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Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, film director and producer.

Foster began acting in commercials at three years old, and her first significant role came 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 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 received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received 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).

Foster's films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. She has also won three Bafta Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a People's Choice Award, and has received two Emmy nominations.

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Dissed By Emma Watson: Twilight Vs Harry ... - Teens Press (blog) Teens Press (blog)--Kristen Stewart has starred as -Jodie Foster's- daughter in 'The Panic Room', and is filming 'On The Road' at present. Robert Pattinson will soon be starring ... - Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:22:03 GMT+00:00
Cops yet to question Jodie Foster over alleged May attack on teen - Daily News & Analysis Daily News & Analysis--Even after two months of being accused for attacking a teenager in an accident, -Jodie Foster- has still not been questioned about the incident. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:51:19 GMT+00:00
Flashback Five - The Best Movies of Jodie Foster - AMCtv.com (blog) AMCtv.com (blog)---Jodie Foster's- characters are always ferocious and ferociously complicated. Whether she's a pubescent prostitute or a trigger-happy public-radio host, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:25:25 GMT+00:00
'Breaking Dawn' Intense Birth Scene Viewed Through the Eyes of Kristen Stewart - Associated Content Associated Content--Stewart played -Jodie Foster's- daughter in Panic Room when she was just a kid, and her look back then was the same. She is just one of those people with a ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:22:24 GMT+00:00
Aliens at your cinema - Herald & Review (blog) Herald & Review (blog)--All I can say is I'm happy to see a return to the inhuman, malicious alien of yore in most of these cases instead of the friendly, incorporeal -Jodie Foster- ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:19:53 GMT+00:00
WENTWORTH MILLER'S â€œEVILâ€ CHOICES - Hollywood Outbreak (blog) Hollywood Outbreak (blog)---...- is also a screenwriter whose script Stoker is being developed by Fox Searchlight as a possible project for -Jodie Foster- and Carey Mulligan. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:48 GMT+00:00
Poll: Most Will See New Mel Gibson Movie - Opposing Views Opposing Views---...- found that three out of four Americans haven't been turned off by Mel Gibson's ugliness, and would probably pay to see him in -Jodie Foster's- The Beaver. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:52:08 GMT+00:00
Dakota Fanning Wants To Work With Jodie Foster - FemaleFirst.co.uk FemaleFirst.co.uk--In an interview with Yahoo the actress said: "I'd love to work with -Jodie Foster-. I really admire her, her career and what she's done. ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:06:58 GMT+00:00
Legendary Yale club reopens after $3.5M renovation - Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas Sun--Foreign leaders and movie stars including Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks and -Jodie Foster- have patronized the club, which traces its roots ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:21:06 GMT+00:00
Poll Shows That People Still Love Them Some Mel Gibson - Mediaite.com Mediaite.com--This is good news for -Jodie Foster-, who directed Gibson's next film, the dark comedy The Beaver. Ironically, in that film, Gibson plays a crazy person. ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:18:54 GMT+00:00

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Dissed By Emma Watson: Twilight Vs Harry ... - Teens Press (blog)

Teens Press (blog)--Kristen Stewart has starred as -Jodie Foster's- daughter in 'The Panic Room', and is filming 'On The Road' at present. Robert Pattinson will soon be starring ... - Date : Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:22:03 GMT+00:00

Cops yet to question Jodie Foster over alleged May attack on teen - Daily News & Analysis

Daily News & Analysis--Even after two months of being accused for attacking a teenager in an accident, -Jodie Foster- has still not been questioned about the incident. ... - Date : Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:51:19 GMT+00:00

Flashback Five - The Best Movies of Jodie Foster - AMCtv.com (blog)

AMCtv.com (blog)---Jodie Foster's- characters are always ferocious and ferociously complicated. Whether she's a pubescent prostitute or a trigger-happy public-radio host, ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:25:25 GMT+00:00

'Breaking Dawn' Intense Birth Scene Viewed Through the Eyes of Kristen Stewart - Associated Content

Associated Content--Stewart played -Jodie Foster's- daughter in Panic Room when she was just a kid, and her look back then was the same. She is just one of those people with a ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:22:24 GMT+00:00

Aliens at your cinema - Herald & Review (blog)

Herald & Review (blog)--All I can say is I'm happy to see a return to the inhuman, malicious alien of yore in most of these cases instead of the friendly, incorporeal -Jodie Foster- ... - Date : Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:19:53 GMT+00:00

WENTWORTH MILLER'S â€œEVILâ€ CHOICES - Hollywood Outbreak (blog)

Hollywood Outbreak (blog)---...- is also a screenwriter whose script Stoker is being developed by Fox Searchlight as a possible project for -Jodie Foster- and Carey Mulligan. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:07:48 GMT+00:00

