
Profile
Famous as :
ActressBirth Name :
Alicia Christian FosterBirth Date :
November 19, 1962Birth Place :
Los Angeles, California, USAClaim to fame :
As Iris Steensma in "Taxi Driver" (1976)
Academy Awards, USA
1995
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for Nell (1994)
1992
Won Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1989
Won Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Accused (1988)
1977
Got nomination for Oscarcategory Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Taxi Driver (1976)
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2006
Got nomination for Saturn Awardcategory Best Actress for Flightplan (2005)
2003
Got nomination for Saturn Awardcategory Best Actress for Panic Room (2002)
1998
Won Saturn Awardcategory Best Actress for Contact (1997)
1992
Got nomination for Saturn Awardcategory Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1978
Won Saturn Awardcategory Best Actress - Horror for The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
American Cinematheque Gala Tribute
1999
Won American Cinematheque AwardAmerican Society of Cinematographers, USA
1996
Won Board of the Governors AwardBAFTA Awards
1992
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1990
Got nomination for BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Actress for The Accused (1988)
1977
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Newcomer for Bugsy Malone (1976)
1977
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Bugsy Malone (1976)
1977
Won BAFTA Film Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Taxi Driver (1976)
Berlin International Film Festival
1996
Won Berlinale CameraBlockbuster Entertainment Awards
1998
Got nomination for Blockbuster Entertainment Awardcategory Favorite Actress - Drama for Contact (1997)
Boston Film Festival
1991
Won Boston Film Excellence AwardChicago Film Critics Association Awards
1991
Won CFCA Awardcategory Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
David di Donatello Awards
1995
Won David Awardcategory Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) for Nell (1994)
1989
Won David Awardcategory Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera) for The Accused (1988)
1977
Won Special David Awardcategory (For the Acting) for Taxi Driver (1976)
Daytime Emmy Awards
2001
Got nomination for Daytime Emmycategory Outstanding Special Class Special for AMC's Film Preservation with Jodie Foster (2000) (TV)
shared with Marc Juris (executive producer); Jessica Falcon (executive producer); Randy Barbato
Emmy Awards
1999
Got nomination for Emmycategory Outstanding Made for Television Movie for The Baby Dance (1998) (TV)
shared with Robert Halmi Jr.; Tony Allard; Matthew O'Connor (executive producers)
European Film Awards
1997
Won European Film Audience Awardcategory Best Actress
Golden Camera, Germany
1996
Won Golden CameraGolden Globes, USA
2013
Won Cecil B. DeMille Award2012
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical for Carnage (2011)
2008
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Brave One (2007)
1998
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Contact (1997)
1995
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for Nell (1994)
1992
Won Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1989
Won Golden Globecategory Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama for The Accused (1988)
1977
Got nomination for Golden Globecategory Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy for Freaky Friday (1976)
Hamburg Film Festival
1997
Won Douglas Sirk AwardHasty Pudding Theatricals, USA
1992
Won Hasty Pudding Woman of the YearHollywood Film Festival
2002
Won Hollywood Discovery Awardcategory Outstanding Achievement in Acting
Independent Spirit Awards
1989
Won Independent Spirit Awardcategory Best Female Lead for Five Corners (1987)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
1992
Won KCFCC Awardcategory Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
1989
Won KCFCC Awardcategory Best Actress for The Accused (1988)
1977
Won KCFCC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Taxi Driver (1976)
London Critics Circle Film Awards
1992
Got nomination for ALFS Awardcategory Actress of the Year for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1976
Won Los Angeles Film Critics New Generation AwardMTV Movie Awards
1995
Got nomination for MTV Movie Awardcategory Best Female Performance for Nell (1994)
National Board of Review, USA
1988
Won NBR Awardcategory Best Actress for The Accused (1988)
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
1977
Won NSFC Awardcategory Best Supporting Actress for Taxi Driver (1976)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
1991
Won NYFCC Awardcategory Best Actress for The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
People's Choice Awards, USA
2008
Got nomination for People's Choice Awardcategory Favorite Female Action Star
1995
Won People's Choice Awardcategory Favorite Dramatic Motion Picture Actress
Rembrandt Awards
1998
Won Rembrandt Audience Awardcategory Best Actress for Contact (1997)
Satellite Awards
1998
Won Mary Pickford AwardScreen Actors Guild Awards
1995
Won Actor Awardcategory Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for Nell (1994)
ShoWest Convention, USA
1992
Won ShoWest Awardcategory Female Star of the Year
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
1995
Won SEFCA Awardcategory Best Actress for Nell (1994)
Women in Film Crystal Awards
1996
Won Crystal AwardYoung Artist Awards
1981
Got nomination for Young Artist Awardcategory Best Young Actress in a Major Motion Picture for Foxes (1980)














