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.
Movie | Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary | Self | 2025 |
Movie | The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2024-09-15 |
Movie | Disney Legends Awards Ceremony | Self | 2024-08-12 |
Movie | Hinckley | Self (archive footage) | 2024-08-30 |
Series | Beau geste | Self | 2023-01-22 |
Movie | Jodie Foster, une histoire française | Unknown | 2023-12-05 |
Movie | NYAD | Bonnie Stoll | 2023-10-18 |
Series | Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2023-12-31 |
Series | Il était une fois Champs-Élysées | Self (archive footage) | 2022-12-21 |
Movie | Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin | Self (archive footage) | 2021-04-03 |
Movie | The Mauritanian | Nancy Hollander | 2021-02-12 |
Series | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self - Guest | 2020-01-06 |
Movie | Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
Series | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019-09-09 |
Movie | Hotel Artemis | Jean Thomas / Nurse | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-12-07 |
Movie | Becoming Iconic | Self | 2018-08-01 |
Series | True Detective | Liz Danvers | 2014-01-12 |
Movie | Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women | Self – Host | 2014-08-10 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | Elysium | Delacourt | 2013-08-07 |
Movie | Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array | Narrator (voice) | 2013-10-04 |
Movie | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012-02-04 |
Movie | Carnage | Penelope Longstreet | 2011-09-16 |
Movie | The Beaver | Meredith Black | 2011-05-05 |
Movie | Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs | Self | 2010-09-08 |
Movie | Motherhood | Jodie Foster | 2009-01-21 |
Movie | Nim's Island | Alexandra Rover | 2008-04-03 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
Movie | Girl 27 | Self (archive footage) | 2007-07-27 |
Movie | The Brave One | Erica Bain | 2007-09-12 |
Movie | 100 Films and a Funeral | Self | 2007-12-02 |
Movie | Inside Man | Madeleine White | 2006-03-17 |
Movie | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | 2006-06-13 |
Movie | Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster | Self | 2005-12-08 |
Movie | The True Story of Hannibal | Self | 2005-01-02 |
Movie | Flightplan | Kyle | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Shooting 'Panic Room' | Self | 2004-03-30 |
Movie | A Very Long Engagement | Elodie Gordes | 2004-10-27 |
Movie | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Self | 2004-10-12 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | 2003-01-26 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003-06-04 |
Movie | Abby Singer | Jodie Foster (uncredited) | 2003-10-28 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Panic Room | Meg Altman | 2002-03-29 |
Movie | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
Movie | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Sister Assumpta | 2002-06-14 |
Movie | Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2001-08-21 |
Series | The Directors | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Making 'Taxi Driver' | Self | 1999-06-14 |
Series | Rove | Self | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Anna and the King | Anna | 1999-12-16 |
Series | The Early Show | Self - Guest | 1999-11-01 |
Movie | Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World | Narrator (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Everest: The Death Zone | Narrator (voice) | 1998-02-24 |
Movie | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies | Self / Host | 1998-06-16 |
Series | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self - Host | 1998-06-23 |
Movie | Contact | Ellie Arroway | 1997-07-11 |
Series | The Daily Show | Self | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Lo + plus | Self - Guest | 1995-04-04 |
Movie | Cinefile: Reel Women | Self | 1995-02-19 |
Movie | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Self (archive footage) | 1994-05-18 |
Movie | Nell | Nell Kellty | 1994-12-23 |
Movie | Maverick | Annabelle Bransford | 1994-05-20 |
