Jodie Foster
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 19, 1962 (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021. Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980). After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021). She made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop. Foster's sexual orientation became the subject of public discussion in 1991 when publications such as OutWeek and The Village Voice, protesting against the alleged homophobia and transphobia in The Silence of the Lambs, claimed she was a lesbian. She publicly acknowledged her 14-year relationship with Cydney Bernard in 2007 in a speech at The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment" breakfast honoring her. In 2013, she addressed her decision to come out in a speech after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards, which led many news outlets to describe her as gay. Some sources noted that she did not use the words "gay" or "lesbian" in her speech.
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Filmography
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Movie · as Self
Hexed
Movie · as Queen Celeste (voice)
The First Five Minutes... The Title Design Legacy of Dan Perri
Movie · as self
A Private Life
Movie · as Lilian Steiner
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Henry Fonda for President
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Scorsese
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Smartare än hjärnan
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Hinckley
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
NYAD
Movie · as Bonnie Stoll
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Movie · as Self
Beau geste
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Mauritanian
Movie · as Nancy Hollander
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Love, Antosha
Movie · as Self
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie · as Self - Actress and Director
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Becoming Iconic
Movie · as Self
Hotel Artemis
Movie · as Jean Thomas / Nurse
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Movie · as Self
Quotidien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie · as Self – Host
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
True Detective
TV · as Liz Danvers · 6 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Elysium
Movie · as Delacourt
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Beaver
Movie · as Meredith Black
Carnage
Movie · as Penelope Longstreet
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Movie · as Self
Motherhood
Movie · as Jodie Foster
Early Directors on Directing
Movie · as Self
Nim's Island
Movie · as Alexandra Rover
The Brave One
Movie · as Erica Bain
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Movie · as Self
100 Films and a Funeral
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Inside Man
Movie · as Madeleine White
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Movie · as Self
Flightplan
Movie · as Kyle
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Movie · as Self
The True Story of Hannibal
Movie · as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Movie · as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Movie · as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Movie · as Self
A Very Long Engagement
Movie · as Elodie Gordes
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Movie · as Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Movie · as Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
Movie · as Self
Abby Singer
Movie · as Jodie Foster (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Celebrities Uncensored
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Panic Room
Movie · as Meg Altman
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Movie · as Sister Assumpta
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie · as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie · as Self
Anna and the King
Movie · as Anna
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self
The Early Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
Rove
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Everest: The Death Zone
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Movie · as Self / Host
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps
Contact
Movie · as Ellie Arroway
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cinefile: Reel Women
Movie · as Self
Jodie Promo
Movie · as (Archival)
Lo + plus
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Nell
Movie · as Nell Kellty
Maverick
Movie · as Annabelle Bransford
All About Bette
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sommersby
Movie · as Laurel Sommersby
Frasier
TV · as Marlene (voice) · 1 ep
The X-Files
TV · as 'Betty' (voice) · 1 ep
Intimate Portrait
TV · as Self · 1 ep
It Was a Wonderful Life
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 3 eps
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
The Silence of the Lambs
Movie · as Clarice Starling
Little Man Tate
Movie · as Dede Tate
Shadows and Fog
Movie · as Prostitute
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie · as Self
Catchfire
Movie · as Anne Benton
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
TV · as Maggie Roark (voice) · 1 ep
The Accused
Movie · as Sarah Tobias
Stealing Home
Movie · as Katie Chandler
Movies Are My Life
Movie · as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
Siesta
Movie · as Nancy
Five Corners
Movie · as Linda Komkowski
Mesmerized
Movie · as Victoria
The Blood of Others
Movie · as Hélène
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie · as Franny Berry
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Svengali
Movie · as Zoe Alexander
Harty
TV · as Self · 1 ep
O'Hara's Wife
Movie · as Barbara O'Hara
Hollywood’s Children
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Foxes
Movie · as Jeanie
Carny
Movie · as Donna
Grease Day USA
Movie · as Self
Mickey's 50
Movie · as Self
The South Bank Show
TV · 1 ep
Candleshoe
Movie · as Casey
Beach House
Movie · as Teresina
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Movie · as Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Taxi Driver
Movie · as Iris
Bugsy Malone
Movie · as Tallulah
Freaky Friday
Movie · as Annabel Andrews
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Movie · as Rynn Jacobs
Echoes of a Summer
Movie · as Deirdre
Cérémonie des César
TV · as Self - President · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie · as Audrey
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Movie · as Liberty Cole
Paper Moon
TV · as Addie Pray · 13 eps
Spécial cinéma
TV · as Self · 2 eps
One Little Indian
Movie · as Martha
Tom Sawyer
Movie · as Becky Thatcher
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
TV · as Elizabeth Henderson · 13 eps
The Addams Family
TV · as Pugsley Addams (voice) · 16 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Napoleon and Samantha
Movie · as Samantha
Kansas City Bomber
Movie · as Rita
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Movie · as Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Kung Fu
TV · as Alethea Patricia Ingram · 1 ep
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV · as Pugsley Addams (voice) · 1 ep
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
TV · as Anne Chan · 16 eps
The Paul Lynde Show
TV · 1 ep
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Sharon Lee, Sue · 1 ep
Ghost Story
TV · as Judy · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Menace on the Mountain
Movie · as Suellen McIver
The Partridge Family
TV · as Julie Lawrence · 1 ep
Medical Center
TV · 1 ep
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV · as Joey Kelly · 5 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV · as Fairy, Little Girl · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Mary Bennett · 1 ep
Julia
TV · as Cindy Blanchard · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Rachel Pickett · 1 ep
My Three Sons
TV · as Priscilla · 6 eps
Bonanza
TV · as Bluebird · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Susan Sadler, Marieanne, Patricia · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Emmy Awards
TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps