She's won two Academy Awards: One for the role of Sarah Tobias in The Accused and a second for playing Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs.
Foster is known for roles in many other hit films, including Stealing Home, Contact, Anna and the King, Panic Room, and Flight Plan.
Jodie Foster can currently be seen as Liz Danvers in the HBO series True Detective: Night Country.