Jodie Foster

Sobre Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster, born on November 19, 1962, is a renowned American actress and filmmaker. Throughout her career, she has garnered numerous prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In addition to her acting accolades, she has received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work as a producer and director. Among her many honors, she was presented with the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016, and was awarded the Honorary Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021.

Foster's journey in the entertainment industry started at a young age when she worked as a child model and later became a teen star in several Disney films, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976), and Candleshoe (1977). She appeared in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and later teamed up again with him for Taxi Driver (1976), a performance that earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Other notable early roles included films such as Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980), and Foxes (1980).

After her time at Yale University, Foster evolved into more mature leading roles, securing two Academy Awards for her portrayals of a rape survivor in The Accused (1988) and the iconic Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for her role in Nell (1994). Her filmography is replete with standout projects, including 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 debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has directed several films since, including Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011), and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999) and for directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. Her directorial contributions also extend to episodes of shows such as Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.