Jodie Foster
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1962-11-19
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Jodie Foster
Biography
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.
Also Known For
Taxi Driver
Feb 09, 1976
The Silence of the Lambs
Feb 14, 1991
Inside Man
Mar 17, 2006
Sommersby
Feb 05, 1993
Anna and the King
Dec 16, 1999
Contact
Jul 11, 1997
Nell
Dec 23, 1994
A Very Long Engagement
Oct 27, 2004
Panic Room
Mar 29, 2002
Nim's Island
Apr 03, 2008
The Brave One
Sep 12, 2007
The Accused
Oct 14, 1988
The Blood of Others
Aug 25, 1984
Little Man Tate
Sep 06, 1991
The Hotel New Hampshire
Mar 09, 1984
Bugsy Malone
Jul 22, 1976
Foxes
Feb 29, 1980
Carny
May 23, 1980
Stealing Home
Aug 26, 1988
Flightplan
Sep 22, 2005
Maverick
May 20, 1994
Catchfire
Apr 03, 1990
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Oct 04, 2013
Napoleon and Samantha
Jul 05, 1972
Siesta
Nov 11, 1987
Candleshoe
Dec 16, 1977
Cinefile: Reel Women
Feb 19, 1995
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Dec 09, 1974
Freaky Friday
Dec 17, 1976
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Oct 12, 2004
One Little Indian
Jun 20, 1973
Everest: The Death Zone
Feb 24, 1998
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Jun 14, 2002
Elysium
Aug 07, 2013
The Beaver
May 05, 2011
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Dec 25, 1976
Five Corners
Sep 11, 1987
Carnage
Sep 16, 2011
NYAD
Oct 18, 2023
Mesmerized
Nov 18, 1985
Beach House
Oct 27, 1977
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Feb 03, 1974
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Feb 04, 2012
Echoes of a Summer
Feb 06, 1976
Svengali
Mar 09, 1983
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Jun 16, 1998
Girl 27
Jul 27, 2007
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Jun 14, 1999
It Was a Wonderful Life
Jan 01, 1993
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Oct 26, 1977
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Dec 05, 2023
Kansas City Bomber
Aug 02, 1972
Shadows and Fog
Dec 05, 1991
Tom Sawyer
Mar 15, 1973
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Becoming Iconic
Aug 01, 2018
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Sep 01, 1989
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Jan 01, 1998
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Jun 20, 2007
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Aug 21, 2001
All About Bette
Jul 17, 1994
Movies Are My Life
Apr 17, 1988
Menace on the Mountain
Mar 01, 1970
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Aug 12, 2024
Hinckley
Aug 30, 2024
Hotel Artemis
Jun 07, 2018
Motherhood
Jan 21, 2009
100 Films and a Funeral
Dec 02, 2007
Abby Singer
Oct 28, 2003
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Dec 07, 2018
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Dec 08, 2005
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Oct 28, 2002
Grease Day USA
Jun 18, 1978
O'Hara's Wife
Jan 01, 1982
Love, Antosha
Aug 02, 2019
Mickey's 50
Nov 19, 1978
The Mauritanian
Feb 12, 2021
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Mar 30, 2004
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Aug 20, 1991
Hollywood’s Children
Feb 24, 1982
The True Story of Hannibal
Jan 02, 2005
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Aug 10, 2014
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Sep 08, 2010
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Apr 03, 2021
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
May 18, 1994
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Jun 13, 2006
A Private Life
Nov 26, 2025
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Sep 23, 1972
Early Directors on Directing
Jan 01, 2009
Scorsese's Women
Sep 10, 2014
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Mar 05, 2019
Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Aug 21, 2001
Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Aug 21, 2001
Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Aug 21, 2001
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
Jan 30, 2007
Jodie Promo
Jan 01, 1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Aug 14, 1994
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Kung Fu
Oct 14, 1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Sep 09, 1972
My Three Sons
Sep 29, 1960
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
May 25, 1992
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
Medical Center
Sep 24, 1969
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
The Early Show
Nov 01, 1999
The X-Files
Sep 10, 1993
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
La semaine des 4 Julie
Jan 06, 2020
Rove
Sep 22, 1999
Ironside
Mar 28, 1967
Celebrities Uncensored
Jun 04, 2003
Daniel Boone
Sep 24, 1964
Julia
Sep 17, 1968
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
Sep 09, 1972
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Sep 26, 1973
The Paul Lynde Show
Sep 13, 1972
Harty
Sep 20, 1983
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
ABC Afterschool Special
Oct 04, 1972
Ghost Story
Sep 15, 1972
Paper Moon
Sep 12, 1974
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Addams Family
Sep 08, 1973
Intimate Portrait
Nov 14, 1993
Mayberry R.F.D.
Sep 23, 1968
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Adam-12
Sep 21, 1968
The Directors
Jan 01, 1999
ABC Afterschool Special
Oct 04, 1972
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Sep 17, 1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
Sep 23, 1968
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Cérémonie des César
Apr 03, 1976
Spécial cinéma
Sep 25, 1974
Beau geste
Jan 22, 2023
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Feb 03, 1984
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Jan 12, 1975
True Detective
Jan 12, 2014
Numéro un
Apr 05, 1975
Champs-Elysées
Jan 16, 1982
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Dec 21, 2022
Midi Première
Jan 06, 1975
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Dec 31, 2023
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Jun 23, 1998
Lo + plus
Apr 04, 1995
HBO First Look
Jun 12, 1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Apr 02, 1973
