Jodie Foster
Acting • Born 1962-11-19
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.
Filmography
166 credits
Taxi Driver
Movie • 1976
Iris
The Silence of the Lambs
Movie • 1991
Clarice Starling
Inside Man
Movie • 2006
Madeleine White
Sommersby
Movie • 1993
Laurel Sommersby
Anna and the King
Movie • 1999
Anna
Contact
Movie • 1997
Ellie Arroway
Nell
Movie • 1994
Nell Kellty
A Very Long Engagement
Movie • 2004
Elodie Gordes
Panic Room
Movie • 2002
Meg Altman
Nim's Island
Movie • 2008
Alexandra Rover
The Brave One
Movie • 2007
Erica Bain
The Accused
Movie • 1988
Sarah Tobias
The Blood of Others
Movie • 1984
Hélène
Little Man Tate
Movie • 1991
Dede Tate
The Hotel New Hampshire
Movie • 1984
Franny Berry
Bugsy Malone
Movie • 1976
Tallulah
Foxes
Movie • 1980
Jeanie
Carny
Movie • 1980
Donna
Stealing Home
Movie • 1988
Katie Chandler
Flightplan
Movie • 2005
Kyle
Maverick
Movie • 1994
Annabelle Bransford
Catchfire
Movie • 1990
Anne Benton
Beyond the Visible: The Story of the Very Large Array
Movie • 2013
Narrator (voice)
Napoleon and Samantha
Movie • 1972
Samantha
Siesta
Movie • 1987
Nancy
Candleshoe
Movie • 1977
Casey
Cinefile: Reel Women
Movie • 1995
Self
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Movie • 1974
Audrey
Freaky Friday
Movie • 1976
Annabel Andrews
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Movie • 2004
Self
One Little Indian
Movie • 1973
Martha
Everest: The Death Zone
Movie • 1998
Narrator (voice)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Movie • 2002
Sister Assumpta
Elysium
Movie • 2013
Delacourt
The Beaver
Movie • 2011
Meredith Black
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Movie • 1976
Rynn Jacobs
Five Corners
Movie • 1987
Linda Komkowski
Carnage
Movie • 2011
Penelope Longstreet
NYAD
Movie • 2023
Bonnie Stoll
Mesmerized
Movie • 1985
Victoria
Beach House
Movie • 1977
Teresina
Smile Jenny, You're Dead
Movie • 1974
Liberty Cole
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
Echoes of a Summer
Movie • 1976
Deirdre
Svengali
Movie • 1983
Zoe Alexander
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies
Movie • 1998
Self / Host
Making 'Taxi Driver'
Movie • 1999
Self
It Was a Wonderful Life
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
Stop Calling Me Baby!
Movie • 1977
Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
Movie • 2023
Kansas City Bomber
Movie • 1972
Rita
Shadows and Fog
Movie • 1991
Prostitute
Tom Sawyer
Movie • 1973
Becky Thatcher
Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Movie
Self
Becoming Iconic
Movie • 2018
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Movie • 1989
Narrator (voice)
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World
Movie • 1998
Narrator (voice)
AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition
Movie • 2007
Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2001
Self
All About Bette
Movie • 1994
Self
Movies Are My Life
Movie • 1988
Self
Menace on the Mountain
Movie • 1970
Suellen McIver
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
Movie • 2024
Self
Hinckley
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Hotel Artemis
Movie • 2018
Jean Thomas / Nurse
Motherhood
Movie • 2009
Jodie Foster
100 Films and a Funeral
Movie • 2007
Self
Abby Singer
Movie • 2003
Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster
Movie • 2005
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2002
Self
Grease Day USA
Movie • 1978
Self
O'Hara's Wife
Movie • 1982
Barbara O'Hara
Love, Antosha
Movie • 2019
Self
Mickey's 50
Movie • 1978
Self
The Mauritanian
Movie • 2021
Nancy Hollander
Shooting 'Panic Room'
Movie • 2004
Self
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 1991
Self
Hollywood’s Children
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
The True Story of Hannibal
Movie • 2005
Self
Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women
Movie • 2014
Self – Host
Inside Story - The Silence of the Lambs
Movie • 2010
Self
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Movie • 2006
Self
A Private Life
Movie • 2025
Lilian Steiner
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
Movie • 1972
Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Early Directors on Directing
Movie • 2009
Self
Scorsese's Women
Movie • 2014
Mother
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: Uncovering America
Movie • 2019
Self - Actress and Director
Silence of the Lambs: The Beginning
Movie • 2001
Self
Silence of the Lambs: Making Silence of the Lambs
Movie • 2001
Self
Silence of the Lambs: Breaking the Silence
Movie • 2001
Self
Jodie Promo
Movie • 1995
(Archival)
A Look Back with Jodie Foster
Movie • 2004
Self
Breakdown: 1975
Movie • 2025
Narrator (voice)
The Making of '...And God Spoke'
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Henry Fonda for President
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Maggie Roark (voice)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Alethea Patricia Ingram
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
TV • 1972
Pugsley Addams (voice)
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Priscilla
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Frasier
TV • 1993
Marlene (voice)
Medical Center
TV • 1969
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Susan Sadler
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self - Guest
The X-Files
TV • 1993
'Betty' (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
La semaine des 4 Julie
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
Rove
TV • 1999
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Rachel Pickett
Julia
TV • 1968
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
TV • 1972
Anne Chan
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
TV • 1973
Elizabeth Henderson
The Paul Lynde Show
TV • 1972
Harty
TV • 1983
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Sharon Lee
Ghost Story
TV • 1972
Judy
Paper Moon
TV • 1974
Addie Pray
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Addams Family
TV • 1973
Pugsley Addams (voice)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Fairy
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Patricia
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Marieanne
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Mary Bennett
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
ABC Afterschool Special
TV • 1972
Sue
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Joey Kelly
Mayberry R.F.D.
TV • 1968
Little Girl
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Bluebird
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Cérémonie des César
TV • 1976
Self - President
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Beau geste
TV • 2023
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
True Detective
TV • 2014
Liz Danvers
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2023
Self
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies
TV • 1998
Self - Host
Lo + plus
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self - Winner
Mr. Scorsese
TV • 2025
Self
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Julie Lawrence
Quotidien
TV • 2016
Self - Guest
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)