Taxi Driver (1976)
Directed by Martin Scorsese, Foster was just 13 years old when she got her big break in the Robert De Niro starrer. She was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar.
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Freaky Friday (1976)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Foster played Annabel Andrews, who swapped bodies with her mom, played by Barbara Harris.
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Bugsy Malone (1976)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Foster portrayed Tallulah in the film, which also starred a young Scott Baio in the title role.
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The Accused (1988)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Courtesy Everett Collection Foster won a best actress Oscar for her role in the crime drama.
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Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Orion Pictures Corp/Courtesy Everett Collection Foster won her second best actress Oscar in this thriller, in which Anthony Hopkins played cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter.
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Nell (1994)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection Foster was nominated for the best actress Oscar for playing Nell in the drama.
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Maverick (1994)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection Foster played Annabelle Bransford in the country western comedy adventure, which co-starred Mel Gibson as Bret Maverick. She tells the new THR of Gibson: "I knew the minute I met him, I would love him the rest of my life."
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Contact (1997)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection Foster was nominated for a best actress in a drama Golden Globe for playing scientist Eleanor Arroway.
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Panic Room (2002)
Image Credit: Photo Credit: Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Foster starred alongside a young Kristen Stewart in the thriller.
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The Beaver (2011)
Foster directs and stars in the puppet film, premiering Wednesday at SXSW, alongside her friend Gibson.