Jodie Foster
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| Born | Alicia Christian Foster November 19, 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Actress |
| Years active at Hanna-Barbera | 1972-1973 |
| Characters played | Anne Chan Pugsley Addams |
Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She was initially a child actress and starred in numerous television roles in the early 1970s, as well as the movie Taxi Driver, then as an adult, she had prominent starring roles in Silence of the Lambs, Contact, and Anne and the King.
Roles
The Addams Family
- Main article: The Addams Family (franchise)
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
- Anne Chan in The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan TV series (1972).
Scooby-Doo
- Main article: Scooby-Doo (franchise)
- Puggsley Addams in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" (1972).
Other roles
Foster began her professional career as a child model at age three appearing in a Coppertone commercial. Following numerous advertisements, she began her acting career at age five in 1968 for various television shows, starting with the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D., and in other programs such as Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, Bonanza, and Kung Fu. Her film debut came with the Disney adventure film Napoleon and Samantha (1972). After receiving attention with roles in Tom Sawyer (1973), and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Foster rose to international prominence in [[[1976]] at age 13 with three prominent releases; Taxi Driver, Bugsy Malone, and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. For Taxi Driver in particular, it earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She continued to garner praise and became a teen idol with starring roles in an array of films including; Freaky Friday (1976), Candleshoe (1977), and Foxes (1980).
Following her graduation at Yale University (which she attended during a four-year sabbatical from acting), Foster made a series of smaller films before having her breakthrough with the courtroom drama The Accused (1988), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. One of her most famous roles was Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), of which she received her second Academy Award. Other successful films she starred in the 1990s were Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Nell (1994), Contact (1997), and Anna and the King (1999). During this decade, she also made her directorial debut with the family dramas Little Man Tate (1991), and Home for the Holidays (1995).
Behind the scenes
- In Foster's 1983 interview with Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Foster said she wanted to name her child Jetson because she was a fan of The Jetsons.
