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Jodie Foster

Foster was born to Lucius Foster and Brandy Almond in Los Angeles, California, where she attended an exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, before going on to Yale University, where she earned a B.A. in literature, graduating in 1985.

Foster has made more than 100 appearances in film and television since the age of five. She began her career at age two in a television commercial as the Coppertone Girl. She debuted as a television actress in a 1969 episode of

At age 14, Jodie received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a preteen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film intended to assassinate a presidential candidate, and in 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people, claiming he did it to impress Foster. Hinckley had become obsessed with Foster after repeated viewings of the film, and stalked her for a time while she attended Yale University.

Unlike other child stars like Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster was able to make a successful transition to grown-up roles. She won the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape victim in (1995), a comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr.. She went into producing in 1994 with the acclaimed , the story of young woman raised in an isolated place who has to return to civilization. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called "Foster as Clarice Starling in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs. Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in the shadows"

Foster has appeared in a number of Japanese commercials, mostly in the 1990s. These include advertisements for the Honda Civic, Keri cosmetics, Mt. Rainier ice coffee, and the Pasona Temporary Agency.

Foster is intensely private about her personal life. She has two sons (Charles in 1998 and Kit in 2001), but has never revealed the identity of their father or whether they share a father. Because of this and because she has lived with producer Cydney Bernard for several years, some allege that she is a lesbian. She has never made any public statement regarding her sexual orientation. An unauthorized biography of her, written by brother Buddy Foster, identifies her as bisexual.

Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster was named in her honor.

Won: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award 1992 -