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Jodie Foster

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1962-11-19

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

100 Films and a Funeral

100 Films and a Funeral

2007

7.3

Movie
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

1995

0.0

Movie
A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

2004

7.3

Movie
Abby Singer

Abby Singer

2003

4.5

Movie
poster

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

6.4

TV
poster

Adam-12

1968

7.1

TV
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition

2007

6.4

Movie
poster

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

1998

8.2

TV
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies

1998

0.0

Movie
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

7.0

Movie
All About Bette

All About Bette

1994

7.0

Movie
Anna and the King

Anna and the King

1999

6.8

Movie
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018

7.3

Movie
Beach House

Beach House

1977

6.6

Movie
poster

Beau geste

2023

0.0

TV
Becoming Iconic

Becoming Iconic

2018

4.8

Movie
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array

Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array

2013

0.0

Movie
poster

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1973

5.0

TV
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters

2006

6.5

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone

1976

6.6

Movie
Candleshoe

Candleshoe

1977

6.9

Movie
Carnage

Carnage

2011

7.2

Movie
Carny

Carny

1980

6.4

Movie
Catchfire

Catchfire

1990

5.5

Movie
poster

Celebrities Uncensored

2003

2.5

TV
poster

Cérémonie des César

1976

3.5

TV
poster

Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

TV
Cinefile: Reel Women

Cinefile: Reel Women

1995

0.0

Movie
Contact

Contact

1997

7.4

Movie
poster

Daniel Boone

1964

6.9

TV
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

Disney Legends Awards Ceremony

2024

0.0

Movie
Early Directors on Directing

Early Directors on Directing

2014

0.0

Movie
Echoes of a Summer

Echoes of a Summer

1976

5.6

Movie
Elysium

Elysium

2013

6.5

Movie
Everest: The Death Zone

Everest: The Death Zone

1998

6.5

Movie
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

2012

7.5

Movie
Five Corners

Five Corners

1987

5.8

Movie
Flightplan

Flightplan

2005

6.5

Movie
Foxes

Foxes

1980

5.9

Movie
poster

Frasier

1993

7.7

TV
Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

1976

6.1

Movie
poster

Ghost Story

1972

7.1

TV
Girl 27

Girl 27

2007

6.4

Movie
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1966

3.5

TV
Grease Day USA

Grease Day USA

1978

8.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
poster

Harty

1983

6.0

TV
poster

HBO First Look

1992

4.9

TV
Hinckley

Hinckley

2024

9.0

Movie
Hollywood’s Children

Hollywood’s Children

1982

0.0

Movie
Hotel Artemis

Hotel Artemis

2018

6.0

Movie
poster

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

6.6

TV
Inside Man

Inside Man

2006

7.4

Movie
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs

2010

7.1

Movie
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2001

7.3

Movie
poster

Intimate Portrait

1993

4.5

TV
poster

Ironside

1967

6.9

TV
It Was a Wonderful Life

It Was a Wonderful Life

1993

0.0

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

Jodie Foster, Hollywood Under the Skin

2021

7.5

Movie
Jodie Foster, une histoire française

Jodie Foster, une histoire française

2023

0.0

Movie
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster

2005

6.0

Movie
poster

Julia

1968

6.0

TV
Kansas City Bomber

Kansas City Bomber

1972

5.9

Movie
poster

Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
poster

La semaine des 4 Julie

2020

2.0

TV
poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

6.0

TV
Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate

1991

6.6

Movie
poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

5.2

TV
poster

Lo + plus

1995

0.0

TV
Love, Antosha

Love, Antosha

2019

7.3

Movie
Making 'Taxi Driver'

Making 'Taxi Driver'

1999

6.9

Movie
Maverick

Maverick

1994

6.9

Movie
poster

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968

5.7

TV
poster

Medical Center

1969

6.1

TV
Menace on the Mountain

Menace on the Mountain

1970

4.0

Movie
Mesmerized

Mesmerized

1985

5.0

Movie
Mickey's 50

Mickey's 50

1978

0.0

Movie
poster

Midi Première

1975

10.0

TV
Motherhood

Motherhood

2009

5.1

Movie
Movies Are My Life

Movies Are My Life

1988

6.0

Movie
poster

My Three Sons

1960

6.5

TV
Napoleon and Samantha

Napoleon and Samantha

1972

6.1

Movie
Nell

Nell

1994

6.5

Movie
Nim's Island

Nim's Island

2008

5.9

Movie
poster

Numéro un

1975

6.0

TV
NYAD

NYAD

2023

7.1

Movie
O'Hara's Wife

O'Hara's Wife

1982

0.0

Movie
poster

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

2023

7.0

TV
One Little Indian

One Little Indian

1973

6.3

Movie
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002

6.5

Movie
Panic Room

Panic Room

2002

6.8

Movie
poster

Paper Moon

1974

6.3

TV
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

1989

0.0

Movie
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

2014

6.5

Movie
poster

Rove

1999

8.0

TV
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972

0.0

Movie
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

1994

7.0

Movie
Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

6.7

Movie
Shooting 'Panic Room'

Shooting 'Panic Room'

2004

5.0

Movie
Siesta

Siesta

1987

5.1

Movie
Smile Jenny, You're Dead

Smile Jenny, You're Dead

1974

6.1

Movie
Sommersby

Sommersby

1993

6.4

Movie
poster

Spécial cinéma

1974

0.0

TV
Stealing Home

Stealing Home

1988

6.3

Movie
Stop Calling Me Baby!

Stop Calling Me Baby!

1977

4.0

Movie
Svengali

Svengali

1983

4.7

Movie
Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

1976

8.1

Movie
The Accused

The Accused

1988

7.0

Movie
poster

The Addams Family

1973

7.3

TV
poster

The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan

1972

5.4

TV
poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

6.3

TV
The Beaver

The Beaver

2011

6.4

Movie
The Blood of Others

The Blood of Others

1984

5.0

Movie
The Brave One

The Brave One

2007

6.6

Movie
poster

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1969

5.6

TV
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004

7.0

Movie
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2002

6.6

Movie
poster

The Directors

1999

5.1

TV
poster

The Early Show

1999

5.7

TV
poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

5.8

TV
poster

The Graham Norton Show

2007

7.2

TV
The Hotel New Hampshire

The Hotel New Hampshire

1984

5.6

Movie
poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

6.2

TV
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane

1976

7.0

Movie
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

1991

6.7

Movie
The Mauritanian

The Mauritanian

2021

7.4

Movie
poster

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972

7.6

TV
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
poster

The Paul Lynde Show

1972

5.0

TV
The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

8.3

Movie
poster

The Simpsons

1989

8.0

TV
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

5.8

TV
poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

TV
The True Story of Hannibal

The True Story of Hannibal

2005

6.7

Movie
poster

The X-Files

1993

8.4

TV
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World

1998

0.0

Movie
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1973

6.3

Movie
poster

True Detective

2014

8.3

TV
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary

0.0

Movie
poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014

4.4

TV
Vie privée

Vie privée

0.0

Movie