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Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19,
1962) is an United States|American Actor|actress
and Film director|director.

==Life and career==
Foster was born in Los Angeles, California|Los
Angeles, California where she attended an
exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los
Angeles, before going on to Yale University, where
she earned a BA 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 the age of two in television
commercials with an appearance as the Coppertone
Girl. Her first role was in an episode of Mayberry
R.F.D., in 1969 and then went on to appear in a
variety of television series. Foster made her film
debut in Menace on the Mountain 1970 (TV). She
appeared in several Disney movies, starting with
Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and followed by One
Little Indian (1973), Freaky Friday (1977), and
Candleshoe (1977).


In film, at the age of 14, she earned a nomination
for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
for her role as a teen 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 shot President of the United
States of America|U.S. President Ronald Reagan,
claiming he did it to impress Foster.

She is fluent enough in the French language that
she has performed in French films. Foster won the
first of her two Golden Globe Award for Best
Actress - Motion Picture Drama|Golden Globe and
Academy Award for Best Actress|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 made her debut as director in 1991 with Little
Man Tate, a drama about a child genius in which
she also costarred. She also directed Home for the
Holidays (1995), a comedy starring Holly Hunter
and Robert Downey Jr.. She went into producing in
1994 with the acclaimed Nell, the story of young
woman raised in an isolated place who has to
return to civilization. Foster owns Production
Company Egg Pictures in Los Angeles, founded in
1990.

Foster is intensively private about her personal
life. Having given birth to two sons (Charles in
1998 and Kit in 2001), she has never revealed the
identity of the father of the boys or if the boys
even share the same father. Because of this and
because she has lived with a female companion,
actress Cydney Bernard for several years, many
suspect she is a lesbian, though she personally
has never made any public statement regarding her
sexual orientation. Her brother's biography
identifies her as such, but since the book is
unauthorized, it is highly suspect.



==Filmography==

*Flightplan (2005) (post-production)
*A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de
fiançailles) (2004)
*Abby Singer (2003)
*Panic Room (2002)
*The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) (also
producer)
*Anna and the King (1999)
*The Uttmost (1998) (documentary)
*Contact (movie)|Contact (1997)
*Nell (1994) (also producer)
*Maverick (movie)|Maverick (1994)
*Sommersby (1993)
*Shadows and Fog (1992)
*Little Man Tate (1991) (also director)
*The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
*Catchfire (1990) a.k.a. Backtrack
*The Accused (1988)
*Stealing Home (1988)
*Siesta (1987)
*Five Corners (1987)
*Mesmerized (1986) (also co-producer)
*The Blood of Others (Le Sang des autres) (1984)
*The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
*Svengali (1983)
*O'Hara's Wife (1982)
*Foxes (1980 film)|Foxes (1980)
*Carny (1980)
*Candleshoe (1977)
*Casotto (1977)
*Beach House (1977)
*Stop Calling Me Baby! (Moi, fleur bleue)(1977)
*The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
*Freaky Friday (1976)
*Bugsy Malone (1976)
*Taxi Driver (1976)
*Echoes of a Summer (1976)
*The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing (1975) (TV)
*Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
*Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974) (TV)
*Rookie of the Year (1973) (TV)
*Alexander, Alexander (1973) (TV)
*Tom Sawyer (1973)
*One Little Indian (1973)
*Kansas City Bomber (1972)
*Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
*My Sister Hank (1972) (TV)
*Menace on the Mountain (1970) (TV)

==Awards==
*Won: BAFTA Award|BAFTA Award for Best Supporting
Actress and Best Newcomer 1976 - Bugsy Malone
*Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting
Actress 1977 - Taxi Driver
*Won: BAFTA Award|BAFTA Award for Best Actress in
a Supporting Role 1977 - Taxi Driver
*Won:Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best
Actress 1989 - The Accused
*Won: New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film
Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, Academy
Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award|BAFTA Award
for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award 1992 - The
Silence of the Lambs
*Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress 1995 -
Nell

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0000149|name=Jodie Foster
*http://jodie-online.net Jodie-Online.net
*http://www.triviatribute.com/jodiefoster.html TV
and Movie Trivia Tribute: Jodie Foster