Jodie Foster Biography

Sopranome “the Jodie” has been given from its siblings and sisters to them. Because of this nickname she has had to the companion of its mother, a woman of name Jo Dominique, which came called, affectionately: “Aunt Jo D.”.

It began to recite from child in film like Two boys and a lion (1972), Tom Sawyer (1973), from the novel of Mark Twain, and Alice does not inhabit (1974 more here). In 1976 it interpreted, to flank of Robert De Niro, the thirteen years old prostitute of Driver Taxi, for the direction of Martin Scorsese, becoming immediately famous all over the world.

The first role in which it did not interpret an adolescent was that one of the protagonist of Under accusation (1988), based on the true history of a woman stuprata in a bar: the interpretation been worth the Oscar to the best actress. In 1992 it gained its second prize Oscar with Hush of innocents (1991), where it recited to the flank of Anthony Hopkins.

Later on it toed make one's debut like director with my small genius (1991), of which he was also coprotagonista, which it followed To house for vacations (1995). It recited then in Sommersby (1993), Nell (1994), the first film produced from the Egg Pictures, founded same she, Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan - Mystery in flight (2005), Inside Man (2006), the buio in spirit (2007).

The Foster is one of the actresses more classified than Hollywood and in the United States news vague or invented on its account often appears. But it has disappointed what it more, it has been to know that its brother has written, with the aid of a journalist, a book a lot detailed on its private life.

It is graduated with praise in English literature. It is not member of the association Catering on the contrary than supported from various rumors. It speaks to an optimal French and an optimal Italian; languages that have studied during its university studies. It has been dedicated an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, uncovered in 1998.

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