Originally a child actress, with roles in commercials at the age of 2, including one in which she was accidentally mauled by a lion. In 1972, she made her film debut in Disney's bland Napoleon and Samantha, in which she and a boy from the circus travel cross-country. She received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her role as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver (1976) when she was 14. This film attracted the attention of American Nazi party member John Hinckley, who stalked her while she was at Yale. Hinckley tried to impress her by assassinating Ronald Reagan, but failed on both counts.
After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Yale with a degree in literature, Foster resumed her career in film, winning acclaim as rape victim Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988) and originating the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), winning academy awards for both roles. She received another nomination for Nell (1994). For a while she was considering making a movie about Leni Riefenstahl, but that project has stalled.
[1] When for many years Ms. Foster dodged questions of her sexual orientation, this did not stop others from concluding the obvious. Interview of Suzanne Westenhoefer, Dallas Voice, August 2005: "At this point Jodie Foster should just come out. She's not an ingénue anymore. You know, it really saddens me because Jodie Foster could do so much good." See also Kim Ficera, "Don't Quote Me: Jodie Foster and the Great Lesbian Hope", After Ellen, 10 August 2005. Finally, see also "Jodie Foster comes out with emotional tribute to her girlfriend of 14 years", Daily Mail, 12 December 2007.
Father: Lucius Foster III (left home a few months before Jodie Foster was born)
Mother: Evelyn Almond
Sister: Lucinda Foster (b. 1952)
Sister: Constance Foster (actress, b. 1955)
Brother: Lucius Foster IV ("Buddy", actor, b. 12-Jul-1957)
Girlfriend: Cydney Bernard (film producer, b. 1953, cohabited 1993-2008)
Son: Charles Foster (b. 1998, father a secret)
Son: Kit Foster (b. 29-Sep-2001)
Girlfriend: Cynthia Mort (TV producer, b. 1956, dated 2008)
High School: Le Lycee Francais, Los Angeles, CA (1980)
University: BA Literature, Yale University (1985, magna cum laude)
Oscar for Best Actress 1989 for The Accused
Oscar for Best Actress 1992 for The Silence of the Lambs
Golden Globe 1989 for The Accused
Golden Globe 1992 for The Silence of the Lambs
Drug Possession: Cocaine Boston, MA Dec-1983
Asteroid Namesake 17744 Jodiefoster
Endorsement of Honda in Japan
Risk Factors: Smoking, Cocaine, Yoga, Ophidiophobia
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Home for the Holidays (3-Nov-1995)
Little Man Tate (6-Sep-1991)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Nim's Island (4-Apr-2008)
The Brave One (6-Sep-2007)
Inside Man (16-May-2006)
Flightplan (23-Sep-2005)
A Very Long Engagement (27-Oct-2004)
Panic Room (29-Mar-2002)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (18-Jan-2002)
Anna and the King (6-Dec-1999)
Contact (11-Jul-1997)
Nell (23-Dec-1994)
All About Bette (17-Jul-1994) Herself
Maverick (20-May-1994)
Sommersby (5-Feb-1993)
Shadows and Fog (30-Mar-1992)
Little Man Tate (6-Sep-1991)
The Silence of the Lambs (30-Jan-1991)
Catchfire (1990)
The Accused (14-Oct-1988)
Stealing Home (26-Aug-1988)
Siesta (Nov-1987)
Five Corners (11-Sep-1987)
Mesmerized (1986)
The Blood of Others (2-May-1984)
The Hotel New Hampshire (9-Mar-1984)
Carny (20-Jul-1981)
Foxes (29-Feb-1980)
Candleshoe (Dec-1977)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (25-Dec-1976)
Freaky Friday (17-Dec-1976)
Bugsy Malone (4-Nov-1976)
Taxi Driver (8-Feb-1976)
Echoes of a Summer (6-Feb-1976)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Dec-1974)
Rookie of the Year (3-Oct-1973)
Tom Sawyer (14-Mar-1973)
One Little Indian (1973)
Kansas City Bomber (2-Aug-1972)
Napoleon and Samantha (19-Jul-1972)
Is the subject of books:
Foster Child: A Biography of Jodie Foster, 1997, BY: Buddy Foster, DETAILS: unauthorized
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