Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as leading actress in film. She has received several accolades including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Foster also was awarded with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013 and the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021.

Foster began her career as a child model and gained recognition as a teen idol through 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). For her role as a teenage prostitute in Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976), she was nominated 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 Academy Awards for Best Actress for playing a rape victim in ''The Accused'' (1988) and Clarice Starling in ''The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991). She was also nominated for ''Nell'' (1994), and ''Nyad'' (2023). She has acted in ''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). On television, she starred in the HBO anthology series ''True Detective: Night Country'' (2024), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe.

Foster has directed four feature length films: ''Little Man Tate'' (1991), ''Home for the Holidays'' (1995), ''The Beaver'' (2011), and ''Money Monster'' (2016). She founded a production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. Foster 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