Best Actress Oscar Winners 1990s

’Silence’ is Golden: Former child star Jodie Foster had already evolved into an Academy Award-winning actress and acclaimed director by the time she appeared in 1991’s "Silence of the Lambs." Her second Oscar win, as FBI agent-trainee Clarice Starling — not to mention her memorably discomforting tête-à-têtes with Hannibal Lecter — was simply further proof of her powerful talent.