American actress and director with two Academy Awards for "The Accused" and "The Silence of the Lambs", with a career beginning at age three.
Background
Born Alicia Christian Foster in Los Angeles, she modeled in television commercials at age three. Her breakthrough was Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” (1976) at 14, for which she received her first Oscar nomination.
Career
After Yale University she returned to Hollywood and led Jonathan Demme’s “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991). She has since directed features (“Little Man Tate”, “Money Monster”) and major prestige television episodes.
Style
Foster speaks fluent French and has dubbed her own performances for French audiences. She is recognized for choosing self-possessed, intelligent female leads and for guarded public life that ended with her 2013 Cecil B. DeMille speech.
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