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Jodie Foster
Age: 47
Height: 161 cm
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Born: Nov. 19th, 1962
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BIOGRAPHY: Alicia C. Foster, better known as Jodie Foster, was born November 19, 1962. Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two in an ad campaign for Coppertone. For four years, she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968), on which her brother, Buddy Foster, was a regular. In 1975, Jodie was offered the role of the prostitute Iris in the movie Taxi Driver (1976), after Melanie Griffith turned it down. This role, for which she received an Academy Award nomination in the "Best Supporting Actress" category, marked a breakthrough in her career. In 1980, she graduated as the best of her class from the French College of Los Angeles and began to study English Literature at Yale University, from where she graduated in 1985. One tragic moment in her life was March 30th, 1981 when John Hinckley (I) attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan (I). Hinkley was obsessed with Jodie and the movie Taxi Driver (1976), in which Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, tried to shoot presidential candidate, Palantine. Despite the fact that Jodie never took acting lessons, she received two Oscars before she was thirty years of age. She received her first award for her part as Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988) and the second one for her performance as Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
TRIVIA:
- Born to Lucius Fisher Foster III, an Air Force colonel turned real estate agent, and Evelyn 'Brandy' Ella Almond, a film producer, her father left the family after few months before her birth.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in John'Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28 (1976).
- Producer of _Freaky Friday (2003)_ (qv) 'Andrew Gunn (I)' (qv) had initially hoped she would be game to play the mother, as Foster had played the daughter in the original film _Freaky Friday (1976)_ (qv). Foster declined, in part because of concerns that the casting stunt would overshadow the movie's overall merit.
- She was all set to star in the TV film _The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV)_ (qv). Unfortunately an actors' strike prevented the film from being made. By the time the production was ready to go, Jodie was already studying at Yale. The leading role went to 'Jennifer Jason Leigh' (qv).
- Was considered for the role of Viola in _Shakespeare in Love (1998)_ (qv). 'Gwyneth Paltrow' (qv) got the part.
- Was offered the lead role in _The Exorcist (1973)_ (qv) sequel _Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)_ (qv), but the role returned to 'Linda Blair' (qv). She turned down the offer in order to play Annabel in _Freaky Friday (1976)_ (qv).
- Measurements: 34B-24-33 1/2 (Souce: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
- In 2001, decided not to reprise the role of Clarice Starling in _Hannibal (2001)_ (qv). The role eventually went to 'Julianne Moore (I)' (qv).
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