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Jodie Foster

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Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster is an actress born on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is known for The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver and Elysium. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of her movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
November 19, 1962
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.

Filmography

  1. 2025The Beast in MeExecutive producer
  2. 2025A Private Lifeas Lilian Steiner
  3. 2023NYADas Bonnie Stoll
  4. 2021The Mauritanianas Nancy Hollander
  5. 2020Tales from the LoopDirector
  6. 2019Love, Antoshaas Self
  7. 2018Hotel Artemisas Jean Thomas / Nurse
  8. 2016Money MonsterDirector
  9. 2014True Detectiveas Liz Danvers · 6 episodes · Executive producer
  10. 2013Elysiumas Delacourt
  11. 2013Orange Is the New BlackDirector
  12. 2013House of CardsDirector
  13. 2012Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemenas (archive footage)
  14. 2011Black MirrorDirector
  15. 2011Carnageas Penelope Longstreet
  16. 2011The Beaveras Meredith Black · Director
  17. 2009Motherhoodas Jodie Foster
  18. 2008Nim's Islandas Alexandra Rover
  19. 2007The Brave Oneas Erica Bain · Executive producer
  20. 2006Inside Manas Madeleine White
  21. 2005Flightplanas Kyle
  22. 2004A Very Long Engagementas Elodie Gordes
  23. 2004The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editingas Self
  24. 2002The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boysas Sister Assumpta · Producer
  25. 2002Panic Roomas Meg Altman
  26. 2000Waking the DeadExecutive producer
  27. 1999Anna and the Kingas Anna
  28. 1997Contactas Ellie Arroway
  29. 1995Home for the HolidaysDirector · Producer
  30. 1994Nellas Nell Kellty · Producer
  31. 1994Maverickas Annabelle Bransford
  32. 1993Frasieras Marlene (voice) · 1 episode
  33. 1993The X-Filesas 'Betty' (voice) · 1 episode
  34. 1993Sommersbyas Laurel Sommersby
  35. 1991Shadows and Fogas Prostitute
  36. 1991Little Man Tateas Dede Tate · Director
  37. 1991The Silence of the Lambsas Clarice Starling
  38. 1990Catchfireas Anne Benton
  39. 1989The Simpsonsas Maggie Roark (voice) · 1 episode
  40. 1988The Accusedas Sarah Tobias
  41. 1988Stealing Homeas Katie Chandler
  42. 1987Five Cornersas Linda Komkowski
  43. 1984Tales from the DarksideDirector
  44. 1984The Hotel New Hampshireas Franny Berry
  45. 1980Foxesas Jeanie
  46. 1977Candleshoeas Casey
  47. 1977Beach Houseas Teresina
  48. 1976The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Laneas Rynn Jacobs
  49. 1976Freaky Fridayas Annabel Andrews
  50. 1976Bugsy Maloneas Tallulah
  51. 1976Taxi Driveras Iris
  52. 1974Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymoreas Audrey
  53. 1973The Addams Familyas Pugsley Addams (voice) · 16 episodes
  54. 1973Tom Sawyeras Becky Thatcher
  55. 1972Kung Fuas Alethea Patricia Ingram · 1 episode
  56. 1972The New Scooby-Doo Moviesas Pugsley Addams (voice) · 1 episode
  57. 1967Ironside1 episode
  58. 1959Bonanzaas Bluebird · 1 episode
  59. 1955Gunsmokeas Susan Sadler · 1 episode
  60. 1953The Oscarsas Self · 6 episodes