Jodie Foster

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Foster in the movie, Panic Room (2002)

Jodie Foster (born November 19 1962) is an Oscar-winning American actress and director.

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Life and career

Alicia Christian Foster was born to Lucius Foster and Brandy Almond in Los Angeles, California, where she attended an exclusive prep school, the [[Lyc�e Fran�ais de Los Angeles]], before going on to Yale University, where she earned a B.A. in literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985.

Foster has made more than 100 appearances in film and television since the age of five. She began her career at age two in a television commercial as the Coppertone Girl. She debuted as a television actress in a 1969 episode of Mayberry R.F.D., and in film in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain. She appeared in several Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), One Little Indian (1973), Freaky Friday (1976), and Candleshoe (1977). She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series version of Paper Moon. During her teenage years she had several appearances in the french pop circuit as a singer (see youtube links below)

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Black and white publicity still of
Foster as "Iris" in Taxi Driver (1976)

At age 14, Jodie received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a preteen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro. De Niro's character in Taxi Driver intended to assassinate a presidential candidate, and, in 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. shot U.S. President, Ronald Reagan and three other people, claiming he did it to impress Foster. Hinckley had become obsessed with Foster after repeated viewings of the film, and stalked her for a time while she attended Yale University. The punk band Jodie Foster's Army is named in reference to Hinckley's actions.

Unlike other child stars like Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster was able to make a successful transition to adult roles. She won the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape victim in The Accused (1988). She earned her second for her co-starring role opposite Anthony Hopkins in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs. She is fluent enough in French that she has performed in French-language films, such as Un long dimanche de fian�ailles (2004).

She made her debut as director in 1991 with Little Man Tate, a drama about a child prodigy, in which she also costarred. She also directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr.. She began working as a producer in 1994 with the acclaimed Nell, the story of young woman raised in an isolated place who has to return to civilization. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called Egg Pictures in Los Angeles.

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Foster as Clarice Starling in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs. Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter in the shadows

Foster has appeared in a number of Japanese commercials, mostly in the 1990s. These include advertisements for the Honda Civic, Keri cosmetics, Mt. Rainier ice coffee, and the Pasona Temporary Agency.

Foster is intensely private about her personal life. She has two sons (Charles in 1998, and Christopher, aka Kit, in 2001), but has never revealed the identity of their father or whether they share a father. Because of this and because she has lived with producer Cydney Bernard for several years, some allege that she is a lesbian. However, she has never made any public statement regarding her sexual orientation.

An unauthorized biography of her, written by brother Buddy Foster, identifies her as bisexual.

In 1998 asteroid 17744 Jodiefoster was named in her honor.

On May 15, 2006, Jodie Foster is scheduled to give the 2006 Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Sugarland Announced
2007 The Brave One Pre-production
2006 Inside Man Madeliene White Post-production
2005 Flightplan Kyle Pratt
2004 A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fian�ailles) Elodie Gordes
2003 Abby Singer Herself
2002 Panic Room Meg Altman
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Sister Assumpta Also producer
1999 Anna and the King Anna Leonowens
1998 The Uttmost Herself Documentary
1997 Contact Ellie Arroway
1994 Nell Nell Kellty Also producer
Maverick Mrs. Annabelle Bransford
1993 Sommersby Laurel Sommersby
1992 Shadows and Fog Prostitute
1991 Little Man Tate Dede Tate Also director
The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling
1990 Catchfire Anne Benton a.k.a. Backtrack
1988 The Accused Sarah Tobias
Stealing Home Katie Chandler
1987 Siesta Nancy
Five Corners Linda
1986 Mesmerized Victoria Also co-producer
1984 The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) H�l�ne
The Hotel New Hampshire Frannie Berry
1983 Svengali Zoe Alexander
1982 O'Hara's Wife Barbara O'Hara
1980 Foxes Jeanie
Carny Donna
1977 Candleshoe Casey Brown
Casotto Teresina Fedeli
Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue) Isabelle Tristan (aka Fleur bleue)
1976 The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane Rynn
Freaky Friday Annabel Andrews
Bugsy Malone Tallulah
Taxi Driver Iris Steensma
Echoes of a Summer Deirdre Striden
1975 The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing T.K. Dearing TV
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Audrey
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead Liberty Cole TV
1973 Rookie of the Year Sharon Lee TV
Alexander, Alexander Sue TV
The Addams Family Pugsley (voice) TV
Kung Fu Alethea Patricia Ingram TV
Tom Sawyer Becky Thatcher
One Little Indian Martha McIver
1972 Kansas City Bomber Rita
Napoleon and Samantha Samantha
My Sister Hank Henrietta "Hank" Bennett TV
1970 Menace on the Mountain Suellen McIver TV

Awards

Preceded by
Cher for Moonstruck 		Academy Award for Best Actress
for The Accused
1988 		Succeeded by
Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy
Preceded by
Kathy Bates for Misery 		Academy Award for Best Actress
for The Silence of the Lambs
1991 		Succeeded by
Emma Thompson for Howards End

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