Clarice Starling

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fictional character film character literary character

Clarice Starling is a determined and intelligent FBI trainee-turned-agent best known as the protagonist of Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter novels and their film adaptations, particularly The Silence of the Lambs.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Clarice M. Starling (character) – various adaptations 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
affiliation FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit ⓘ
surface form: Behavioral Science Unit (FBI)
appearsIn Hannibal (TV series) – referenced/alternate continuity ⓘ
Hannibal (film) ⓘ
Hannibal (novel) ⓘ
Hannibal Lecter film series ⓘ
surface form: Red Dragon (novel series continuity)

The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (film)

The Silence of the Lambs (novel) ⓘ
associatedWith Buffalo Bill (Jame Gumb) ⓘ
Hannibal Lecter ⓘ
Mason Verger ⓘ
awardConnection Jodie Foster – Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Clarice Starling ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (film) – Academy Award for Best Picture
basedIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Thomas Harris ⓘ
education FBI Academy ⓘ
surface form: FBI Academy at Quantico (training)
employer Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
familyBackground orphaned at a young age (in backstory) ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Hannibal Lecter film series ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Lecter universe
firstAppearance The Silence of the Lambs (novel) ⓘ
surface form: The Silence of the Lambs (1988 novel)
gender female ⓘ
genre crime thriller ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
goal to catch serial killer Buffalo Bill ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
novel ⓘ
television series spin-off (Clarice) ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableScene interviews with Hannibal Lecter in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane ⓘ
notableWork Hannibal ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs (novel) ⓘ
surface form: The Silence of the Lambs
occupation FBI agent ⓘ
FBI trainee ⓘ
partner Jack Crawford ⓘ
surface form: Jack Crawford (professional mentor)
portrayedBy Clarice Starling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Clarice M. Starling (character) – various adaptations

Jodie Foster ⓘ
Julianne Moore ⓘ
Rebecca Breeds ⓘ
series Hannibal Lecter film series ⓘ
surface form: Hannibal Lecter series
setting Quantico, Virginia ⓘ
skill criminal profiling ⓘ
firearms proficiency ⓘ
investigation ⓘ
trait courageous ⓘ
determined ⓘ
intelligent ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Silence of the Lambs → character → Clarice Starling ⓘ
The Silence of the Lambs → mainProtagonist → Clarice Starling ⓘ
Jodie Foster → portrayed → Clarice Starling ⓘ
Clarice Starling → portrayedBy → Clarice Starling self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Clarice M. Starling (character) – various adaptations