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). 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.
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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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Breakdown: 1975 | Narrator (voice) | 2025-12-18 |
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | 2025-11-21 |
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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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NYAD | Bonnie Stoll | 2023-10-18 |
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Jodie Foster, une histoire française | Self | 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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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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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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The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | 2017-05-19 |
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Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A | Self | 2016-11-08 |
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Scorsese's Women | Mother | 2014-09-10 |
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Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self – Host | 2014-08-10 |
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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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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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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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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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100 Films and a Funeral | Self | 2007-12-03 |
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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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The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence | Self | 2005-12-08 |
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Flightplan | Kyle | 2005-09-22 |
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A Look Back with Jodie Foster | Self | 2004-06-01 |
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Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
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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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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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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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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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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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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
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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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Maverick | Annabelle Bransford | 1994-05-20 |
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Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
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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) | 1992-09-10 |
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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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Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | 1991-12-05 |
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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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Movies Are My Life | Self | 1988-04-17 |
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The Accused | Sarah Tobias | 1988-10-14 |
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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 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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Casotto | Teresina | 1977-10-27 |
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Candleshoe | Casey | 1977-12-16 |
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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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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Rynn Jacobs | 1976-12-25 |
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Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Liberty Cole | 1974-02-03 |
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Audrey | 1974-12-09 |
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One Little Indian | Martha | 1973-06-20 |
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Tom Sawyer | Becky Thatcher | 1973-03-15 |
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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 |
