Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster started her career as a child actor before establishing herself as a leading actress in film. She appeared in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), in a supporting role as a "Ripple-drinking street kid", and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a 12-year-old prostitute in his Taxi Driver (1976). Foster called Taxi Driver a life-changing experience and said it was "the first time anyone asked me to create a character that wasn't myself"; Taxi Driver won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, where Foster impressed journalists when she acted as a French interpreter at the press conference.