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Jodie Foster
JodieFoster
Foster at the 64th Academy Awards
5 Nominations / 2 Wins
Role Actress, Director, Producer
Born November 19, 1962
Los Angeles, California, USA
 

Jodie Foster is an American actress, film director, and producer. Foster began acting in commercials at the age of three, and rose to prominence at the age of 13 in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She is also well known for The Accused (1988), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Contact (1997), and many more. Foster made her directorial debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate; she also directed the films Home for the Holidays (1995) and The Beaver (2011). She has won numerous awards throughout her career.

Wins[]

61st Academy Awards, 1988
Best ActressThe Accused
64th Academy Awards, 1991
Best ActressThe Silence of the Lambs

Nominations[]

49th Academy Awards, 1976
Best Supporting ActressTaxi Driver
61st Academy Awards, 1988
Best ActressThe Accused
64th Academy Awards, 1991
Best ActressThe Silence of the Lambs
67th Academy Awards, 1994
Best ActressNell
96th Academy Awards, 2023
Best Supporting ActressNyad

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