Jodie Foster
American actress and filmmaker (born 1962) · United States · Actors
Jodie Foster is read about 9,555 times a day, in 102 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
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Something wrong?Two Oscars by thirty, one for playing a child prostitute in Taxi Driver at twelve, the other for Clarice Starling twenty years on. The range runs from Disney teen to FBI trainee to prestige TV detective, and the intensity never dilutes.
A life in dates
HexedFilm, Queen Celeste (voice)2025Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Miniseries or Television FilmAward2023
NYADFilm, Bonnie Stoll2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeries2018
Hotel ArtemisFilm, Jean Thomas / Nurse2016Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries2013Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille AwardAward
House of CardsSeries, 2013Director2012
Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenFilm, (archive footage)2009
MotherhoodFilm, Jodie Foster2007“I cannot believe in God when there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being and creator.”In their words10 July 2007As quoted in Calgary Sun (10 July 2007)
The Graham Norton ShowSeries, 2007
The Brave OneFilm, 2007Producer2005
FlightplanFilm, Kyle2004“Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away from.”In their wordsAs quoted in Diamonds, Pearls & Stones : Jewels of Wisdom for Young Women from Extraordinary Women of the World (2004) edited by Jennifer2000
Waking the DeadFilm, Producer1997Jameson People's Choice Award for Best ActressAwardSaturn Award for Best ActressAward
ContactFilm, 1997Ellie Arroway1996
The Daily ShowSeries1995Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleAward1994David di Donatello for Best Foreign ActressAward
MaverickFilm, 1994Annabelle Bransford1992“I'd like to dedicate this award to all the women before me that never had the chances that I've had, the survivors, the pioneers and the outcasts. My blood, my tradition.”In their wordsOscar Acceptance Speech, 1992 Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Silence of the Lambs.Academy Award for Best ActressAwardBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAward
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries, 19921991
Little Man TateFilm, Director1989“This is such a big deal, and my life is so simple. There are very few things - there's love, and work, and family.”In their wordsOscar Acceptance Speech, 1989 Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Accused.David di Donatello for Best Foreign ActressAwardIndependent Spirit Award for Best Female LeadAward1988Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture DramaAward
LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries, 19881984
The Hotel New HampshireFilm, Franny Berry1978Saturn AwardsAward1977BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleAward
CandleshoeFilm, 1977Casey1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreFilm, Audrey1967
IronsideSeries1962Born19 November 1962Also in Deutsch
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Foster with Christopher Connelly in a publicity photo for Paper Moon (1974), one of her first starring roles
Foster at the Governor's Ball after winning an Academy Award for The Accused (1988). Her performance as a rape survivor marked her breakthrough into adult roles.
Foster working on Home for the Holidays, 1995
Foster at the premiere of The Brave One in 2007
Foster with co-star Mel Gibson at the premiere of The Beaver at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
Foster speaking at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in April 2024 during the ceremony in which she immortalized her hands and footprintsIn their own words 4
, I cannot believe in God when there is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being and creator.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away from.
I'd like to dedicate this award to all the women before me that never had the chances that I've had, the survivors, the pioneers and the outcasts. My blood, my tradition.
Filmography 40
HEHexed
ALA Private LifeNYNYAD
TMThe MauritanianHAHotel Artemis
MMMoney Monster
ELElysiumFGFinal Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
CACarnage
TBThe BeaverMOMotherhood
NINim's IslandTOThe Brave One
IMInside ManFLFlightplan
AEA Very Long Engagement
TEThe Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
PRPanic Room
TBThe Dangerous Lives of Altar BoysWDWaking the Dead
AKAnna and the KingCOContact
HHHome for the HolidaysMAMaverick
NENell
SOSommersby
TLThe Silence of the LambsLTLittle Man Tate
SFShadows and Fog
CACatchfire
TAThe Accused
SHStealing HomeTHThe Hotel New Hampshire
FOFoxesCACandleshoe
TDTaxi Driver
FFFreaky Friday
TLThe Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
BMBugsy MaloneAAAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore194 credits on file
Television 24
TSThe Kelly Clarkson Show
QUQuotidienTCThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TFThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
LMLate Night with Seth Meyers
TDTrue Detective
OBOrange Is the New BlackHCHouse of Cards
BMBlack MirrorTSThe Graham Norton Show
JLJimmy Kimmel Live!
TSThe Ellen DeGeneres ShowTSThe Daily Show
TFThe X-Files
FRFrasierTLThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TSThe SimpsonsLMLIVE with Kelly and Mark
CEChamps-ElyséesSLSaturday Night Live
ADAdam-12IRIronside
BOBonanza
GAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Foster started as a child model and became a teen idol through Disney films like Freaky Friday, then drew an Oscar nomination at fourteen for Taxi Driver's twelve-year-old prostitute. After Yale, she won Best Actress twice in three years - first for a rape victim in The Accused, then for Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. Two more nominations followed for Nell and Nyad three decades apart. She founded Egg Pictures in 1992 and directed four features, including Little Man Tate and Money Monster, plus episodes of Black Mirror and House of Cards. In 2024 she won an Emmy and Golden Globe for True Detective: Night Country, closing a loop from child performer to leading actress to filmmaker without stepping off the wire.
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