Life and career
Stephen foster was innate to Lucius & Brandy Foster inside Los Angeles, California, where she attended an exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, before running in to Yale University, where she earned the B.A. in literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985.

Stephen foster has mass produced supplementary than Century appearances within film and television since the age of 5. She began her career at age deuce inside a television commercial message when the Coppertone Girl. She debuted as the television actress around a 1969 episode of Mayberry R.F.D., and in film in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain. She appeared in several Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), One Little Indian (1973), Freaky Friday (1976), and Candleshoe (1977).

At age Xiv, Jodie received the nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a teen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro. De Niro's character around Taxi Driver meant to assassinate the presidential candidate, & around 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three accompanying officials, claiming he did it to impress Foster.

Unrather more tyke stars like Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster was able to make a successful transition to grown-up roles. She won a number 1 of her ii Golden Globes and Academy Awards as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape victim in The Accused (1988). She earned her 2nd for her co-starring role paired Anthony Hopkins in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. She is fluent plenty within French that she has performed in French films, like Un long dimanche de fiançailles.

She manufactured her debut when director around 1991 by having Little Man Tate, the drama all about a toddler genius where she besides costarred. She as well directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr.. She went into producing inside 1994 by having a acclaimed Nell, the story of girl raised inside an isolated place world health organization has to link to to civilization. Within 1992, Stephen foster founded the production company known as Egg Pictures within Los Angeles.

Stephen collins foster has performed within the total of Japanese commercial message, mostly in the 1990s. These include ad for the Honda Civic, Keri cosmetics, Mt. Showery iced coffee, & a Pasona Temporary Professional.

Stephen foster is intensely personalized all about her personal life. She has produced 2 sons (Charles within 1998 and Kit in 2001), but has never revealed the identity of their father or even whether it part a father. Because of this & because she has accept actress Cydney Bernard for numerous years, many suspect she occurs as lesbian. She has never processed any public statement on her sexual orientation. An wildcat biography of her, written by her brother, identifies her as such.

Asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster was named within her honor.

Filmography
Inside Man (2005) (post-production) Flightplan (2005) A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche delaware fiançailles) (2004) Abby Singer (2003) Panic Room (2002) The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) (also producer) Anna and the King (1999) The Uttmost (1998) (documentary) Contact (1997) Nell (1994) (also producer) Maverick (1994) Sommersby (1993) Shadows and Fog (1992) Little Man Tate (1991) (also director) The Silence of the Lambs (1991) Catchfire (1990) a.k.the. Backtrack The Accused (1988) Stealing Home (1988) Siesta (1987) Five Corners (1987) Mesmerized (1986) (also co-producer) The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) (1984) The Hotel New Hampshire (1984) Svengali (1983) ''O'Hara's Wife (1982) Foxes (1980) Carny (1980) Candleshoe (1977) Casotto (1977) Beach House (1977) Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue) (1977) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) Freaky Friday (1976) Bugsy Malone (1976) Taxi Driver (1976) Echoes of a Summer (1976) The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing (1975) (TV) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974) (TV) Rookie of the Year (1973) (TV) Alexander, Alexander (1973) (TV) Tom Sawyer (1973) One Little Indian (1973) Kansas City Bomber (1972) Napoleon and Samantha (1972) My Sister Hank (1972) (TV) Menace on the Mountain (1970) (TV)

Awards
Won: BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best Newcomer 1976 - Bugsy Malone Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1977 - Taxi Driver Won: BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 1977 - Taxi Driver Won: Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress 1989 - The Accused 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 - The Silence of the Lambs Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress 1995 - Nell''