A Private Life
2025 · Movie
as Lilian Steiner
Jodie Foster
1962-11-19
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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). 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.
Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Henry Fonda for President
2025 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Movie
as Self - (archive footage)
Mr. Scorsese
2025 · TV Show
as Self
Smartare än hjärnan
2025 · TV Show
as Self
2024 Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
2024 · Movie
as Self
Hinckley
2024 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
NYAD
2023 · Movie
as Bonnie Stoll
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023 · Movie
as Self
Beau geste
2023 · TV Show
as Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · TV Show
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
The Mauritanian
2021 · Movie
as Nancy Hollander
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
2021 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
La semaine des 4 Julie
2020 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Love, Antosha
2019 · Movie
as Self
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Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
2019 · Movie
as Self - Actress and Director
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · TV Show
as Self
Becoming Iconic
2018 · Movie
as Self
Hotel Artemis
2018 · Movie
as Jean Thomas / Nurse
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Movie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Movie
as Self (archive)
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A
2016 · Movie
as Self
Quotidien
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
2016 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
2014 · Movie
as Self – Host
Scorsese's Women
2014 · Movie
as Mother
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
True Detective
2014 · TV Show
as Liz Danvers
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · TV Show
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
2013 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
Elysium
2013 · Movie
as Delacourt
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012 · Movie
as (archive footage)
The Beaver
2011 · Movie
as Meredith Black
Carnage
2011 · Movie
as Penelope Longstreet
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
2010 · Movie
as Self
Motherhood
2009 · Movie
as Jodie Foster
Early Directors on Directing
2009 · Movie
as Self
Nim's Island
2008 · Movie
as Alexandra Rover
The Brave One
2007 · Movie
as Erica Bain
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
2007 · Movie
as Self
100 Films and a Funeral
2007 · Movie
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Inside Man
2006 · Movie
as Madeleine White
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006 · Movie
as Self
Flightplan
2005 · Movie
as Kyle
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
2005 · Movie
as Self
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The True Story of Hannibal
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
2005 · Movie
as Self
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
2005 · Movie
as Self
A Very Long Engagement
2004 · Movie
as Elodie Gordes
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
as Self
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Movie
as Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
2004 · Movie
as Self
Abby Singer
2003 · Movie
as Jodie Foster (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · TV Show
as Self
Panic Room
2002 · Movie
as Meg Altman
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 · Movie
as Sister Assumpta
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002 · Movie
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001 · Movie
as Self
Anna and the King
1999 · Movie
as Anna
Making 'Taxi Driver'
1999 · Movie
as Self
The Early Show
1999 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Rove
1999 · TV Show
as Self
The Directors
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Everest: The Death Zone
1998 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
1998 · Movie
as Self / Host
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Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
1998 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
1998 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Contact
1997 · Movie
as Ellie Arroway
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Cinefile: Reel Women
1995 · Movie
as Self
No image
Jodie Promo
1995 · Movie
as (Archival)
Lo + plus
1995 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Nell
1994 · Movie
as Nell Kellty
Maverick
1994 · Movie
as Annabelle Bransford
All About Bette
1994 · Movie
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · TV Show
as Self
Sommersby
1993 · Movie
as Laurel Sommersby
Frasier
1993 · TV Show
as Marlene (voice)
The X-Files
1993 · TV Show
as 'Betty' (voice)
Intimate Portrait
1993 · TV Show
as Self
No image
It Was a Wonderful Life
1992 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · TV Show
