The Big Picture: Jodie Foster Career & Biographical Notes: Speaks fluent French As a child, was mauled by a lion and carried briefly in its mouth on the set of a Disney film Was first choice to play Princess Leia but couldn't get out of her Disney contract to play the role Surprisingly easy to defeat at Scrabble

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Jodie Foster Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Home for the Holidays
• Inside Man
• Silence of the Lambs, The

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Upcoming Movies: Release Date Film No release date Flora Plum

Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Nim's Island	4/4/08				42.81	Info
The Brave One	9/14/07				35.11	Info
Inside Man	3/24/06	R	2818	28.95	88.32	Info
Flightplan	9/23/05	PG-13	3424	24.63	89.70	Info
A Very Long Engagement	11/26/04	R	4	0.10	6.17	Info
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	6/14/02	R	76	0.19	1.78	Info
Panic Room	3/29/02	R	3053	30.06	95.31	Info

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Awards:

2002
Panic Room

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, BOP's Calvin Awards

1997
Contact

• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes

1994
Nell

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes

1991
The Silence of the Lambs

• Win: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes

1988
The Accused

• Win: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes

1976
Freaky Friday

• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes

Taxi Driver

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards

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