She starred in over 50 adult features, and has been presented with several industry awards of merit: the Adult Film Association of America Best Actress Award for her work in the film In Love (1983); in 1993, she was presented by the Free Speech Coalition the Life Time Achievement Award; and she was inducted into the Erotic Legends Hall of Fame in 1996 and into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999. Nichols worked as a make-up artist on adult films during the 1990s and 2000s.

• The Toolbox Murders (1978)

  
• Delivery Boys (1985)

  
• Death Mask (1984)

  
• Feast (1992)

  
• A Coming of Angels: 'The Sequel' (1985)