Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
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 Acting
Most Rating 53.321
Birthday 1962-11-19
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As Jody Foster, Alicia Christian Foster, Jodi Foster, 조디 포스터, ジョディ・フォスター, Джоди Фостер, Τζόντι Φόστερ, 朱迪·福斯特, Джоді Фостер, 乔迪·福斯特, Jodie Foster,
Taxi Driver
1976

Taxi Driver

The Silence of the Lambs
1991

The Silence of the Lambs

Inside Man
2006

Inside Man

Contact
1997

Contact

Sommersby
1993

Sommersby

Anna and the King
1999

Anna and the King

Nell
1994

Nell

A Very Long Engagement
2004

A Very Long Engagement

Nim's Island
2008

Nim's Island

The Brave One
2007

The Brave One

The Accused
1988

The Accused

Panic Room
2002

Panic Room

The Blood of Others
1984

The Blood of Others

The Hotel New Hampshire
1984

The Hotel New Hampshire

Little Man Tate
1991

Little Man Tate

Bugsy Malone
1976

Bugsy Malone

Carny
1980

Carny

Foxes
1980

Foxes

Stealing Home
1988

Stealing Home

Flightplan
2005

Flightplan

Maverick
1994

Maverick

Catchfire
1990

Catchfire

Siesta
1987

Siesta

Napoleon and Samantha
1972

Napoleon and Samantha

Candleshoe
1977

Candleshoe

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

Freaky Friday
1976

Freaky Friday

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

One Little Indian
1973

One Little Indian

Everest: The Death Zone
1998

Everest: The Death Zone

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Elysium
2013

Elysium

The Beaver
2011

The Beaver

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

Five Corners
1987

Five Corners

Carnage
2011

Carnage

Mesmerized
1985

Mesmerized

Beach House
1977

Beach House

Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Echoes of a Summer
1976

Echoes of a Summer

Svengali
1983

Svengali

Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999

Making 'Taxi Driver'

Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977

Stop Calling Me Baby!

Shadows and Fog
1991

Shadows and Fog

Tom Sawyer
1973

Tom Sawyer

Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998

Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

All About Bette
1994

All About Bette

Movies Are My Life
1978

Movies Are My Life

Menace on the Mountain
1970

Menace on the Mountain

Hotel Artemis
2018

Hotel Artemis

Motherhood
2009

Motherhood

100 Films and a Funeral
2007

100 Films and a Funeral

Abby Singer
2003

Abby Singer

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Grease Day USA
1978

Grease Day USA

O'Hara's Wife
1982

O'Hara's Wife

Love, Antosha
2019

Love, Antosha

Mickey's 50
1978

Mickey's 50

The Mauritanian
2021

The Mauritanian

Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004

Shooting 'Panic Room'

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Hollywood’s Children
1982

Hollywood’s Children

The True Story of Hannibal
2005

The True Story of Hannibal

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
2021

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994

Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Showbiz Kids
2020

Showbiz Kids

NYAD
2023

NYAD

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

Girl 27
2007

Girl 27

It Was a Wonderful Life
1993

It Was a Wonderful Life

Kansas City Bomber
1972

Kansas City Bomber

Becoming Iconic
2018

Becoming Iconic

Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
2013

Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array

Cinefile: Reel Women
1995

Cinefile: Reel Women

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023

Jodie Foster, une histoire française

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife