Actors - Nell

	Actors - Nell

Nell is a 1994 movie starring Jodie Foster as a young woman raised by her mother in an isolated cabin who has to face other human beings for the first time.

Nell's mother was paralyzed on one side, which contributed to the oddity of her (Nell's) speech. Technically, because she lives in a house, cooks her food, wears clothing and competently performs routine household tasks, she is not a "wild child" or feral child. But she seems like one to outsiders at first, because of her terror of strangers, her sometimes ritualistic behavior, and her unintelligible, idiosyncratic language.

When she is found by doctor Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson), there to declare her mother dead, she screams and fights. He starts to come more and more often, and he becomes fascinated by the young woman who gradually adjusts to his presence in her life.

Unsure what to do, he talks to psychology student Paula Olsen (Natasha Richardson), who wants to bring Nell to a laboratory for tests. When Lovell fights this in the courts, he and Olsen are given three months to observe her and then the judge will rule what will happen to her.

Nell was directed by Michael Apted. It was based on Mark Handley's play Idioglossia.

Foster was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her role, and won a SAG Award.

Main cast

Jodie Foster
as Nell Kelly
Liam Neeson
as Dr. Jerome 'Jerry' Lovell
Natasha Richardson
as Dr. Paula Olsen
Richard Libertini
as Dr. Alexander Paley
Nick Searcy as Sheriff Todd Peterson
Robin Mullins as Mary Peterson
Jeremy Davies as Billy Fisher

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