Bio -- Jodie Foster

The film world is rife with actresses who come and go. Every month a new "Next Big Thing" peers out sexily from magazine covers. True, some may be talented, but few have real staying power. And staying power is what Jodie Foster is all about. She has been in the business for forty of her forty-three years. She is one of the few child actors to successfully make the leap to adult stardom. And in an industry with a surfeit of bottom feeders, her name has become synonymous with integrity and intelligence.

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