About
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...
Known for
The SimpsonsSeries • 1989
The X-FilesSeries • 1993
FrasierSeries • 1993
BonanzaSeries • 1959
Black MirrorSeries • 2011
True DetectiveSeries • 2014
Orange Is the New BlackSeries • 2013
IronsideSeries • 1967
House of CardsSeries • 2013
Adam-12Series • 1968
My Three SonsSeries • 1960
Daniel BooneSeries • 1964
Tales from the DarksideSeries • 1984
Medical CenterSeries • 1969
The Partridge FamilySeries • 1970
The Beast in MeSeries • 2025
ABC Afterschool SpecialSeries • 1972
GunsmokeSeries • 1955
Inside ManMovie • 2006
ContactMovie • 1997
Taxi DriverMovie • 1976
HexedMovie • 2026
Mayberry R.F.D.Series • 1968
HBO First LookSeries • 1992