Jodie Foster was considered a child prodigy .
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 . In the late 1960s and early 1970s , she worked in several television series and made her film debut with Disney 's Napoleon and Samantha ( 1972 ) .
Jodie Foster