Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born November 19, 1962
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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2025
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MovieLegacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
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MovieHenry Fonda for President
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2024
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2024
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2023
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MovieJodie Foster, une histoire française
2023
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MovieNYAD
2023
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2023
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TVIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
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MovieJodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021
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MovieThe Mauritanian
2021
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2020
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2019
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2019
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019
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2018
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2018
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2014
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2013
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2013
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2012
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2011
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2009
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2006
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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2005
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The True Story of Hannibal
2005
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2004
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2003
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2002
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2002
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2002
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2001
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1999
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1998
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1998
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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998
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1997
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1996
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1995
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1995
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Jodie Promo
1995
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1994
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1993
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1993
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1993
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1993
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It Was a Wonderful Life
1992
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1992
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1992
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1991
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1990
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1989
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1989
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1988
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1987
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1987
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1984
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1984
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1983
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1982
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1982
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1982
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1980
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1980
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1978
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1978
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1977
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1977
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1977
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1976
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1976
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1976
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1976
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1976
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1976
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1975
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1974
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1973
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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1972
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Film '72
1971
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1970
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1970
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1969
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1969
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1968
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1968
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1968
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1967
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1964
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1962
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1960
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1959
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1955
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1953
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1949
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1944
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
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