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Jodie Foster
Born · November 19, 1962 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Bio
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.
Hinckley
Self (archive footage)
9.0
2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
0.0
2024
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
0.0
2023
NYAD
Bonnie Stoll
7.1
2023
Love, Antosha
Self
7.3
2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self - Narrator (voice)
7.3
2018
Becoming Iconic
Self
4.8
2018
Hotel Artemis
Jean Thomas / Nurse
6.0
2018
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2013
Elysium
Delacourt
6.5
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
7.5
2012
Carnage
Penelope Longstreet
7.2
2011
The Beaver
Meredith Black
6.4
2011
Motherhood
Jodie Foster
5.1
2009
Nim's Island
Alexandra Rover
5.9
2008
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
7.3
2007
The Brave One
Erica Bain
6.6
2007
Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
6.4
2007
Inside Man
Madeleine White
7.4
2006
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
6.0
2005
Flightplan
Kyle
6.5
2005
A Very Long Engagement
Elodie Gordes
7.3
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
7.0
2004
Abby Singer
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
4.5
2003
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
6.5
2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Sister Assumpta
6.6
2002
Panic Room
Meg Altman
6.8
2002
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
7.3
2001
Anna and the King
Anna
6.8
1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
6.9
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
0.0
1998
Everest: The Death Zone
Narrator (voice)
6.5
1998
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1998
Contact
Ellie Arroway
7.4
1997
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
0.0
1995
Nell
Nell Kellty
6.5
1994
All About Bette
Self
7.0
1994
Maverick
Annabelle Bransford
6.9
1994
Sommersby
Laurel Sommersby
6.4
1993
It Was a Wonderful Life
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1993
Shadows and Fog
Prostitute
6.7
1991
Little Man Tate
Dede Tate
6.6
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
8.3
1991
Catchfire
Anne Benton
5.4
1990
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1989
The Accused
Sarah Tobias
7.0
1988
Stealing Home
Katie Chandler
6.3
1988
Movies Are My Life
Self
6.0
1988
Siesta
Nancy
5.1
1987
Five Corners
Linda Komkowski
5.8
1987
Mesmerized
Victoria
5.0
1985
The Blood of Others
Hélène
5.0
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Franny Berry
5.6
1984
Svengali
Zoe Alexander
4.7
1983
O'Hara's Wife
Barbara O'Hara
0.0
1982
Carny
Donna
6.4
1980
Foxes
Jeanie
5.9
1980
Mickey's 50
Self
0.0
1978
Grease Day USA
Self
8.0
1978
Candleshoe
Casey
6.9
1977
Beach House
Teresina
6.6
1977
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Isabelle Tristan
4.0
1977
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rynn Jacobs
7.0
1976
Freaky Friday
Annabel Andrews
6.1
1976
Bugsy Malone
Tallulah
6.6
1976
Taxi Driver
Iris
8.1
1976
Echoes of a Summer
Deirdre
5.6
1976
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Audrey
7.0
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Liberty Cole
6.1
1974
One Little Indian
Martha
6.3
1973
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
6.3
1973
Kansas City Bomber
Rita
5.9
1972
Napoleon and Samantha
Samantha
6.1
1972
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Self
0.0
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Self (archive footage)
7.5
2021
The Mauritanian
Nancy Hollander
7.4
2021
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2.0
2020
Early Directors on Directing
Self
0.0
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self – Host
6.5
2014
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
7.1
2010
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
6.5
2006
The True Story of Hannibal
Self
6.7
2005
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
5.0
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2.5
2003
The Early Show
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
5.7
1999
Rove
Self · (2 episodes)
8.0
1999
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
7.0
1994
Frasier
Marlene (voice) · (1 episode)
7.7
1993
The X-Files
'Betty' (voice) · (1 episode)
8.4
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
5.4
1992
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
6.7
1991
The Simpsons
Maggie Roark (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1982
Vie privée
Lilian Steiner
0.0
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2023
Beau geste
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.6
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
2019
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
True Detective
Liz Danvers · (6 episodes)
8.3
2014
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
7.2
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
The Directors
Self · (1 episode)
5.1
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · (4 episodes)
8.2
1998
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
0.0
1995
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
1993
HBO First Look
(1 episode)
4.9
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
5.2
1988
Harty
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
6.2
1982
Cérémonie des César
(1 episode)
3.5
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1975
Numéro un
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (4 episodes)
6.0
1975
Midi Première
Self · (2 episodes)
10.0
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (2 episodes)
0.0
1974
Paper Moon
Addie Pray · (13 episodes)
6.3
1974
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Elizabeth Henderson · (13 episodes)
5.0
1973
The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (voice) · (16 episodes)
7.3
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Kung Fu
(1 episode)
7.6
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Sharon Lee · (1 episode)
6.4
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Sue · (1 episode)
6.4
1972
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
0.0
1972
Ghost Story
Judy · (1 episode)
7.1
1972
The Paul Lynde Show
(1 episode)
5.0
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Pugsley Addams (voice) · (1 episode)
7.6
1972
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
Anne Chan · (16 episodes)
5.4
1972
Menace on the Mountain
Suellen McIver
4.0
1970
Medical Center
(1 episode)
6.1
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Joey Kelly · (5 episodes)
5.6
1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
Fairy · (1 episode)
5.7
1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
Little Girl · (1 episode)
5.7
1968
Adam-12
Mary Bennett · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
Julia
(1 episode)
6.0
1968
Ironside
(1 episode)
6.9
1967
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
3.5
1966
Daniel Boone
Rachel Pickett · (1 episode)
6.9
1964
My Three Sons
Priscilla · (6 episodes)
6.5
1960
Bonanza
Bluebird · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Gunsmoke
Susan Sadler · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Patricia · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Gunsmoke
Marieanne · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
7.0
1953
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944