Dr. Peterson
2007
The Ten
as Sophia Jackson
2007
The Starter Wife
as Nana
2006
Premium
as Jayme
2006
Griffin & Phoenix
as Maya Restaurant Owner
2005
Preaching to the Choir
as Aunt June
2005
Dear Wendy
as Clarabelle
2004
Birth
as Lee
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Judge Anne Sciola
2004
The West Wing
as Gail Fitzwallace
2003
Head of State
as Moderator
2003
Whoopi
as Nurse
2003
Third Watch
as Sondra Richards
2002
Antwone Fisher
as Mrs. Tate
2001
The Gilded Six Bits
as Mama Banks
1999
Judy Berlin
as Carol
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mrs. Mosley
1998
A Perfect Murder
as Ambassador Alice Wills
1998
Sex and the City
as Madame Lordes
1998
Mama Flora's Family
as Pearl (1955-1970)
1997
White Lies
as Leon's Mother
1997
The Devil's Advocate
as Botanica Woman
1996
Harambee!
as Queenesther
1996
Girl 6
as Angela's Aunt
1996
Manny & Lo
as Georgine
1996
The Summer of Ben Tyler
as Rosetta Tyler
1995
The Keeper
as Mrs. Lemont, Mother
1995
Mercy
as Angela
1995
Notes for My Daughter
as Shirley
1995
Law & Order
as Mrs. Washington
1995
New York Undercover
as Prof. Cortez
1994
Dead Funny
as Frances
1993
Weekend at Bernie's II
as Mobu
1993
Daybreak
as Mrs. Chaney
1992
Citizen Cohn
as Second Annie Lee Moss
1991
Strictly Business
as Olivia
1990
Privilege
as Yvonne Washington
1990
Green Card
as Marriage Celebrant
1990
Law & Order
as Judge Gloria Crutcher
1989
The Littlest Victims
as Mrs. Munson
1989
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
as Jazz Singer
1988
Hothouse
as Olivia
1987
Orphans
as Mattie
1987
Kojak: The Price of Justice
as Pearl
1986
The Equalizer
as Miriam Blain
1984
The Cotton Club
as Madame St. Clair
1984
A Doctor's Story
as Mrs. Thornton
1984
He's Fired, She's Hired
as Serena Cole
1984
The Flamingo Kid
as Lizzy the Housekeeper
1983
Abuse
as Street Interviewee
1983
Chiefs
as Nellie Cole
1980
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1979
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Carla Willis
1978
An Unmarried Woman
as Jean