Jodie Foster
Acting
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
Acting165
movieBreakdown: 1975
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Self - (archive footage)
movieA Private Life
2025
Lilian Steiner
movieHenry Fonda for President
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieHinckley
2024
Self (archive footage)
movieNYAD
2023
Bonnie Stoll
tvBeau geste
2023
Self
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
Self (archive footage)
movieJodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Mauritanian
2021
Nancy Hollander
tvLa semaine des 4 Julie
2020
Self - Guest
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
Self - Actress and Director
movieBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieHotel Artemis
2018
Jean Thomas / Nurse
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
Self (archive)
tvQuotidien
2016
Self - Guest
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
tvTrue Detective
2014
Liz Danvers
movieBeyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
2013
Narrator (voice)
movieElysium
2013
Delacourt
movieFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
(archive footage)
movieCarnage
2011
Penelope Longstreet
movieThe Beaver
2011
Meredith Black
movieMotherhood
2009
Jodie Foster
movieNim's Island
2008
Alexandra Rover
movieThe Brave One
2007
Erica Bain
tvThe Graham Norton Show
2007
Self - Guest
movieInside Man
2006
Madeleine White
movieA Very Long Engagement
2004
Elodie Gordes
movieAbby Singer
2003
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
movieThe Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
Sister Assumpta
moviePanic Room
2002
Meg Altman
tvThe Early Show
1999
Self - Guest
tvRove
1999
Self
tvAFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998
Self - Host
movieEverest: The Death Zone
1998
Narrator (voice)
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998
Narrator (voice)
movieContact
1997
Ellie Arroway
tvLo + plus
1995
Self - Guest
Jodie Promo
1995
(Archival)
movieNell
1994
Nell Kellty
movieMaverick
1994
Annabelle Bransford
movieSesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
Self (archive footage)
tvFrasier
1993
Marlene (voice)
tvThe X-Files
1993
'Betty' (voice)
movieSommersby
1993
Laurel Sommersby
It Was a Wonderful Life
1992
Narrator (voice)
movieShadows and Fog
1991
Prostitute
movieLittle Man Tate
1991
Dede Tate
movieThe Silence of the Lambs
1991
Clarice Starling
movieCatchfire
1990
Anne Benton
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Maggie Roark (voice)
movieRabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989
Narrator (voice)
movieThe Accused
1988
Sarah Tobias
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieStealing Home
1988
Katie Chandler
movieSiesta
1987
Nancy
movieFive Corners
1987
Linda Komkowski
movieMesmerized
1985
Victoria
movieThe Hotel New Hampshire
1984
Franny Berry
Harty
1983
Self
movieSvengali
1983
Zoe Alexander
movieHollywood’s Children
1982
Self (archive footage)
movieO'Hara's Wife
1982
Barbara O'Hara
movieCarny
1980
Donna
movieFoxes
1980
Jeanie
movieCandleshoe
1977
Casey
movieBeach House
1977
Teresina
movieStop Calling Me Baby!
1977
Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
movieFreaky Friday
1976
Annabel Andrews
movieBugsy Malone
1976
Tallulah
tvCérémonie des César
1976
Self - President
movieEchoes of a Summer
1976
Deirdre
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Self - Host
tvNuméro un
1975
Self
tvPaper Moon
1974
Addie Pray
movieSmile Jenny, You're Dead
1974
Liberty Cole
tvBob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
Elizabeth Henderson
tvThe Addams Family
1973
Pugsley Addams (voice)
movieTom Sawyer
1973
Becky Thatcher
tvKung Fu
1972
Alethea Patricia Ingram
tvABC Afterschool Special
1972
Sharon Lee / Sue
movieScooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
tvThe New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
Pugsley Addams (voice)
movieNapoleon and Samantha
1972
Samantha
tvThe Partridge Family
1970
Julie Lawrence
movieMenace on the Mountain
1970
Suellen McIver
tvThe Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
Joey Kelly
tvMayberry R.F.D.
1968
Fairy / Little Girl
tvAdam-12
1968
Mary Bennett
tvJulia
1968
Cindy Blanchard
tvDaniel Boone
1964
Rachel Pickett
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Self (archive footage)
tvMy Three Sons
1960
Priscilla
tvBonanza
1959
Bluebird
tvGunsmoke
1955
Susan Sadler / Marieanne / Patricia
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self
tvThe Emmy Awards
1949
Self - Winner
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee
Directing12
tvTales from the Loop
2020
Director
movieMoney Monster
2016
Director
tvOrange Is the New Black
2013
Director
tvHouse of Cards
2013
Director
tvBlack Mirror
2011
Director
movieThe Beaver
2011
Director
movieHome for the Holidays
1995
Director
movieLittle Man Tate
1991
Director
tvTales from the Darkside
1984
Director
movieThe Hands of Time
1978
Director
Production10
tvThe Beast in Me
2025
Executive Producer
movieAlok
2024
Executive Producer
movieBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
Executive Producer
tvTrue Detective
2014
Executive Producer
movieThe Brave One
2007
Executive Producer
movieWaking the Dead
2000
Executive Producer
movieThe Baby Dance
1998
Executive Producer
movieHome for the Holidays
1995
Producer
movieNell
1994
Producer
Crew1
movieMouthpiece
2019
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