Jodie Foster
Acting
Born: November 19, 1962 (age 63) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
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 Silence of the Lambs
1991
Taxi Driver
1976
The Simpsons
1989
Elysium
2013
Inside Man
2006
Black Mirror
2011
Panic Room
2002
Contact
1997
True Detective
2014
The X-Files
1993
House of Cards
2013
Carnage
2011
Photos (24)
Movies (57)
Taxi Driver
Iris
Inside Man
Madeleine White
Contact
Ellie Arroway
Hotel Artemis
Jean Thomas / Nurse
The Mauritanian
Nancy Hollander
A Private Life
Lilian Steiner
Elysium
Delacourt
Nim's Island
Alexandra Rover
The Accused
Sarah Tobias
Panic Room
Meg Altman
The Brave One
Erica Bain
The Beaver
Meredith Black
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
A Very Long Engagement
Elodie Gordes
Anna and the King
Anna
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Audrey
NYAD
Bonnie Stoll
Sommersby
Laurel Sommersby
Candleshoe
Casey
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rynn Jacobs
Shadows and Fog
Prostitute
Freaky Friday
Annabel Andrews
Flightplan
Kyle
Maverick
Annabelle Bransford
Bugsy Malone
Tallulah
Carnage
Penelope Longstreet
Stealing Home
Katie Chandler
Little Man Tate
Dede Tate
Breakdown: 1975
Narrator (voice)
The Hotel New Hampshire
Franny Berry
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Sister Assumpta
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Nell
Nell Kellty
Beach House
Teresina
Catchfire
Anne Benton
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Siesta
Nancy
Five Corners
Linda Komkowski
Motherhood
Jodie Foster
Mesmerized
Victoria
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Echoes of a Summer
Deirdre
Kansas City Bomber
Rita
Foxes
Jeanie
O'Hara's Wife
Barbara O'Hara
Carny
Donna
The Blood of Others
Hélène
One Little Indian
Martha
Napoleon and Samantha
Samantha
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Liberty Cole
Svengali
Zoe Alexander
Abby Singer
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Menace on the Mountain
Suellen McIver
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Narrator (voice)
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Everest: The Death Zone
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (31)
The Simpsons
Maggie Roark (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
'Betty' (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Marlene (voice) · 1 eps
True Detective
Liz Danvers · 6 eps
Bonanza
Bluebird · 1 eps
Ironside
1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 eps
The South Bank Show
1 eps
Adam-12
Mary Bennett · 1 eps
My Three Sons
Priscilla · 6 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Daniel Boone
Rachel Pickett · 1 eps
The Partridge Family
Julie Lawrence · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Sharon Lee · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Sue · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Susan Sadler · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Patricia · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Marieanne · 1 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
Fairy · 1 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
Little Girl · 1 eps
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Joey Kelly · 5 eps
Ghost Story
Judy · 1 eps
Julia
Cindy Blanchard · 1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Pugsley Addams (voice) · 1 eps
The Paul Lynde Show
1 eps
Paper Moon
Addie Pray · 13 eps
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Elizabeth Henderson · 13 eps
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
Anne Chan · 16 eps
The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (voice) · 16 eps
Kung Fu
Alethea Patricia Ingram · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (72)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Quotidien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Midi Première
Self · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 4 eps
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Beau geste
Self · 2 eps
Mr. Scorsese
Self · 4 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Rove
Self · 2 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Cérémonie des César
Self - President · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Love, Antosha
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · 3 eps
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Smartare än hjärnan
Self · 4 eps
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self (archive footage)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Movies Are My Life
Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
Grease Day USA
Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
Becoming Iconic
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
All About Bette
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self – Host
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
Self
Mickey's 50
Self
Early Directors on Directing
Self
Hinckley
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Self
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · 1 eps
Upcoming (1)
Directing (12)
Black Mirror
Director
Orange Is the New Black
Director
House of Cards
Director
Tales from the Darkside
Director
Money Monster
Director
Tales from the Loop
Director
The Beaver
Director
Little Man Tate
Director
Home for the Holidays
Director
Stephen King's Golden Tales
Director
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
Director
The Hands of Time
Director
Writing (1)
Producing (10)
True Detective
Executive Producer
The Beast in Me
Executive Producer
The Brave One
Executive Producer
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Producer
Nell
Producer
Home for the Holidays
Producer
Waking the Dead
Executive Producer
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Executive Producer
The Baby Dance
Executive Producer
Alok
Executive Producer
