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Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021. Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980). After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021). Foster made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
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All starts at Dermafacial Educational and Beauty Center. Jacob, his mother Missy, and Kate (BFF of Missy) are hosting a workshop. The other 6 women (guests) are introduced. Glenda and Marina are friends and Glenda brings her baby. Suddenly, news on TV warn about the dam's imminent collapse, and they watch in shock. Authorities urge people to evacuate, but before they can act, the signal is lost, and chaos begins. The dam bursts, and the flood surges through LA at terrifying speed. The Center is hit hard, forcing them act quickly. Jacob takes charge, leading them upwards and onto the roof before the lower floor is submerged. They see cars being swept away, buildings collapse. They must leave. Before the signal in LA cut off, they heard about evacuation point. They cross flooded streets, avoide debris, submerged cars, and unstable buildings. Glenda struggles with the baby, Marina and Rose argue, and tensions flare. Monica and Lynn suggests using high ground routes to avoid deep water. They reach a mall, now dangerous ruin full of water. They must cross it to get closer to the evacuation site. As they make their way through, Beverly vanishes, falls into a flooded lower level. Realizing Beverly is missing, Jacob doesn't hesitate, dives into the ruins to find her. Finally finds Beverly trapped, frees her just in time, carrying her back to safety. They can't hide feelings anymore. They go toward the evacuation point and became survivors, forever changed by the experience.
