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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Vie privée | Lilian Steiner | 2025-10-10 |
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Hinckley | Self (archive footage) | 2024-08-30 |
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Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | 2024-08-12 |
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NYAD | Bonnie Stoll | 2023-10-18 |
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Jodie Foster, une histoire française | 2023-12-05 | |
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Jodie Foster, Hollywood dans la peau | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-03 |
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The Mauritanian | Nancy Hollander | 2021-02-12 |
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America | Self - Actress and Director | 2019-03-05 |
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Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
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Hotel Artemis | Jean Thomas / Nurse | 2018-06-07 |
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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-12-07 |
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Becoming Iconic | Self | 2018-08-01 |
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Early Directors on Directing | Self | 2014-09-26 |
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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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Elysium | Delacourt | 2013-08-07 |
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Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array | Narrator (voice) | 2013-10-04 |
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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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Motherhood | Jodie Foster | 2009-01-21 |
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Nim's Island | Alexandra Rover | 2008-04-03 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary | Clarice Starling | 2007-01-30 |
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100 Films and a Funeral | Self | 2007-12-02 |
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Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
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The Brave One | Erica Bain | 2007-09-12 |
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Inside Man | Madeleine White | 2006-03-17 |
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Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
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Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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The True Story of Hannibal | Self | 2005-01-02 |
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Flightplan | Kyle | 2005-09-22 |
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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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Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
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Abby Singer | Jodie Foster (uncredited) | 2003-10-28 |
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Panic Room | Meg Altman | 2002-03-29 |
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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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Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning | 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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Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2001-08-21 |
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Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | 1999-06-14 |
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Anna and the King | Anna | 1999-12-16 |
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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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All About Bette | Self | 1994-07-17 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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Maverick | Annabelle Bransford | 1994-05-20 |
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Nell | Nell Kellty | 1994-12-23 |
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Sommersby | Laurel Sommersby | 1993-02-05 |
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It Was a Wonderful Life | Narrator (voice) | 1993-01-01 |
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Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | 1991-12-05 |
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The Silence of the Lambs | Clarice Starling | 1991-02-14 |
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 1991-08-20 |
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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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Stealing Home | Katie Chandler | 1988-08-26 |
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The Accused | Sarah Tobias | 1988-10-14 |
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Movies Are My Life | Self | 1988-04-17 |
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Siesta | Nancy | 1987-11-11 |
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Five Corners | Linda Komkowski | 1987-09-11 |
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Mesmerized | Victoria | 1985-11-18 |
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The Hotel New Hampshire | Franny Berry | 1984-03-09 |
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The Blood of Others | Hélène | 1984-08-25 |
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Svengali | Zoe Alexander | 1983-03-09 |
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O'Hara's Wife | Barbara O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
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Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) | 1982-02-24 |
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Foxes | Jeanie | 1980-02-29 |
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Carny | Donna | 1980-05-23 |
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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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Casotto | Teresina | 1977-10-27 |
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Candleshoe | Casey | 1977-12-16 |
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Moi, fleur bleue | Isabelle Tristan | 1977-10-26 |
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Rynn Jacobs | 1976-12-25 |
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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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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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Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family | Pugsley Addams (Voice) | 1972-09-23 |
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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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Menace on the Mountain | Suellen McIver | 1970-03-01 |
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self |
