Jodie Foster — Child Prodigy to Two-Time Oscar Winner

Foster was nominated for an Oscar at 14 for Taxi Driver (1976) — playing a child prostitute in a Martin Scorsese film. She won Best Actress at 26 (The Accused) and again at 29 (The Silence of the Lambs). Then she became a director (Little Man Tate, Money Monster) and continued acting into her 60s — winning a Golden Globe for True Detective: Night Country in 2024 at age 61. The arc from child exploitation in a Scorsese film to directing her own features is the most dignified evolution in Hollywood history. Six decades. Zero scandals. Two Oscars. Still working.