JF
Jodie Foster
Actor, Director, Producer
Born November 19, 1962 (61 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | |
| 2023 | Nyad · as Bonnie Stoll |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian · as Nancy Hollander |
| 2020 | Disclosure · as Clarice Starling |
| 2018 | Hotel Artemis · as Jean Thomas / Nurse |
| 2014 | MasterClass (TV Series) |
| 2014 | True Detective (TV Series) · as Liz Danvers |
| 2013 | Elysium · as Delacourt |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen · as (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Carnage · as Penelope Longstreet |
| 2011 | The Beaver · as Meredith Black |
| 2008 | Nim's Island · as Alexandra Rover |
| 2007 | 20 Acts of Love Gone Wrong · as Cast |
| 2007 | The Brave One · as Erica Bain |
| 2006 | Inside Man · as Madeleine White |
| 2006 | Cabin Pressure: Designing the Aalto E-474 · as Kyle Pratt |
| 2005 | Flightplan · as Kyle |
| 2004 | A Very Long Engagement · as Elodie Gordes |
| 2003 | Abby Singer · as Jodie Foster (uncredited) |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys · as Sister Assumpta |
| 2002 | Panic Room · as Meg Altman |
| 1999 | Anna and the King · as Anna |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Everest: The Death Zone · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Contact · as Ellie Arroway |
| 1994 | Nell · as Nell Kellty |
| 1994 | Maverick · as Annabelle Bransford |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Marlene (voice) |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as 'betty' (voice) |
| 1993 | |
| 1992 | It Was a Wonderful Life · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog · as Prostitute |
| 1991 | Little Man Tate · as Dede Tate |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs · as Clarice Starling |
| 1990 | |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Maggie Roark (voice) |
| 1988 | The Accused · as Sarah Tobias |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Stealing Home · as Katie Chandler |
| 1987 | Siesta · as Nancy |
| 1987 | Five Corners · as Linda Komkowski |
| 1985 | Mesmerized · as Victoria |
| 1984 | The Blood of Others · as Hélène |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire · as Franny Berry |
| 1983 | Svengali · as Zoe Alexander |
| 1982 | O'Hara's Wife · as Barbara O'hara |
| 1980 | Carny · as Donna |
| 1980 | Foxes · as Jeanie |
| 1977 | Candleshoe · as Casey |
| 1977 | Beach House · as Teresina |
| 1977 | Stop Calling Me Baby! · as Isabelle Tristan |
| 1976 | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane · as Rynn Jacobs |
| 1976 | Freaky Friday · as Annabel Andrews |
| 1976 | Bugsy Malone · as Tallulah |
| 1976 | César Awards (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Taxi Driver · as Iris |
| 1976 | Echoes of a Summer · as Deirdre |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore · as Audrey |
| 1974 | Paper Moon (TV Series) · as Addie Pray |
| 1974 | Smile Jenny, You're Dead · as Liberty Cole |
| 1973 | Love Story (TV Series) · as Ellie Madison |
| 1973 | Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Henderson |
| 1973 | The New Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Hildy Haynes |
| 1973 | The Addams Family (1973) (TV Series) · as Pugsley Addams (voice) |
| 1973 | One Little Indian · as Martha |
| 1973 | Tom Sawyer · as Becky Thatcher |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Sue |
| 1972 | The Paul Lynde Show (TV Series) |
| 1972 | The New Scooby-Doo Movies (TV Series) · as Pugsley Addams (voice) |
| 1972 | The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (TV Series) · as Anne Chan |
| 1972 | Kansas City Bomber · as Rita |
| 1972 | Napoleon and Samantha · as Samantha |
| 1972 | Ghost Story (TV Series) · as Judy |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Julie Lawrence |
| 1970 | Menace on the Mountain · as Suellen Mciver |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor (TV Series) · as Angela |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series) · as Joey Kelly |
| 1969 | Medical Center (TV Series) |
| 1968 | The Doris Day Show (TV Series) · as Jenny Benson |
| 1968 | Mayberry R.F.D. (TV Series) · as Fairy |
| 1968 | Adam-12 (TV Series) · as Mary Bennett |
| 1968 | Julia (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as Rachel Pickett |
| 1960 | My Three Sons (TV Series) · as Priscilla |
| 1959 | |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Patricia |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Suellen Mciver |