Jodie Foster
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FIRST LOOK: Kristen Stewart's New Indie Flick...difficult part to play." Cohn says that Stewart got the part thanks to the recommendation of one famous former costar. "It was Jodie Foster, whom I respect and admire, who wholeheartedly recommended Kristen," he says of her Panic Room... In this article: Kristen Stewart, New Moon, Arthur Cohn, Twilight, Panic Room, and Jodie Foster |
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L.A. Times - Religious News | 1 day ago
Officer who helped capture Garrido tells teens to trust their instincts
...kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) She watched "The Silence of the Lambs" as a girl and so related to Jodie Foster's character that she wanted to become an FBI agent and go after psychopaths. Instead, Ally Jacobs...
In this article: Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Cosmopolitan magazine, Los Angeles Times, Target, and Oprah Winfrey
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | 1 day ago
Interview: Claire Danes, actress
...made her an even hotter commodity, but by 1999 she had decided she needed an education. Encouraged by Jodie Foster, who had directed her in Home For The Holidays, she chose Yale. It was an education, she says, but mostly in socialising with...
In this article: Orson Welles, Ricky Gervais, Richard Linklater, Claire Danes, Stardust, Billy Crudup, Stage Beauty, and Juliet
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Independent.co.uk - Film & TV | 3 days ago
Bella Bella! Beauties and their beasts
...beating the $67.2m record set by The Dark Knight in 2008. Sinead Keenan in 'Being Human' Linda Hamilton in 'Beauty and the Beast' Jodie Foster in 'Silence of the Lambs' Anna Paquin in 'True Blood' Naomi Watts in 'King Kong' Geena...
In this article: David Boreanaz, New Moon, Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Fay Wray, Barry Norman, Kristen Stewart, and Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Pink is the New Blog | 5 days ago
Les News, 111909
...conservatives would turn their backs on Carrie Prejean in the wake of her sex tape scandal? Billy Currington is 36, Jodie Foster is 47, Meg Ryan is 48, Matt Sorum (Y Kant Tori Read, Guns N' Roses) is 49, Robert Beltran (Star Trek:...
In this article: Carrie Prejean, Calvin Klein, Liam Gallagher, Robert Beltran, Matt Sorum, Billy Currington, Y Kant Tori Read, and Morrissey
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Denver Post Entertainment | 5 days ago
Leonids a cosmic time to watch E.T.
...by. Carl Sagan's "Contact," one of the first movies I ever wrote about here, prompted a long discussion of plot details. Did Jodie Foster make contact with aliens, or not? "Starman" came to mind, as I explained up the huge meteor...
In this article: Leonids, Coal, Drag Me to Hell, Starman, Amblin Entertainment, Steven Spielberg, Carl Sagan, Contact, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
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Miami Herald | 6 days ago
Celebrity birthdays on Nov. 19
...Kathleen Quinlan is 55. Journalist Ann Curry is 53. Actress Allison Janney (The West Wing) is 50. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress Jodie Foster is 47. Join the discussion The Miami Herald is pleased to provide this opportunity to share...
In this article: Talk show, Ted Turner, Calvin Klein, The Miami Herald, Alan Young, Kathleen Quinlan, Dick Cavett, Larry King, and Allison Janney
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washingtonpost.com | 6 days ago
Today in History - Nov. 19
...Allison Janney is 50. Rock musician Matt Sorum (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver) is 49. Actress Meg Ryan is 48. Actress-director Jodie Foster is 47. Actress Terry Farrell is 46. TV chef Rocco DiSpirito is 43. Actor Jason Scott Lee is 43.
In this article: Talk show, Indiana Pacers, Ford Motor Co., Apollo XII, Treaty of Versailles, Revolutionary War, World War II, and Civil War
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San Jose Mercury News | 6 days ago
The 'Twilight' world of Kristen Stewart
...her: At 19, Stewart is considered one of the most promising actresses of her generation, with Oscar winners like Sean Penn and Jodie Foster lining up to offer praise. "I do wish that people would focus more on the work, and I can't say that...
In this article: Kristen Stewart, Twilight, Chris Weitz, New Moon, Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Edward Cullen, Panic Room, and Stephenie Meyer
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The Huffington Post | November 16, 2009
Melissa Silverstein: A Tale of Two Young Actresses
Stewart started her career as an actress before she became tabloid fare. She first appeared opposite Jodie Foster in Panic Room when she was 11. She has been acting ever since. Most of the films she appeared in before Twilight were smaller,...
In this article: Kristen Stewart, Megan Fox, Kate Beckinsale, Meg Ryan, Transformers, Twilight, Demi Moore, Transformers, and Panic Room
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | November 13, 2009
James Cameron honored by Visual Effects Society, Santa Barbara Film Fest
...contributions to the motion picture industry." Past recipients include Anthony Hopkins, George Clooney, Sean Penn, Peter Jackson, Jodie Foster and Clint Eastwood. This year's festival will also honor Colin Firth with the Outstanding...
In this article: James Cameron, Avatar, Colin Firth, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Sean Penn, Anthony Hopkins, Clint Eastwood, and George Clooney
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Description from Wikipedia:
Alicia Christian Foster, better known as Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962), is an American actor, director and producer.
Foster began acting in commercials at 3 years old, and her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).
Foster's films have spanned a wide variety of genres, from family films to horror. She has also won three Bafta Awards two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a People's Choice Award, and has received two Emmy nominations.
- Name At Birth:
- Alicia Christian Foster
- Birth Date:
- November 19, 1962
- Birthplace:
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation:
- Actor, producer, director
- Years Active:
- 1968–present
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