Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

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.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Los Angeles, California, USA
    Birthday
    11/19/1962
Taxi Driver
Taxi Driver
8.1
The Silence of the Lambs
The Silence of the Lambs
8.3
Inside Man
Inside Man
7.4
Sommersby
Sommersby
6.4
Anna and the King
Anna and the King
6.8
Contact
Contact
7.4
Nell
Nell
6.5
A Very Long Engagement
A Very Long Engagement
7.3
Panic Room
Panic Room
6.8
Nim's Island
Nim's Island
5.9
The Brave One
The Brave One
6.6
The Accused
The Accused
7
The Blood of Others
The Blood of Others
5
Little Man Tate
Little Man Tate
6.6
The Hotel New Hampshire
The Hotel New Hampshire
5.6
Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone
6.6
Foxes
Foxes
5.9
Carny
Carny
6.4
Stealing Home
Stealing Home
6.3
Flightplan
Flightplan
6.5
Maverick
Maverick
6.9
Catchfire
Catchfire
5.5
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
0
Napoleon and Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha
6.1
Siesta
Siesta
5.1
Candleshoe
Candleshoe
6.9
Cinefile: Reel Women
Cinefile: Reel Women
0
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
7
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday
6.1
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
7
One Little Indian
One Little Indian
6.3
Everest: The Death Zone
Everest: The Death Zone
6.5
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
6.6
Elysium
Elysium
6.5
The Beaver
The Beaver
6.4
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
7
Five Corners
Five Corners
5.8
Carnage
Carnage
7.2
NYAD
NYAD
7.1
Mesmerized
Mesmerized
5
Beach House
Beach House
6.6
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
6.1
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
7.5
Echoes of a Summer
Echoes of a Summer
5.6
Svengali
Svengali
4.7
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
0
Girl 27
Girl 27
6.4
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Making 'Taxi Driver'
6.9
It Was a Wonderful Life
0
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Stop Calling Me Baby!
4
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
0
Kansas City Bomber
Kansas City Bomber
5.9
Shadows and Fog
Shadows and Fog
6.7
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
6.3
Becoming Iconic
Becoming Iconic
4.8
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
0
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
0
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
6.4
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
7.3
All About Bette
All About Bette
7
Movies Are My Life
Movies Are My Life
6
Menace on the Mountain
Menace on the Mountain
4
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
0
Hinckley
Hinckley
9
Hotel Artemis
Hotel Artemis
6
Motherhood
Motherhood
5.1
100 Films and a Funeral
100 Films and a Funeral
7.3
Abby Singer
Abby Singer
4.5
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
7.3
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
6
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
6.5
Grease Day USA
Grease Day USA
8
O'Hara's Wife
O'Hara's Wife
0
Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha
7.3
Mickey's 50
0
The Mauritanian
The Mauritanian
7.4
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Shooting 'Panic Room'
5
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
6.7
Hollywood’s Children
Hollywood’s Children
0
The True Story of Hannibal
6.7
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
6.5
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
7.1
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
7.5
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
7
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
6.5
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
0
Early Directors on Directing
Early Directors on Directing
0
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