In 1970, she participated in the television variety show "Babau" in four episodes written by Paolo Poli and Ida Omboni and directed by Vito Molinari. Because of program content deemed outrageous at the time, the show was shelved and only broadcast by RAI six years later. In the early 1970s, Nicolodi had some significant work in the cinema and theater under the guidance of Elio Petri. Also in the same year, Nicolodi participated in some TV productions, such as the serial story "Nicotera", "Without a Trace" with Rossano Brazzi (1972), "Portrait of a Veiled Woman" with Nino Castelnuovo (1975), the drama "Saturnino Farandola" with Mariano Rigillo (1978), and "Rosaura at 10" (1981).