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 (58)
Taxi Driver
Iris
Contact
Ellie Arroway
Panic Room
Meg Altman
Elysium
Delacourt
Inside Man
Madeleine White
A Private Life
Lilian Steiner
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
Maverick
Annabelle Bransford
Flightplan
Kyle
The Mauritanian
Nancy Hollander
Anna and the King
Anna
Hotel Artemis
Jean Thomas / Nurse
The Beaver
Meredith Black
Nim's Island
Alexandra Rover
Carnage
Penelope Longstreet
The Accused
Sarah Tobias
The Brave One
Erica Bain
Sommersby
Laurel Sommersby
Nell
Nell Kellty
Little Man Tate
Dede Tate
A Very Long Engagement
Elodie Gordes
Shadows and Fog
Prostitute
NYAD
Bonnie Stoll
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Audrey
Freaky Friday
Annabel Andrews
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rynn Jacobs
Bugsy Malone
Tallulah
Breakdown: 1975
Narrator (voice)
The Hotel New Hampshire
Franny Berry
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
Stealing Home
Katie Chandler
Candleshoe
Casey
Catchfire
Anne Benton
Beach House
Teresina
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Sister Assumpta
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Abby Singer
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Napoleon and Samantha
Samantha
One Little Indian
Martha
Motherhood
Jodie Foster
Foxes
Jeanie
Five Corners
Linda Komkowski
Carny
Donna
Mesmerized
Victoria
Kansas City Bomber
Rita
Siesta
Nancy
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
O'Hara's Wife
Barbara O'Hara
Echoes of a Summer
Deirdre
The Blood of Others
Hélène
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Liberty Cole
Menace on the Mountain
Suellen McIver
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice)
Svengali
Zoe Alexander
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Narrator (voice)
Scorsese's Women
Mother
Everest: The Death Zone
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (31)
The Simpsons
Maggie Roark (voice) · 1 eps
Frasier
Marlene (voice) · 1 eps
The X-Files
'Betty' (voice) · 1 eps
Ironside
1 eps
True Detective
Liz Danvers · 6 eps
Bonanza
Bluebird · 1 eps
Adam-12
Mary Bennett · 1 eps
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
3 eps
My Three Sons
Priscilla · 6 eps
The Partridge Family
Julie Lawrence · 1 eps
Daniel Boone
Rachel Pickett · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Susan Sadler · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Patricia · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Marieanne · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Sharon Lee · 1 eps
ABC Afterschool Special
Sue · 1 eps
Medical Center
1 eps
Konbini Vidéo Club
1 eps
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Joey Kelly · 5 eps
Julia
Cindy Blanchard · 1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
Fairy · 1 eps
Mayberry R.F.D.
Little Girl · 1 eps
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Pugsley Addams (voice) · 1 eps
Ghost Story
Judy · 1 eps
Paper Moon
Addie Pray · 13 eps
The Paul Lynde Show
1 eps
The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (voice) · 16 eps
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
Anne Chan · 16 eps
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Elizabeth Henderson · 13 eps
Kung Fu
Alethea Patricia Ingram · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (72)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 1 eps
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · 1 eps
Quotidien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 2 eps
Intimate Portrait
Self · 1 eps
Spécial cinéma
Self · 2 eps
The Oscars
Self · 6 eps
Midi Première
Self · 2 eps
Champs-Elysées
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 4 eps
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Numéro un
Self · 1 eps
Cérémonie des César
Self - President · 1 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 1 eps
Mr. Scorsese
Self · 4 eps
Beau geste
Self · 2 eps
Rove
Self · 2 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
The Early Show
Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Emmy Awards
Self - Winner · 1 eps
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
Love, Antosha
Self
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · 3 eps
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
Self (archive)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Self (archive footage)
Grease Day USA
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self – Host
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
Henry Fonda for President
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Mickey's 50
Self
All About Bette
Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Becoming Iconic
Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
Movies Are My Life
Self
Hinckley
Self (archive footage)
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
Smartare än hjärnan
Self · 4 eps
Early Directors on Directing
Self
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
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
Tales from the Loop
Director
The Beaver
Director
Money Monster
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
Nell
Producer
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Executive Producer
Home for the Holidays
Producer
Waking the Dead
Executive Producer
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Producer
The Baby Dance
Executive Producer
Alok
Executive Producer