Movie | All About Bette | Self | 1994-07-17 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Sommersby | Laurel Sommersby | 1993-02-05 |
Movie | It Was a Wonderful Life | Narrator (voice) | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Intimate Portrait | Self | 1993-11-14 |
Series | Frasier | Marlene (voice) | 1993-09-16 |
Series | The X-Files | 'Betty' (voice) | 1993-09-10 |
Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1992-06-12 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | The Silence of the Lambs | Clarice Starling | 1991-02-14 |
Movie | Shadows and Fog | Prostitute | 1991-12-05 |
Movie | Little Man Tate | Dede Tate | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 1991-08-20 |
Movie | Catchfire | Anne Benton | 1990-04-03 |
Series | The Simpsons | Maggie Roark (voice) | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife | Storyteller (voice) | 1989-09-01 |
Movie | Stealing Home | Katie Chandler | 1988-08-26 |
Movie | The Accused | Sarah Tobias | 1988-10-14 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Five Corners | Linda Komkowski | 1987-09-11 |
Movie | Siesta | Nancy | 1987-11-11 |
Movie | Mesmerized | Victoria | 1985-11-18 |
Movie | The Blood of Others | Hélène | 1984-08-25 |
Movie | The Hotel New Hampshire | Franny Berry | 1984-03-09 |
Movie | Svengali | Zoe Alexander | 1983-03-09 |
Series | Harty | Self | 1983-09-20 |
Movie | O'Hara's Wife | Barbara O'Hara | 1982-01-01 |
Movie | Hollywood’s Children | Self (archive footage) | 1982-02-24 |
Series | Champs-Elysées | Self | 1982-01-16 |
Movie | Foxes | Jeanie | 1980-02-29 |
Movie | Carny | Donna | 1980-05-23 |
Movie | Grease Day USA | Self | 1978-06-18 |
Movie | Mickey's 50 | Self | 1978-11-19 |
Movie | Movies Are My Life | Self | 1978-10-06 |
Movie | Candleshoe | Casey | 1977-12-16 |
Movie | Stop Calling Me Baby! | Isabelle Tristan | 1977-10-26 |
Movie | Beach House | Teresina | 1977-10-27 |
Series | Cérémonie des César | Unknown | 1976-04-03 |
Movie | Echoes of a Summer | Deirdre | 1976-02-06 |
Movie | Taxi Driver | Iris | 1976-02-09 |
Movie | Bugsy Malone | Tallulah | 1976-07-22 |
Movie | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | Rynn Jacobs | 1976-12-25 |
Movie | Freaky Friday | Annabel Andrews | 1976-12-17 |
Series | Midi Première | Self | 1975-01-06 |
Series | Numéro un | Self | 1975-04-05 |
Series | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self | 1975-01-12 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | Smile Jenny, You're Dead | Liberty Cole | 1974-02-03 |
Series | Paper Moon | Addie Pray | 1974-09-12 |
Series | Spécial cinéma | Self | 1974-09-25 |
Movie | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Audrey | 1974-12-09 |
Movie | One Little Indian | Martha | 1973-06-20 |
Movie | Tom Sawyer | Becky Thatcher | 1973-03-15 |
Series | The Addams Family | Pugsley Addams (voice) | 1973-09-08 |
Series | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Elizabeth Henderson | 1973-09-26 |
Series | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Pugsley Addams (voice) | 1972-09-09 |
Movie | Napoleon and Samantha | Samantha | 1972-07-05 |
Movie | Kansas City Bomber | Rita | 1972-08-02 |
Series | The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan | Anne Chan | 1972-09-09 |
Series | The Paul Lynde Show | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
Series | ABC Afterschool Special | Sue | 1972-10-04 |
Series | Ghost Story | Judy | 1972-09-15 |
Series | Kung Fu | Unknown | 1972-10-14 |
Movie | Menace on the Mountain | Suellen McIver | 1970-03-01 |
Series | Medical Center | Unknown | 1969-09-24 |
Series | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Joey Kelly | 1969-09-17 |
Series | Julia | Unknown | 1968-09-17 |
Series | Adam-12 | Mary Bennett | 1968-09-21 |
Series | Mayberry R.F.D. | Little Girl | 1968-09-23 |
Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
Series | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self | 1966-01-25 |
Series | Daniel Boone | Rachel Pickett | 1964-09-24 |
Series | My Three Sons | Priscilla | 1960-09-29 |
Series | Bonanza | Bluebird | 1959-09-12 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Patricia | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944-01-20 |