Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster (ne Alicia Christian Foster) is an award-winning American actress, director and producer. At age 12, Foster rose to fame for her Oscar-nominated breakout performance as a child prostitute in Martin Scorsese's 1976 film, Taxi Driver. Foster also starred in Disney's Freaky Friday (1976) and Foxes (1980) before taking a small break from acting. She graduated from Yale in 1985 before returning to the big screen for her next critically-acclaimed role as rape survivor Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988) — for which she earned an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress. Foster won her second Academy Award and Golden Globe following her performance in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — the same year made her directorial debut. Most recently, Foster's third Golden Globe came in 2021 for her role in The Mauritian. She is also well-known for her appearances in the popular films Maverick (1994), Contact (1997) and Panic Room (2002) Foster received the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards in 2013 for her "outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment."