Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, and producer, who played Samantha in the 1972 Disney family adventure drama film Napoleon and Samantha, Martha McIver in the 1973 Disney western film One Little Indian, Annabel Andrews in the 1976 Disney comedy film Freaky Friday, and Casey Brown in the 1977 Disney family film Candleshoe. She also played Kyle Pratt in the 2005 Touchstone Pictures film Flightplan.
Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old, and she made her acting debut in 1968 in the television sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. She soon found roles in films, like Tom Sawyer, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, Carny, and Foxes.
After attending college at Yale, Foster struggled to transition into adult roles until she gained critical acclaim in the legal drama The Accused for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won her second Academy Award three years later for the psychological horror film The Silence of the Lambs. She continued act in other films, like Nell, Sommersby, Maverick, Contact, Anna and the King, Nim's Island, Panic Room, Inside Man, and The Brave One.
Foster made her debut as a film director in 1991 with Little Man Tate, she continued more heavily with directed in the 2010s with films, like The Beaver, Home for the Holidays, Money Monster, as well as episodes for the Netflix television series Orange Is the New Black, House of Cards, and Black Mirror.
==Roles==
Napoleon7.jpg|Samantha(Napoleon and Samantha)
Ff8.jpg|Annabel Andrews(Freaky Friday)
CaseyBrown.jpg|Casey Brown(Candleshoe)
jodie foster flightplan.jpg|Kyle Pratt(Flightplan)
jodie foster one little indian.jpg|Martha McIver(One Little Indian)
==Gallery==
FosterMickey.png|Foster appearing in Mickey's 50 in November 1978.
Jodie Foster 61st DGA.jpg|Jodie Foster speaks onstage at the 61st annual Directors Guild of America Awards in January 2009.
Jodie Foster 64th Cannes Fest.jpg|Jodie Foster attending the 64th annual Cannes Film Fest in May 2011.
Jodie Foster 69th Golden Globes.jpg|Jodie Foster arrives at the 69th annual Golden Globes in January 2012.
Jodie Foster SDCC12.jpg|Jodie Foster speaks at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con.
Jodie Foster Tribeca13.jpg|Jodie Foster attending the 2013 Tribeca Film Fest.
Jodie Foster Walk of Fame ceremony.jpg|Jodie Foster at her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in May 2016.
Jodie Foster visits Stephen Colbert.jpg|Jodie Foster visits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in December 2017.
Jodie Foster NYFF.jpg|Jodie Foster attending the 55th annual New York Film Fest in October 2018.
Jodie Foster 25th SAG.jpg|Jodie Foster speaks onstage during the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in January 2019.
==Trivia==
*She was offered the role of Princess Leia in Star Wars, but since she was already working on two films (Freaky Friday and Candleshoe) under contract at Disney, she turned the role down.
*Foster was also considered for the role of Abby Mallard in the 2005 Disney film Chicken Little, along with several other actresses who were also considered for the part.
*Foster was also considered for the role of Rita in Oliver and Company, along with several actresses who were also considered for the part.
*She was also considered for the role of Tess in the 2003 version of Freaky Friday.
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