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