Jodie Foster
Born
November 19, 1962 (62 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
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)
2024
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Self
2024
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023
NYAD
Bonnie Stoll
2023
The Mauritanian
Nancy Hollander
2021
Love, Antosha
Self
2019
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Becoming Iconic
Self
2018
Hotel Artemis
Jean Thomas / Nurse
2018
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Narrator (voice)
2013
Elysium
Delacourt
2013
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Carnage
Penelope Longstreet
2011
The Beaver
Meredith Black
2011
Motherhood
Jodie Foster
2009
Nim's Island
Alexandra Rover
2008
100 Films and a Funeral
Self
2007
The Brave One
Erica Bain
2007
Girl 27
Self (archive footage)
2007
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Self
2007
Inside Man
Madeleine White
2006
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Self
2005
Flightplan
Kyle
2005
A Very Long Engagement
Elodie Gordes
2004
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
2004
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Self
2004
Abby Singer
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
2003
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Sister Assumpta
2002
Panic Room
Meg Altman
2002
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2001
Anna and the King
Anna
1999
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Self
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Self / Host
1998
Everest: The Death Zone
Narrator (voice)
1998
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Narrator (voice)
1998
Contact
Ellie Arroway
1997
Cinefile: Reel Women
Self
1995
Nell
Nell Kellty
1994
All About Bette
Self
1994
Maverick
Annabelle Bransford
1994
Sommersby
Laurel Sommersby
1993
It Was a Wonderful Life
Narrator (voice)
1993
Shadows and Fog
Prostitute
1991
Little Man Tate
Dede Tate
1991
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
1991
Catchfire
Anne Benton
1990
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice)
1989
The Accused
Sarah Tobias
1988
Stealing Home
Katie Chandler
1988
Movies Are My Life
Self
1988
Siesta
Nancy
1987
Five Corners
Linda Komkowski
1987
Mesmerized
Victoria
1985
The Blood of Others
Hélène
1984
The Hotel New Hampshire
Franny Berry
1984
Svengali
Zoe Alexander
1983
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
1982
O'Hara's Wife
Barbara O'Hara
1982
Carny
Donna
1980
Foxes
Jeanie
1980
Mickey's 50
Self
1978
Grease Day USA
Self
1978
Candleshoe
Casey
1977
Beach House
Teresina
1977
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Isabelle Tristan
1977
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Rynn Jacobs
1976
Freaky Friday
Annabel Andrews
1976
Bugsy Malone
Tallulah
1976
Taxi Driver
Iris
1976
Echoes of a Summer
Deirdre
1976
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Audrey
1974
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Liberty Cole
1974
One Little Indian
Martha
1973
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
1973
Kansas City Bomber
Rita
1972
Napoleon and Samantha
Samantha
1972
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Self
A Private Life
Lilian Steiner
2025
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Beau geste
Self · (2 episodes)
2023
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2022
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin
Self (archive footage)
2021
La semaine des 4 Julie
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2019
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Self - Actress and Director
2019
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (2 episodes)
2014
Scorsese's Women
Mother
2014
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Self – Host
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
True Detective
Liz Danvers · (6 episodes)
2014
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Self
2010
Early Directors on Directing
Self
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self · (2 episodes)
2007
Breaking the Silence: Picture-in-Picture Commentary
Clarice Starling
2007
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
The True Story of Hannibal
Self
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Self
2001
Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Self
2001
Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Self
2001
The Early Show
Self - Guest · (3 episodes)
1999
Rove
Self · (2 episodes)
1999
The Directors
Self · (1 episode)
1999
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
Self - Host · (3 episodes)
1998
The Daily Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1995
Jodie Promo
(Archival)
1995
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · (1 episode)
1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Self (archive footage)
1994
Intimate Portrait
Self · (1 episode)
1993
Frasier
Marlene (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
The X-Files
'Betty' (voice) · (1 episode)
1993
HBO First Look
(1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(3 episodes)
1992
The Simpsons
Maggie Roark (voice) · (1 episode)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
1988
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984
Harty
Self · (1 episode)
1983
Champs-Elysées
Self · (1 episode)
1982
Cérémonie des César
(1 episode)
1976
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Numéro un
Self · (1 episode)
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · (4 episodes)
1975
Midi Première
Self · (2 episodes)
1975
Spécial cinéma
Self · (2 episodes)
1974
Paper Moon
Addie Pray · (13 episodes)
1974
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Elizabeth Henderson · (13 episodes)
1973
The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (voice) · (16 episodes)
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
1973
Kung Fu
Alethea Patricia Ingram · (1 episode)
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Sharon Lee · (1 episode)
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Sue · (1 episode)
1972
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
1972
Ghost Story
Judy · (1 episode)
1972
The Paul Lynde Show
(1 episode)
1972
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
Pugsley Addams (voice) · (1 episode)
1972
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
Anne Chan · (16 episodes)
1972
Menace on the Mountain
Suellen McIver
1970
Medical Center
(1 episode)
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Joey Kelly · (5 episodes)
1969
Mayberry R.F.D.
Fairy · (1 episode)
1968
Mayberry R.F.D.
Little Girl · (1 episode)
1968
Adam-12
Mary Bennett · (1 episode)
1968
Julia
(1 episode)
1968
Ironside
(1 episode)
1967
Daniel Boone
Rachel Pickett · (1 episode)
1964
My Three Sons
Priscilla · (6 episodes)
1960
Bonanza
Bluebird · (1 episode)
1959
Gunsmoke
Susan Sadler · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Patricia · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Marieanne · (1 episode)
1955
The Oscars
Self · (6 episodes)
1953
The Emmy Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (2 episodes)
1944