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Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster (English: Jodie Foster, November 19, 1962 -), formerly known as Alicia Christian Foster (Alicia Christian Foster), is an American actress, director and producer. Born as a child star, she won two Oscars before the age of 30. Judy first started appearing in commercials when she was 3 years old. When she was only 13 years old, she starred in her famous film "Taxi Driver". In the film, she played a young prostitute. Her mature acting skills shocked everyone. She was nominated for the 49th Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1988, Judy played the victim Sarah Tobias in "The Accused", the first film in Hollywood history to directly depict the crime of rape or gang rape, which was adapted from real events. She won the 61st Academy Award for Best Actress and the 46th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama Category). Three years later, she starred as FBI trainee agent Chrissy Starling in the classic suspense horror film "The Silence of the Lambs" directed by director Jonathan Demme, and won the 64th Academy Award for Best Actress and the 49th Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama). At that time, she was only 29 years old, becoming one of the few actors in the history of the Academy Awards to win two Best Actress awards before the age of 30. At the 78th Golden Globe Awards in 2021, Judy once again won the Best Supporting Actress Award for the movie "The Trial". This is the eighth time Judy has been nominated for the Actor Award and won the award three times. So far, Jodie Coster has won two Oscars, three British Academy Film Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and three Golden Globe Awards, including the 70th Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (also translated as Lifetime Achievement Award) awarded to her by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on January 13, 2013 for "outstanding contributions to the world entertainment industry".

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
United States
Born
1962-11-19
Wikidata
Q41351
Occupations actormovie actorfilm directorfilm producervoice actorcharacter actortelevision actortheater producerexecutive producertelevision producer
Aliases Alicia Christian FosterJodie FosterJody Fosterjodie fosterJodie Foster

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