JODIE FOSTER

Occupation: Actress

Also: Director

Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster

Born: November 19, 1962, Los Angeles, CA

Education: Lycée Français, CA; Yale

HER BIOGRAPHY

Exceptionally mature, talented child star of the 1970s who made an indelible impression with her controversial appearance in TAXI DRIVER (1976), playing the teenage prostitute who inspires Robert De Niro's deranged personal crusade. After completing a BA at Yale, Foster turned in some equally impressive adult performances, capping her success with an Oscar-winning role in THE ACCUSED (1988) and a landmark performance (for which she won her second Oscar) opposite Anthony Hopkins in Jonathan Demme's THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991).

Foster made her feature directorial debut in 1991 with LITTLE MAN TATE, an intimate portrait of the difficulties faced by a working-class single mother whose child happens to be a prodigy. Having gained a high degree of stature in Hollywood, Foster started her own production company, Egg Pictures, to develop her own projects as well as films for other directors and stars.

HER FILMOGRAPHY

• 1972 KANSAS CITY BOMBER

  performer

• 1972 NAPOLEON AND SAMANTHA

  performer

• 1973 ONE LITTLE INDIAN

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• 1973 TOM SAWYER

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• 1974 ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

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• 1976 BUGSY MALONE

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• 1976 ECHOES OF A SUMMER/THE LAST CASTLE

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• 1976 THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE

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• 1976 TAXI DRIVER

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• 1977 CANDLESHOE

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• 1977 FREAKY FRIDAY

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• 1977 IL CASOTTO

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• 1977 MOI, FLEUR BLEUE/STOP CALLING ME BABY!

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• 1978 MOVIES ARE MY LIFE

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• 1980 CARNY

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• 1980 FOXES

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• 1982 O'HARA'S WIFE

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• 1984 THE BLOOD OF OTHERS/LE SANG DES AUTRES

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• 1984 THE HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

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• 1986 MESMERIZED/SHOCKED

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  , producer
• 1987 SIESTA

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• 1988 THE ACCUSED

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• 1988 FIVE CORNERS

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• 1988 STEALING HOME

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• 1989 BACKTRACK

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• 1991 LITTLE MAN TATE

  director, performer

• 1991 THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

  performer

• 1992 SHADOWS AND FOG

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• 1993 IT WAS A WONDERFUL LIFE

  narrator

• 1993 SOMMERSBY

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• 1994 MAVERICK

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HER AWARDS (ACADEMY)

• Nominated for Supporting Actress 1976 : TAXI DRIVER

• Best Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role 1988 : THE ACCUSED

• Best Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role 1991 : THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

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