Jodie Foster
Known for Acting · 166 credits
- Born
- 1962-11-19 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Jody Foster · Alicia Christian Foster · Jodi Foster
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.
Known For
The Simpsons
1989
as Maggie Roark (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TV Shows (66)
The Simpsons
1989
as Maggie Roark (voice)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Frasier
1993
as Marlene (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The X-Files
1993
as 'Betty' (voice)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
True Detective
2014
as Liz Danvers
Quotidien
2016
as Self - Guest
Bonanza
1959
as Bluebird
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Ironside
1967
Adam-12
1968
as Mary Bennett
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
My Three Sons
1960
as Priscilla
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Daniel Boone
1964
as Rachel Pickett
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020
as Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Gunsmoke
1955
as Susan Sadler / Patricia / Marieanne
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Medical Center
1969
Film '72
1971
as Self
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Sharon Lee / Sue
The Partridge Family
1970
as Julie Lawrence
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
Ghost Story
1972
as Judy
Rove
1999
as Self
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Fairy / Little Girl
Beau geste
2023
as Self
Julia
1968
as Cindy Blanchard
HBO First Look
1992
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
Mr. Scorsese
2025
as Self
Cérémonie des César
1976
as Self - President
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
as Joey Kelly
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Pugsley Addams (voice)
The Early Show
1999
as Self - Guest
The Directors
1999
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Paper Moon
1974
as Addie Pray
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Paul Lynde Show
1972
The Emmy Awards
1949
as Self - Winner
Harty
1983
as Self
The Addams Family
1973
as Pugsley Addams (voice)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
as Self - Host
Movies (100)
Beach House
1977
as Teresina
Taxi Driver
1976
as Iris
Contact
1997
as Ellie Arroway
Elysium
2013
as Delacourt
Nell
1994
as Nell Kellty
Inside Man
2006
as Madeleine White
A Private Life
2025
as Lilian Steiner
Panic Room
2002
as Meg Altman
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
as Clarice Starling
Flightplan
2005
as Kyle
The Mauritanian
2021
as Nancy Hollander
Maverick
1994
as Annabelle Bransford
The Brave One
2007
as Erica Bain
Sommersby
1993
as Laurel Sommersby
The Accused
1988
as Sarah Tobias
Hotel Artemis
2018
as Jean Thomas / Nurse
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Narrator (voice)
Carnage
2011
as Penelope Longstreet
Anna and the King
1999
as Anna
Love, Antosha
2019
as Self
Nim's Island
2008
as Alexandra Rover
The Beaver
2011
as Meredith Black
NYAD
2023
as Bonnie Stoll
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
as Audrey
Little Man Tate
1991
as Dede Tate
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
as (archive footage)
Catchfire
1990
as Anne Benton
Abby Singer
2003
as Jodie Foster (uncredited)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
as Rynn Jacobs
Freaky Friday
1976
as Annabel Andrews
A Very Long Engagement
2004
as Elodie Gordes
Shadows and Fog
1991
as Prostitute
100 Films and a Funeral
2007
as Self
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
as Samantha
All About Bette
1994
as Self
O'Hara's Wife
1982
as Barbara O'Hara
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
as Franny Berry
Stealing Home
1988
as Katie Chandler
The Blood of Others
1984
as Hélène
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
as Self
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
as Self - (archive footage)
One Little Indian
1973
as Martha
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
as Liberty Cole
Tom Sawyer
1973
as Becky Thatcher
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
as Sister Assumpta
Candleshoe
1977
as Casey
Five Corners
1987
as Linda Komkowski
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004
as Self
Grease Day USA
1978
as Self
Mickey's 50
1978
as Self
It Was a Wonderful Life
1992
as Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
as Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Echoes of a Summer
1976
as Deirdre
Menace on the Mountain
1970
as Suellen McIver
Foxes
1980
as Jeanie
Motherhood
2009
as Jodie Foster
Bugsy Malone
1976
as Tallulah
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999
as Self
Hollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
as Self (archive footage)
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024
as Self
Kansas City Bomber
1972
as Rita
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
Siesta
1987
as Nancy
Mesmerized
1985
as Victoria
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989
as Narrator (voice)
Carny
1980
as Donna
Becoming Iconic
2018
as Self
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023
as Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005
as Self
Scorsese's Women
2014
as Mother
Svengali
1983
as Zoe Alexander
Movies Are My Life
1988
as Self
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977
as Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
as Self - Actress and Director
Hinckley
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005
as Self
Henry Fonda for President
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
as Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995
as Self
The True Story of Hannibal
2005
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014
as Self – Host
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010
as Self
Early Directors on Directing
2009
as Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007
as Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991
as Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jodie Promo
1995
as (Archival)
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
2004
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998
as Self / Host
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Everest: The Death Zone
1998
as Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005
as Self
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
2013
as Narrator (voice)
About Jodie Foster
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… With 166 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Jodie Foster has appeared in 100 films and 66 TV shows.
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Most Popular Jodie Foster Movies
- Beach House (1977) — as Teresina
- Taxi Driver (1976) — as Iris
- Contact (1997) — as Ellie Arroway
- Elysium (2013) — as Delacourt
- Nell (1994) — as Nell Kellty
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