How old is Jodie Foster?

Jodie Foster is an American actress, model, movie producer, and social activist. She was born as Alicia Christian Foster in 1962 in LA and started her career as a child model in a few TV ads and TV series like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice or Paper Moon. Her first serious role was in the movie of Scorsese, Taxi Driver where 14-year-old Jodie starred with Robert De Niro. In 1976 she came out as the lead role performer, in the movie The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, which improved her popularity among teenagers. Her transition from a child actress to an experienced Hollywood actress was extremely successful since one of the first roles as an adult actress, namely the one in The Accused brought Jodie her first Academy Award. The second one she received for her amazing performance alongside Anthony Hopkins in The Silence of the Lambs. Shorty after she directed a few movies like Little Men Tale and Home for the Holidays. Other notable roles of Foster include Maverick (with Mel Gibson), Contact, Panic Room (with Kristen Stewart), Flightplan, Insight Man (with Denzel Washington), The Beaver (with Mel Gibson) and Elysium (with Matt Damon). She is almost the only woman who became very much successful both as an actress and a movie director. Jodie Foster has two sons.

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