Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013 and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021.

Foster began her professional career as a child model and later gained recognition as a teen idol through various Disney films, including ''Napoleon and Samantha'' (1972), ''Freaky Friday'' (1976), and ''Candleshoe'' (1977). She appeared in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' (1974) and the thriller ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). For her role as a teenage prostitute in ''Taxi Driver'', she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other early films include ''Tom Sawyer'' (1973), ''Bugsy Malone'' (1976), ''The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane'' (1976), ''Carny'' (1980), and ''Foxes'' (1980).

After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles and won two Academy Awards for Best Actress: for her portrayal of a rape victim in ''The Accused'' (1988) and for her role as Clarice Starling in ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991). She also received a nomination for her performance in ''Nell'' (1994). Her other notable films include ''Sommersby'' (1993), ''Maverick'' (1994), ''Contact'' (1997), ''Anna and the King'' (1999), ''Panic Room'' (2002), ''Flightplan'' (2005), ''Inside Man'' (2006), ''The Brave One'' (2007), ''Nim's Island'' (2008), ''Carnage'' (2011), ''Elysium'' (2013), ''The Mauritanian'' (2021), and ''Nyad'' (2023). The latter earned Foster her fifth Oscar nomination. In 2024, she starred in the HBO anthology series ''True Detective: Night Country'', for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award.

Foster made her directorial debut with ''Little Man Tate'' (1991) and has since directed films such as ''Home for the Holidays'' (1995), ''The Beaver'' (2011), and ''Money Monster'' (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. Foster has also received Primetime Emmy nominations for producing ''The Baby Dance'' (1998) and for directing the ''Orange Is the New Black'' episode "Lesbian Request Denied" (2013). She has also directed episodes of ''Tales from the Darkside'' (1988), ''House of Cards'' (2014), the ''Black Mirror'' episode "Arkangel" (2017), and ''Tales from the Loop'' (2020). Provided by Wikipedia