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AGE - 39 |
AMERICAN | A-LIST LEAD ACTRESS |
Best Films - Taxi Driver & Silence of the Lambs
WORST FILM - Little Man Tate
Next Films - n/a
Famous Quote - "I spent four hours with a shrink trying to prove I was normal enough to play a 14 yr old hooker. Does that make sense?" - On her role in Taxi Driver.
FILMOGRAPHY
Taxi Driver - Silence of the Lambs - Maverick - Contact - Panic Room
PERSONAL INFO
Born & raised in California as Alicia Christian Foster. Film debut at the age of 9. Biggest break came at 13 in Scorcese's Taxi Driver.
John Hinckley Jr attempted to assassinate President Reagan in 1981, and when captured, insisted he'd done it to impress Foster.
Won Best Actress Oscar twice for 'The Accused' and for 'Silence of the Lambs.'
Makes her own voice in all of the French versions of any of her movies, because she can speak French fluently.
As a youngster, was mauled by a lion and carried briefly in its mouth during outdoor shooting of a commercial.
Majored in literature at Yale; graduated magna cum laude in 1985.
Graduated in 1980 as the class valedictorian from the private academy Lycée Français in Los Angeles.
Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992).
Salary - $7,000,000 per film.
FINAL NOTE
She doesn't act in as many films as you would think, but when she does, it is always memorable and she has become one of the great actresses of this generation.
Written by T.C. Candler.
© 2003
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