HBO First Look
1992 · TV Show
The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Movie
as Clarice Starling
Little Man Tate
1991 · Movie
as Dede Tate
Shadows and Fog
1991 · Movie
as Prostitute
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
1991 · Movie
as Self
Catchfire
1990 · Movie
as Anne Benton
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989 · Movie
as Narrator (voice)
The Simpsons
1989 · TV Show
as Maggie Roark (voice)
The Accused
1988 · Movie
as Sarah Tobias
Stealing Home
1988 · Movie
as Katie Chandler
Movies Are My Life
1988 · Movie
as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Siesta
1987 · Movie
as Nancy
Five Corners
1987 · Movie
as Linda Komkowski
Mesmerized
1985 · Movie
as Victoria
The Blood of Others
1984 · Movie
as Hélène
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984 · Movie
as Franny Berry
No image
Goldene Kamera
1984 · TV Show
as Self
Svengali
1983 · Movie
as Zoe Alexander
No image
Harty
1983 · TV Show
as Self
O'Hara's Wife
1982 · Movie
as Barbara O'Hara
Hollywood’s Children
1982 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
1982 · TV Show
as Self
Foxes
1980 · Movie
as Jeanie
Carny
1980 · Movie
as Donna
Grease Day USA
1978 · Movie
as Self
Mickey's 50
1978 · Movie
as Self
Candleshoe
1977 · Movie
as Casey
Beach House
1977 · Movie
as Teresina
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977 · Movie
as Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Taxi Driver
1976 · Movie
as Iris
Bugsy Malone
1976 · Movie
as Tallulah
Freaky Friday
1976 · Movie
as Annabel Andrews
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 · Movie
as Rynn Jacobs
Echoes of a Summer
1976 · Movie
as Deirdre
Cérémonie des César
1976 · TV Show
as Self - President
Saturday Night Live
1975 · TV Show
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Numéro un
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Midi Première
1975 · TV Show
as Self
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974 · Movie
as Audrey
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
1974 · Movie
as Liberty Cole
Paper Moon
1974 · TV Show
as Addie Pray
Spécial cinéma
1974 · TV Show
as Self
One Little Indian
1973 · Movie
as Martha
Tom Sawyer
1973 · Movie
as Becky Thatcher
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973 · TV Show
as Elizabeth Henderson
The Addams Family
1973 · TV Show
as Pugsley Addams (voice)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · TV Show
as Self
Napoleon and Samantha
1972 · Movie
as Samantha
Kansas City Bomber
1972 · Movie
as Rita
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972 · Movie
as Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Kung Fu
1972 · TV Show
as Alethea Patricia Ingram
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972 · TV Show
as Pugsley Addams (voice)
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
1972 · TV Show
as Anne Chan
The Paul Lynde Show
1972 · TV Show
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · TV Show
as Sharon Lee, Sue
Ghost Story
1972 · TV Show
as Judy
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
Menace on the Mountain
1970 · Movie
as Suellen McIver
The Partridge Family
1970 · TV Show
as Julie Lawrence
Medical Center
1969 · TV Show
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969 · TV Show
as Joey Kelly
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968 · TV Show
as Fairy, Little Girl
Adam-12
1968 · TV Show
as Mary Bennett
Julia
1968 · TV Show
as Cindy Blanchard
Ironside
1967 · TV Show
Daniel Boone
1964 · TV Show
as Rachel Pickett
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
My Three Sons
1960 · TV Show
as Priscilla
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Bluebird
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Susan Sadler, Patricia, Marieanne
The Oscars
1953 · TV Show
as Self
The Emmy Awards
1949 · TV Show
as Self - Winner
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
as Self - Nominee
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
· Movie
as Self
Crew Credits
The Beast in Me
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Alok
2024 · Movie
Executive Producer
Tales from the Loop
2020 · TV Show
Director
Mouthpiece
2019 · Movie
Thanks
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Movie
Executive Producer
Money Monster
2016 · Movie
Director
True Detective
2014 · TV Show
Executive Producer
House of Cards
2013 · TV Show
Director
Orange Is the New Black
2013 · TV Show
Director
The Beaver
2011 · Movie
Director
Black Mirror
2011 · TV Show
Director
The Brave One
2007 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002 · Movie
Producer
Waking the Dead
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Baby Dance
1998 · Movie
Executive Producer
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Movie
Director, Producer
George Romero's Golden Tales 2
1995 · Movie
Director
Nell
1994 · Movie
Producer
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993 · Movie
Director
Little Man Tate
1991 · Movie
Director
Tales from the Darkside
1984 · TV Show
Director
The Hands of Time
1978 · Movie
Director, Writer
