1962-11-19 Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
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Breakdown: 1975 | Narrator (voice) | 2025-12-18 |
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Vie privée | Lilian Steiner | 2025-09-27 |
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Henry Fonda for President | Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-10 |
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | 2024-08-12 |
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Hinckley | Self (archive footage) | 2024-08-30 |
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Jodie Foster, une histoire française | 2023-12-05 | |
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NYAD | Bonnie Stoll | 2023-10-18 |
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The Mauritanian | Nancy Hollander | 2021-02-12 |
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Jodie Foster - Hollywood dans la peau | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-03 |
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Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Actress and Director | 2019-03-05 |
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Becoming Iconic | Self | 2018-08-01 |
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-12-07 |
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Hotel Artemis | Jean Thomas / Nurse | 2018-06-07 |
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self – Host | 2014-08-10 |
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Scorsese's Women | Mother | 2014-09-10 |
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Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array | Narrator (voice) | 2013-10-04 |
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Elysium | Delacourt | 2013-08-07 |
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Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
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Carnage | Penelope Longstreet | 2011-09-16 |
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The Beaver | Meredith Black | 2011-05-05 |
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Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs | Self | 2010-09-08 |
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Early Directors on Directing | Self | 2009-01-01 |
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Motherhood | Jodie Foster | 2009-01-21 |
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Nim's Island | Alexandra Rover | 2008-04-03 |
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The Brave One | Erica Bain | 2007-09-12 |
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100 Films and a Funeral | Self | 2007-12-02 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
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Inside Man | Madeleine White | 2006-03-17 |
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The True Story of Hannibal | Self | 2005-01-02 |
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Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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Flightplan | Kyle | 2005-09-22 |
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Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004-10-12 |
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Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Elodie Gordes | 2004-10-27 |
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A Look Back with Jodie Foster | Self | 2004-06-01 |
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Abby Singer | Jodie Foster (uncredited) | 2003-10-28 |
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Sister Assumpta | 2002-06-14 |
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Panic Room | Meg Altman | 2002-03-29 |
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Anna and the King | Anna | 1999-12-16 |
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Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | 1999-06-14 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | Self / Host | 1998-06-16 |
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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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Everest: The Death Zone | Narrator (voice) | 1998-02-24 |
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Contact | Ellie Arroway | 1997-07-11 |
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Cinefile: Reel Women | Self | 1995-02-19 |
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Jodie Promo | (Archival) | 1995-01-01 |
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All About Bette | Self | 1994-07-17 |
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Nell | Nell Kellty | 1994-12-23 |
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Maverick | Annabelle Bransford | 1994-05-20 |
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The Making of '...And God Spoke' | Self (archive footage) | 1994-09-23 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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It Was a Wonderful Life | Narrator (voice) | 1993-01-01 |
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Sommersby | Laurel Sommersby | 1993-02-05 |
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Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | 1991-12-05 |
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 1991-08-20 |
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The Silence of the Lambs | Clarice Starling | 1991-02-14 |
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Little Man Tate | Dede Tate | 1991-09-06 |
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Catchfire | Anne Benton | 1990-04-03 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife | Narrator (voice) | 1989-09-01 |
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Movies Are My Life | Self | 1988-04-17 |
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Stealing Home | Katie Chandler | 1988-08-26 |
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The Accused | Sarah Tobias | 1988-10-14 |
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Five Corners | Linda Komkowski | 1987-09-11 |
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Siesta | Nancy | 1987-11-11 |
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Mesmerized | Victoria | 1985-11-18 |
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The Blood of Others | Hélène | 1984-08-25 |
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The Hotel New Hampshire | Franny Berry | 1984-03-09 |
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Svengali | Zoe Alexander | 1983-03-09 |
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Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) | 1982-02-24 |
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O'Hara's Wife | Barbara O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
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Carny | Donna | 1980-05-23 |
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Foxes | Jeanie | 1980-02-29 |
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Grease Day USA | Self | 1978-06-18 |
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Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
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Moi, fleur bleue | Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue' | 1977-10-26 |
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Candleshoe | Casey | 1977-12-16 |
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Casotto | Teresina | 1977-10-27 |
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Echoes of a Summer | Deirdre | 1976-02-06 |
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Taxi Driver | Iris | 1976-02-09 |
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Freaky Friday | Annabel Andrews | 1976-12-17 |
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Rynn Jacobs | 1976-12-25 |
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Bugsy Malone | Tallulah | 1976-07-22 |
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Audrey | 1974-12-09 |
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Liberty Cole | 1974-02-03 |
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Tom Sawyer | Becky Thatcher | 1973-03-15 |
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One Little Indian | Martha | 1973-06-20 |
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Napoleon and Samantha | Samantha | 1972-07-05 |
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Kansas City Bomber | Rita | 1972-08-02 |
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Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family | Pugsley Addams (Voice) | 1972-09-23 |
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Menace on the Mountain | Suellen McIver | 1970-03-01 |
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self |