Poll: Most Will See New Mel Gibson Movie - Opposing Views

Opposing Views---...- found that three out of four Americans haven't been turned off by Mel Gibson's ugliness, and would probably pay to see him in -Jodie Foster's- The Beaver. ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:52:08 GMT+00:00

Dakota Fanning Wants To Work With Jodie Foster - FemaleFirst.co.uk

FemaleFirst.co.uk--In an interview with Yahoo the actress said: "I'd love to work with -Jodie Foster-. I really admire her, her career and what she's done. ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:06:58 GMT+00:00

Legendary Yale club reopens after $3.5M renovation - Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas Sun--Foreign leaders and movie stars including Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks and -Jodie Foster- have patronized the club, which traces its roots ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:21:06 GMT+00:00

Poll Shows That People Still Love Them Some Mel Gibson - Mediaite.com

Mediaite.com--This is good news for -Jodie Foster-, who directed Gibson's next film, the dark comedy The Beaver. Ironically, in that film, Gibson plays a crazy person. ... - Date : Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:18:54 GMT+00:00

Academy Award for Best Actress

Katharine Hepburn (1981) * Meryl Streep (1982) * Shirley MacLaine (1983) * Sally Field (1984) * Geraldine Page (1985) * Marlee Matlin (1986) * Cher (1987) * Jodie Foster (1988) * Jessica Tandy (1989) * Kathy Bates (1990) * Jodie Foster (1991) * Emma Thompson (1992) * Holly Hunter (1993) * Jessica Lange (1994) * Susan Sarandon (1995) * Frances McDormand (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Hilary Swank (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) ---- Complete list * (1928 “1940) * (1941 “1960) * (1961 “1980) * (1981 “2000) * (2001-present)

Katharine Hepburn (1981) * Meryl Streep (1982) * Shirley MacLaine (1983) * Sally Field (1984) * Geraldine Page (1985) * Marlee Matlin (1986) * Cher (1987) * Jodie Foster (1988) * Jessica Tandy (1989) * Kathy Bates (1990) * Jodie Foster (1991) * Emma Thompson (1992) * Holly Hunter (1993) * Jessica Lange (1994) * Susan Sarandon (1995) * Frances McDormand (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Hilary Swank (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) ---- Complete list * (1928 “1940) * (1941 “1960) * (1961 “1980) * (1981 “2000) * (2001-present)

Golden Globe Award for Best Actress “ Motion Picture Drama

Meryl Streep (1981) * Meryl Streep (1982) * Shirley MacLaine (1983) * Sally Field (1984) * Whoopi Goldberg (1985) * Marlee Matlin (1986) * Sally Kirkland (1987) * Jodie Foster/Shirley MacLaine/Sigourney Weaver (1988) * Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) * Kathy Bates (1990) * Jodie Foster (1991) * Emma Thompson (1992) * Holly Hunter (1993) * Jessica Lange (1994) * Sharon Stone (1995) * Brenda Blethyn (1996) * Judi Dench (1997) * Cate Blanchett (1998) * Hilary Swank (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) ---- Complete List * (1943 “1960) * (1961 “1980) * (1981 “2000) * (2001 “present)

Meryl Streep (1981) * Meryl Streep (1982) * Shirley MacLaine (1983) * Sally Field (1984) * Whoopi Goldberg (1985) * Marlee Matlin (1986) * Sally Kirkland (1987) * Jodie Foster/Shirley MacLaine/Sigourney Weaver (1988) * Michelle Pfeiffer (1989) * Kathy Bates (1990) * Jodie Foster (1991) * Emma Thompson (1992) * Holly Hunter (1993) * Jessica Lange (1994) * Sharon Stone (1995) * Brenda Blethyn (1996) * Judi Dench (1997) * Cate Blanchett (1998) * Hilary Swank (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) ---- Complete List * (1943 “1960) * (1961 “1980) * (1981 “2000) * (2001 “present)

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Jodie Foster (1994) * Susan Sarandon (1995) * Frances McDormand (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Annette Bening (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) * Halle Berry (2001) * RenÃ©e Zellweger (2002) * Charlize Theron (2003) * Hilary Swank (2004) * Reese Witherspoon (2005) * Helen Mirren (2006) * Julie Christie (2007) * Meryl Streep (2008) * Sandra Bullock (2009)

Jodie Foster (1994) * Susan Sarandon (1995) * Frances McDormand (1996) * Helen Hunt (1997) * Gwyneth Paltrow (1998) * Annette Bening (1999) * Julia Roberts (2000) * Halle Berry (2001) * RenÃ©e Zellweger (2002) * Charlize Theron (2003) * Hilary Swank (2004) * Reese Witherspoon (2005) * Helen Mirren (2006) * Julie Christie (2007) * Meryl Streep (2008) * Sandra Bullock (2009)