5 2
Age 64

HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPARISON

Age 77

#38

Current Rank

#84

#1

Peak Rank

#5

47

Years Ranked

47

10

Years in Top 10

9

31.7

Average Rank

40.8

35

Theatrical Releases

37

The Silence of the Lambs $130.7 Million

Biggest Hit

The Help $169.7 Million

$1.1 Billion

Career Domestic
Box Office

$786.5 Million

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As of the selected ranking year, Jodie Foster and Sissy Spacek form a comparison shaped more by career pattern than by any single credit. The category score gives Jodie Foster the broader edge, though the result remains a comparison of career outcomes rather than personal popularity.

Commercial scale is another meaningful divider, with the career domestic box office measure giving Jodie Foster the larger theatrical footprint. The comparison therefore points leans toward Jodie Foster, with the most meaningful separation coming from the highlighted career measures.

CAREER RANKING HISTORY

Jodie Foster Sissy Spacek

FILMOGRAPHY COMPARISON

Jodie Foster

35 theatrical releases • $1.1 Billion Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2026 A Private Life $1.4 Million
2021 The Mauritanian $836,536
2018 Hotel Artemis $6.7 Million
2013 Elysium $93.1 Million
2011 Carnage $2.5 Million

Sissy Spacek

37 theatrical releases • $786.5 Million Domestic

Year Movie Domestic Box Office Domestic BO
2025 Die My Love $5.5 Million
2018 The Old Man & the Gun $11.3 Million
2012 Deadfall $66,351
2011 The Help $169.7 Million
2010 Get Low $9.2 Million