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Aliases: Jody Foster , Alicia Christian Foster , Jodi Foster , 조디 포스터 , ジョディ・フォスター , Τζόντι Φόστερ , 朱迪·福斯特 , 乔迪·福斯特

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 84

TV Involvements: 31


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Bonanza
Average
8

Bonanza

(1959) Bluebird
The X-Files
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8

The X-Files

(1993) 'Betty' (voice)
Adam-12
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7

Adam-12

(1968) Mary Bennett
Daniel Boone
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7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Rachel Pickett
ABC Afterschool Special
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6
True Detective
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8

True Detective

(2014) Liz Danvers
Midi Première
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10

Midi Première

(1975) Self
Gunsmoke
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7

Gunsmoke

(1955) Marieanne

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self
N/A
Bonnie Stoll
Self
2022 Self (archive footage)
2021 Self (archive footage)
Nancy Hollander
2020 Self - Guest
2019 Self
Self
2018 Self - Narrator (voice)
Self
Jean Thomas / Nurse
2014 Self – Host
Self
Liz Danvers
2013 Narrator (voice)
Delacourt
2012 (archive footage)
2011 Penelope Longstreet
Meredith Black
2010 Self
2009 Jodie Foster
2008 Alexandra Rover
2007 Self
Erica Bain
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
2006 Self
Madeleine White
2005 Self
Kyle
Self
2004 Elodie Gordes
Self
Self
2003 Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Self
Self
Self
2002 Self
Sister Assumpta
Meg Altman
2001 Self
1999 Anna
Self - Guest
Self
Self
Self
1998 Self - Host
Self / Host
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
1997 Ellie Arroway
1996 Self
1995 Self - Guest
Self
1994 Nell Kellty
Self
Self
Annabelle Bransford
Self (archive footage)
1993 Self
Marlene (voice)
'Betty' (voice)
Laurel Sommersby
Narrator (voice)
1992 N/A
N/A
1991 Prostitute
Dede Tate
Self
Clarice Starling
1990 Anne Benton
1989 N/A
Storyteller (voice)
1988 Sarah Tobias
N/A
Katie Chandler
1987 Nancy
Linda Komkowski
1985 Victoria
1984 Hélène
Franny Berry
1983 Self
Zoe Alexander
1982 Self (archive footage)
Self
Barbara O'Hara
1980 Donna
Jeanie
1978 Self
Self
Self
1977 Casey
Teresina
Isabelle Tristan
1976 Rynn Jacobs
Annabel Andrews
Tallulah
N/A
Iris
Deirdre
1975 Self - Host
Self
Self
Self
1974 Audrey
Self
Addie Pray
Liberty Cole
1973 Elizabeth Henderson
Pugsley Addams (voice)
Martha
Becky Thatcher
1972 N/A
Sharon Lee
Sue
Judy
N/A
Anne Chan
Pugsley Addams (voice)
Rita
Samantha
1970 Suellen McIver
1969 N/A
Joey Kelly
1968 Fairy
Little Girl
Mary Bennett
N/A
1967 N/A
1966 Self
1964 Rachel Pickett
1960 Priscilla
1959 Bluebird
1955 Susan Sadler
Patricia
Marieanne
1953 Self
1944 Self - Winner
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Executive Producer
2018 Executive Producer
2014 Executive Producer
2007 Executive Producer
2000 Executive Producer
1998 Executive Producer
1995 Producer
1994 Producer
Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2019 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1978 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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