Jodie 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). Foster 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.
Known For
Iris
Taxi Driver
Clarice Starling
The Silence of the Lambs
Madeleine White
Inside Man
Laurel Sommersby
Sommersby
Anna
Anna and the King
Ellie Arroway
Contact
Nell Kellty
Nell
Elodie Gordes
Un long dimanche de fiançailles
Meg Altman
Panic Room
Alexandra Rover
Nim's Island
Erica Bain
The Brave One
Sarah Tobias
The Accused
Hélène
The Blood of Others
Dede Tate
Little Man Tate
Franny Berry
The Hotel New Hampshire
Tallulah
Bugsy Malone
Jeanie
Foxes
Donna
Carny
Katie Chandler
Stealing Home
Kyle
Flightplan
Annabelle Bransford
Maverick
Anne Benton
Catchfire
Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha
Nancy
Siesta
Casey
Candleshoe
Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
Audrey
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Annabel Andrews
Freaky Friday
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Martha
One Little Indian
Narrator (voice)
Everest: The Death Zone
Sister Assumpta
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Delacourt
Elysium
Meredith Black
The Beaver
Rynn Jacobs
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Linda Komkowski
Five Corners
Penelope Longstreet
Carnage
Bonnie Stoll
NYAD
Victoria
Mesmerized
Teresina
Casotto
Liberty Cole
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
(archive footage)
Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim
Deirdre
Echoes of a Summer
Zoe Alexander
Svengali
Self / Host
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Narrator (voice)
It Was a Wonderful Life
Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Moi, fleur bleue
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Rita
Kansas City Bomber
Prostitute
Shadows and Fog
Becky Thatcher
Tom Sawyer
Self
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Self
Becoming Iconic
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice)
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
All About Bette
Self
Movies Are My Life
Suellen McIver
Menace on the Mountain
Self
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
Hinckley
Jean Thomas / Nurse
Hotel Artemis
Jodie Foster
Motherhood
Self
100 Films and a Funeral
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Abby Singer
Self - Narrator (voice)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Grease Day USA
Barbara O'Hara
O'Hara's Wife
Self
Love, Antosha
Self
Mickey's 50
Nancy Hollander
The Mauritanian
Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Self
The True Story of Hannibal
Self – Host
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self (archive footage)
Jodie Foster - Hollywood dans la peau
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Lilian Steiner
Vie privée
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Self
Early Directors on Directing
Mother
Scorsese's Women
Self - Actress and Director
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Self
Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
(Archival)
Jodie Promo
Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
Narrator (voice)
Breakdown: 1975
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-11-19
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
Jody Foster