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Jodie Foster: Early Oscar Nomination Empowered Her Career

1/15/2026

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Jodie Foster, the American actress, credits early career power from Taxi Driver's Oscar-nomination when she was 12.
In an NPR interview, she says this power made her 'too dangerous to touch' and protected her.
Foster described a head-first personality that reduced susceptibility to manipulation.
She became a role model for others, like Natalie Portman, who discussed child-actor sexualization.

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Jodie Foster, the American actress, credits early career power from Taxi Driver's Oscar-nomination when she was 12.
In an NPR interview, she says this power made her 'too dangerous to touch' and protected her.
Foster described a head-first personality that reduced susceptibility to manipulation.
She became a role model for others, like Natalie Portman, who discussed child-actor sexualization.