Jodie Foster is an actor, a filmmaker, and, above it all she’s mother.

She was a teen prostitute inTaxi Driver,which earned her first Academy nomination.

She was a tenacious FBI agent inThe Silence of the Lambs.

Closeup of Jodie Foster

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And now, she’s detective Liz Danvers in the newest season ofTrue Detective: Night Country.

I just didn’t want them to be confused about what I did for a living."

Jodie revealed that she convinced her oldest, Charlie, she was a construction worker.

Side-by-side of Jodie in 1976 and now

“I brought him to set one day and bought him a little plastic tool belt and stuff.”

And for a really long time, he thought I was a construction worker."

I think theyre going to catchTrue Detectivecause theyre really into that.

Jodie sitting at a diner with Robert De Niro in a scene from "Taxi Driver"

On that note, I’m going to watchTrue Detective, too.

Jodie holding up her FBI badge in a scene from "The Silence of the Lambs"

Jodie watching something on a phone with headphones in her ears in a scene from "True Detective"

Jodie Foster with her sons at the Golden Globes

Closeup of Jodie Foster on the red carpet

closeup of Jodie Foster

Closeup of Jodie Foster

Screenshot from "The View"

Closeup of Jodie Foster

Screenshot from "Nyad"

Screenshot from "Nell"

Closeup of Jodie Foster

Screenshot from "True Detective"

Jodie Foster holding her Emmy award