Jodie Foster as well as "Carny" (1980) and "Foxes" (1980). After attending college at Yale, Foster struggled to transition into adult roles until she gained critical acclaim for playing a rape survivor in the legal drama "The Accused" (1988), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won her second Academy Award three years later for the psychological horror "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), in which she portrayed Clarice Starling. Foster made her debut as a film director the same year with "Little Man Tate", and founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. The company's first
Jodie Foster which left her with permanent scars on her back. Her other early film work includes the Raquel Welch vehicle "Kansas City Bomber" (1972), the Western "One Little Indian" (1973), the Mark Twain adaptation "Tom Sawyer" (1973), and Martin Scorsese's "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1974), in which she appeared in a supporting role as a "Ripple-drinking street kid". Foster has said she loved acting as a child, and values her early work for the experience it gave her: "Some people get quick breaks and declare, 'I'll never do commercials! That's so lowbrow!' I want to tell them, 'Well, I'm real