November 19 – Happy Birthday, Jodie Foster

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nFoster was just three years old when she had her firstngig! She was just 14 when she first hosted Saturday Night Live, andnshe was just 15 when she won her first Academy Award! She was evennone of the youngest people to ever win the Cecil B. DeMille Award forn“outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment,” lastnyear, at age 50.

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• nJodien Foster was born Alicia Christian Foster. Some of her credits as an child include “Jody” and “Jodi” Foster; finally, in 1970,n she settled on “Jodie” with an I-E ending.

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• nFostern knows five languages: she speaks English of course, she speaksn fluent French, she can converse in Italian, and she understandsn Spanish and German.

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• nFostern attended Yale University and earned a B.A. in literature and, yearsn later, a honorary Doctor of Fine Arts.

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• nOnen of my favorite Foster films, Contact,n was a hard project for the prolific actress. She said that it wasn hard for her to make an acute personal connection with the role ofn SETI scientist Ellie Arroway, and at times she had to work whilen rotating on a lazy Susan in front of a blue screen.

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• nn In feel a bit of a connection to Foster because my mom has dementia,n and her mom has dementia. When accepting a prestigious award, shen said to her mom, “In know you’re inside those blue eyes somewhere and that there are son many things that you won’t understand tonight. Butn this is the only important one to take in: I love you, I love you, In love you.”

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• nIn like how loyal Foster is. When her buddy and fellow actor Mel Gibsonn made a bunch of embarrassing and very public mistakes, mostn Hollywood insiders turned cold shoulders on him, but Foster stood byn his side, made movies with him, and took him with her to awardn shows—being a true friend while still acknowledging his mistakesn and his flaws. Also, during her emotional acceptance speech of then Cecil B. DeMille Award, she thanked her “coparent” and “BFF”n Cydney Bernard, even though the two had broken up about five yearsn before. n

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