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Kate Burton recalled a young Jodie Foster being one of her tenants when they attended Yale University in the 1980s

The actress discussed the memory exclusively with PEOPLE at a screening of her latest project, Netflix’s The Beast in Me

Burton has earned three Emmy nominations for her roles in Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal as well as three Tony nods

Kate Burton always knew Jodie Foster would succeed in Hollywood — even when she was her landlord at Yale University in the early 1980s.

Speaking with PEOPLE in an exclusive conversation at a screening of her latest project, Netflix’s The Beast in Me , in New York City on Nov. 5, Burton recalled having Foster living in one of her units in New Haven, Conn.

“She was my tenant at Yale, I was her landlord, because she

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