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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.


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Born:
Nov 19, 1962 In Los Angeles, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
142
First Appeared:
In the movie Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Latest Project:
Movie The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards 2024-09-15
Known For
Poster of The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards
Poster of Frasier
Poster of The Simpsons
Poster of Ironside
Filmography
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