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