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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Jodie Foster, une histoire française | 2023-12-05 | |
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NYAD | Bonnie Stoll | 2023-10-18 |
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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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Showbiz Kids | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-14 |
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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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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self – Host | 2014-08-10 |
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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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The Beaver | Meredith Black | 2011-05-05 |
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Carnage | Penelope Longstreet | 2011-09-16 |
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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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Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
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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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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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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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Un long dimanche de fiançailles | Elodie Gordes | 2004-10-27 |
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The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004-10-12 |
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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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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Sister Assumpta | 2002-06-14 |
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
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Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The 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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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | Self / Host | 1998-06-16 |
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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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Sesame Street All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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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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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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Little Man Tate | Dede Tate | 1991-09-06 |
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The Silence of the Lambs | Clarice M. Starling | 1991-02-14 |
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The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 1991-08-20 |
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Catchfire | Anne Benton | 1990-04-03 |
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Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife | Storyteller (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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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 | 1984-05-02 |
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The Hotel New Hampshire | Franny | 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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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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Movies Are My Life | Self | 1978-10-06 |
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Moi, fleur bleue | Isabelle Tristan | 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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Bugsy Malone | Tallulah | 1976-07-22 |
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Freaky Friday | Annabel Andrews | 1976-12-17 |
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Taxi Driver | Iris Steensma | 1976-02-09 |
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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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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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Menace on the Mountain | Suellen McIver | 1970-03-01 |
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self |
