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 during that period. For Hanna-Barbera, she provided the voices for Anne Chan in The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, and Pugsley Addams in the 1973 animated version of The Addams Family.
Roles
20th century
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).
