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Jodie Foster
Known for
Two-time Oscar winner for Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), where she portrayed Clarice Starling, one of cinema's most iconic female characters. Rise as a child star with Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), Oscar-nominated at age fourteen. Starred in Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002) and directed several films. Golden Globe winner for True Detective (2024). American actress and director, an absolute benchmark of American cinema, recognized for her dramatic range and prestigious career spanning more than five decades.
Jodie Foster
50 Movies
21 Series
Two-time Oscar winner for Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), where she portrayed Clarice Starling, one of cinema's most iconic female characters. Rise as a child star with Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), Oscar-nominated at age fourteen. Starred in Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002) and directed several films. Golden Globe winner for True Detective (2024). American actress and director, an absolute benchmark of American cinema, recognized for her dramatic range and prestigious career spanning more than five decades.
Movies
Plays Iris
Taxi Driver
1976
Plays Madeleine White
Inside Man
2006
Plays Ellie Arroway
Contact
1997
Plays Delacourt
Elysium
2013
Plays Meg Altman
Panic Room
2002
Plays Lilian Steiner
A Private Life
2025
Plays Kyle
Flightplan
2005
Plays Alexandra Rover
Nim's Island
2008
Director
Money Monster
2016
Plays Annabelle Bransford
Maverick
1994
Plays Clarice Starling
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
Plays Sarah Tobias
The Accused
1988
Director
Plays Dede Tate
Little Man Tate
1991
Producer
Plays Erica Bain
The Brave One
2007
Plays Jean Thomas / Nurse
Hotel Artemis
2018
Plays Nancy Hollander
The Mauritanian
2021
Plays Elodie Gordes
A Very Long Engagement
2004
Plays Annabel Andrews
Freaky Friday
1976
Plays Audrey
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974
Director
Plays Meredith Black
The Beaver
2011
Plays Laurel Sommersby
Sommersby
1993
Plays Anna
Anna and the King
1999
Plays Penelope Longstreet
Carnage
2011
Producer
Plays Nell Kellty
Nell
1994
Plays Prostitute
Shadows and Fog
1991
Plays Bonnie Stoll
NYAD
2023
Plays Katie Chandler
Stealing Home
1988
Plays Anne Benton
Catchfire
1990
Plays Tallulah
Bugsy Malone
1976
Plays Rynn Jacobs
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976
Plays Casey
Candleshoe
1977
Director
Home for the Holidays
1995
Plays Franny Berry
The Hotel New Hampshire
1984
Producer
Plays Sister Assumpta
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
2002
Plays Teresina
Beach House
1977
Plays Jodie Foster
Motherhood
2009
Plays Linda Komkowski
Five Corners
1987
Plays Becky Thatcher
Tom Sawyer
1973
Plays Jeanie
Foxes
1980
Plays Martha
One Little Indian
1973
Plays Donna
Carny
1980
Plays Samantha
Napoleon and Samantha
1972
Plays Victoria
Mesmerized
1985
Plays Barbara O'Hara
O'Hara's Wife
1982
Plays Pugsley Addams (Voice)
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
Plays Nancy
Siesta
1987
Plays Rita
Kansas City Bomber
1972
Plays Deirdre
Echoes of a Summer
1976
Plays Isabelle Tristan, aka 'Fleur bleue'
Stop Calling Me Baby!
1977
Director
Stephen King's Golden Tales
1993
TV Shows
Plays Anne Chan
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan
1972
Plays Pugsley Addams (voice)
The Addams Family
1973
Plays Elizabeth Henderson
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973
Plays Addie Pray
Paper Moon
1974
Plays Priscilla
My Three Sons
1960
Producer
Plays Liz Danvers
True Detective
2014
Plays Joey Kelly
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
Plays Self
Smartare än hjärnan
2025
Director
Orange Is the New Black
2013
Plays Maggie Roark (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
Plays Alethea Patricia Ingram
Kung Fu
1972
Plays Pugsley Addams (voice)
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
Plays Marlene (voice)
Frasier
1993
Plays Susan Sadler
Gunsmoke
1955
Plays 'Betty' (voice)
The X-Files
1993
Plays Rachel Pickett
Daniel Boone
1964
Plays Judy
Ghost Story
1972
Plays Fairy
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
Plays Mary Bennett
Adam-12
1968
Plays Bluebird
Bonanza
1959
Plays Julie Lawrence
The Partridge Family
1970
Plays Cindy Blanchard
Julia
1968
Director
Tales from the Darkside
1984
Director
House of Cards
2013
Director
Black Mirror
2011
Director
Tales from the Loop
2020
Latest Trailers
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Breakdown: 1975
Full Filmography
A Private Life
Lilian Steiner
2025
Film
Smartare än hjärnan
Self · 4 episodes
2025–
TV
NYAD
Bonnie Stoll
2023
Film
The Mauritanian
Nancy Hollander
2021
Film
Tales from the Loop
Director
2020–
TV
Hotel Artemis
Jean Thomas / Nurse
2018
Film
Money Monster
Director
2016
Film
Scorsese's Women
Mother
2014
Film
True Detective
Liz Danvers · 6 episodes
2014–
TV
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Jodie Foster and where are they from?
Jodie Foster is 63 years old, born on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
What are the most famous roles of Jodie Foster?
Jodie Foster is best known for roles in The Silence of the Lambs, Taxi Driver, Elysium.
How many movies has Jodie Foster been in?
Over a 56-year career (since 1970), Jodie Foster has appeared in 49 movies and 20 TV shows.
What was Jodie Foster's first movie?
The career of Jodie Foster began with Menace on the Mountain (1970).
What is Jodie Foster's most recent movie or series?
Jodie Foster's most recent release is Breakdown: 1975, which premiered on December 18, 2025.
What TV shows has Jodie Foster appeared in?
On television, Jodie Foster has appeared in The Simpsons, True Detective, The X-Files, Frasier.
Jodie Foster
1962-11-19 · Los Angeles, California, USA
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.