• Name: Jodie Foster
  
• Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster
  
• Height: 5'4"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: November 19, 1962
  
• Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
  
• Profession: actress, producer, director
  
• Education: Yale University (majored in Literature; graduated; B.A.; magna cum laude)
  
•   : College Lycée Français (as the best of her class)
  
• Father: Lucius Foster III. (left family when Foster's mother was a few months pregnant with her)
  
• Mother: Evelyn Foster (called Brandy; Foster's manager)
  
• Sister: Constance Foster (born in 1955, called Connie), Lucinda Foster (born in 1952)
  
• Brother: Lucius Foster IV (actor; born on July 12, 1957; called Buddy)
  
• Son: Kit Foster (born on September 29, 2001), Charles Foster (born in 1998; Foster refused to tell who his father is.)
  
• Claim to fame: as Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988)
  

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• "Being understood is not the most essential thing in life."
• "I spent four hours with a shrink trying to prove I was normal enought to play a hooker. Does that make sense?" on her role in Taxi Driver (1976) when she was 13.
• "Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away/ from"
• "Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable"
• "It's not my personality to be extroverted emotionally, so acting has been helpful to me."
• (at age 14) "Kids talk like sailors now. Adults don't want to know."

• Hollywood Film Festival: Hollywood Discovery Award - Outstanding Achievement in Acting (2002)
• American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American Cinematheque Award (1999)
• Rembrandt Awards: Audience Award - Best Actress, CONTACT (1998)
• European Film Awards: Audience Award - Best Actress (1997)
• FilmFest Hamburg: Douglas Sirk Award (1997)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Mary Pickford Award (1997)
• Saturn Award: Best Actress, CONTACT (1997)
• Women in Film Crystal Awards: Crystal Award (1996)
• American Society of Cinematographers: Board of the Governors Award (1996)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Berlinale Camera (1996)
• Golden Camera (Germany) (1996)
• David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress, NELL (1995)
• People's Choice Awards: Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actress (1995)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, NELL (1995)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, NELL (1995)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress Leading, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1992)
• Hasty Pudding Theatricals: Woman of the Year (1992)
• ShoWest Award: Female Star of the Year (1992)
• Academy Awards: Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
• Boston Film Festival: Film Excellence Award (1991)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Drama, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actress, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)
• David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress, THE ACCUSED (1989)
• Independent Spirit Awards: Best Female Lead, FIVE CORNERS (1989)
• Academy Awards: Best Actress, THE ACCUSED (1988)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Drama, THE ACCUSED (1988)
• National Board of Review: Best Actress, THE ACCUSED (1988)
• Saturn Award: Best Actress - Horror, THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE (1978)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress Supporting, BUGSY MALONE (1977)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress, TAXI DRIVER (1977)
• British Academy Award: Best Newcomer, BUGSY MALONE (1977)
• British Academy Award: Best Newcomer, TAXI DRIVER (1977)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, TAXI DRIVER (1977)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: New Generation Award (1976)

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