Jodie Foster

The Actor Jodie Foster

Full Name:Alicia Christian Foster

Born: November 19, 1962 (age 47)Los Angeles, California,United States

Occupation: Actor, producer, director

Years active: 1966–present


Biography

The one of the famous celebrities Alicia Christian Jodie Foster is an American actress, film director and producer., Foster begin acting in commercial at three years old, and her first important role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she conventional a application for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance conventional international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She conventional her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).


Awards and Nominations

Academy Awards, USA (Nominated:2,Year:1977,1995 & Won:2,Year:1989,1992)
Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1992	Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1989	Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role for: The Accused (1988)
BAFTA Awards (Nominated:,Year:1990 & Won:2,Year:1977,1992)
1992	Won	BAFTA		Film Award Best Actress for: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1977	Won	BAFTA		Film Award Best Supporting Actress for: Bugsy Malone (1976) Also for Taxi Driver (1976).
				Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for: Bugsy Malone (1976) Also for Taxi Driver (1976).
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