Jodie Foster is exclusively a theatre actor.
Bugsy Malone is a 1976 British musical gangster comedy film , directed by Alan Parker and featuring only child actors . Jodie Foster . The company 's first production was Nell ( 1994 ) , in which she also played the title role , gaining another nomination for an Academy Award . Nell is a 1994 American drama film starring Jodie Foster as a young woman who has to face other people for the first time after being raised by her mother in an isolated cabin . Taxi Driver is a 1976 American vigilante film with neo-noir and psychological thriller elements , directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader .