Jodie Foster Courtesy of PAOKU From The Accused to The Silence of the Lambs, Jodie Foster built her career on strength, intelligence and control. Now, with Rebecca Zlotowski's A Private Life, the two-time Oscar winner is stepping into new territory. Speaking onscreen in French for the first time in a leading role, she uncovers a different side of herself - fragile, funny and unexpectedly vulnerable. The film, which premiered in Cannes and heads to Toronto, follows Foster as Dr. Lilian Steiner, an American psychoanalyst in Paris whose patient dies under mysterious circumstances.