Jodie Foster will receive the Palme d’Or for Lifetime Achievement at the Cannes Film Festival, which will take place this year from July 6 to 17. The American actress, director and producer will be the guest of honor at the opening ceremony on the stage of the Palais des Festivals.

Jodie Foster, a child actress and precocious talent, will climb the same steps of Cannes she walked at just 13 years old next to Martin Scorsese for Taxi Driver, which won the Palme d’Or in May 1976. Forty-five years later, Jodie Foster will receive her . Between these two dates, a wide-ranging filmography, between interpretations (about 50 films) and direction (4 feature films), two Oscars (for The Accused in 1989 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1992).

Hers are among the most symbolic “duets” in cinema: such as with Robert de Niro, Anthony Hopkins, Mel Gibson, Kristen Stewart, Denzel Washington, directed by David Fincher, Robert Zemeckis, Spike Lee, Alan Parker and Claude Chabrol. A career that marries the Hollywood industry and auteur cinema. “Cannes is a festival to which I owe a lot, it has completely changed my life,” says Jodie Foster, a few weeks before the event.

The American artist is also an activist for gender equality in the film industry; 58 years old, she has been married to actress and director Alexandra Hedison since 2014.