Jodie Foster
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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.
Known for
Credits
Inside Man (2006)
as Madeleine White
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
as Clarice Starling
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Contact (1997)
as Ellie Arroway
Hexed (2026)
as Queen Celeste (voice)
Taxi Driver (1976)
as Iris
Elysium (2013)
as Delacourt
Flightplan (2005)
as Kyle
Panic Room (2002)
as Meg Altman
The Beaver (2011)
as Meredith Black
The Mauritanian (2021)
as Nancy Hollander
A Private Life (2025)
as Lilian Steiner
Nell (1994)
as Nell Kellty
The Brave One (2007)
as Erica Bain
Love, Antosha (2019)
as Self
Maverick (1994)
as Annabelle Bransford
Anna and the King (1999)
as Anna
Sommersby (1993)
as Laurel Sommersby
The Accused (1988)
as Sarah Tobias
Hotel Artemis (2018)
as Jean Thomas / Nurse
Nim's Island (2008)
as Alexandra Rover
Catchfire (1990)
as Anne Benton
Carnage (2011)
as Penelope Longstreet
Abby Singer (2003)
as Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Little Man Tate (1991)
as Dede Tate
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
as Elodie Gordes
NYAD (2023)
as Bonnie Stoll
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
as Rynn Jacobs
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
as Audrey
Tom Sawyer (1973)
as Becky Thatcher
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America (2019)
as Self - Actress and Director
Freaky Friday (1976)
as Annabel Andrews
Candleshoe (1977)
as Casey
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)
as (archive footage)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
as Prostitute
O'Hara's Wife (1982)
as Barbara O'Hara
Bugsy Malone (1976)
as Tallulah
One Little Indian (1973)
as Martha
Taxi Driver: 40th Anniversary Cast Q&A (2016)
as Self
Grease Day USA (1978)
as Self
Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
as Samantha
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
as Sister Assumpta
The Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence (2005)
as Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special (1999)
as Self
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (1994)
as Self (archive footage)
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife (1989)
as Narrator (voice)
Siesta (1987)
as Nancy
The Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs (2005)
as Self
Stealing Home (1988)
as Katie Chandler
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family (1972)
as Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Motherhood (2009)
as Jodie Foster
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
as Franny Berry
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Narrator (voice)
The Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning (2005)
as Self
Making 'Taxi Driver' (1999)
as Self
100 Films and a Funeral (2007)
as Self
Foxes (1980)
as Jeanie
All About Bette (1994)
as Self
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Five Corners (1987)
as Linda Komkowski
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
as Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Beach House (1977)
as Teresina
The Blood of Others (1984)
as Hélène
Henry Fonda for President (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
as Self
Carny (1980)
as Donna
Movies Are My Life (1988)
as Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (1991)
as Self
Shooting 'Panic Room' (2004)
as Self
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary (—)
as Self
Mickey's 50 (1978)
as Self
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition (2007)
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
as Self
Smile Jenny, You're Dead (1974)
as Liberty Cole
Menace on the Mountain (1970)
as Suellen McIver
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
as Rita
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)
as Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014)
as Self – Host
Hollywood’s Children (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Hannibal (2005)
as Self
Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977)
as Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Mesmerized (1985)
as Victoria
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
as Deirdre
Early Directors on Directing (2009)
as Self
Becoming Iconic (2018)
as Self
Cinefile: Reel Women (1995)
as Self
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs (2010)
as Self
It Was a Wonderful Life (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Svengali (1983)
as Zoe Alexander
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster (2005)
as Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (1998)
as Self / Host
Hinckley (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
Jodie Foster, une histoire française (2023)
as Self
A Look Back with Jodie Foster (2004)
as Self
Everest: The Death Zone (1998)
as Narrator (voice)
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array (2013)
as Narrator (voice)
Jodie Promo (1995)
as (Archival)