Name: Jodie Foster

Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster

Birthdate: Nov. 19, 1962

Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA

Ultra-smart, ultra-talented, Foster began acting at age two in a Coppertone ad and never looked back. Her breakthrough came at 14 with the role of the prostitute Iris in Taxi Driver (1975), earning her an Oscar nomination — and a psycho fan in John Hinckley Jr., who tried to kill President Reagan in 1981 for her. After that, she took a short break but returned to work steadily in high-profile projects of her choosing, most notably The Silence of the Lambs (1991), a performance that garnered Foster's second Best Actress Oscar, three years after her first win for The Accused (1988).


1. By 30, she had received two Oscars.
2. She was George Lucas' first choice to play Princess Leia, but she was tied to a Disney contract.
3. Shre graduated magna cum laude with a Literature degree from Yale in 1985 and received an honorary doctorate in 1997
4. She could read by the time she was 3.
5. She's done more films than Meryl Streep, Kathleen Turner or Debra Winger.


On growing up without a father in her life: "I was born more sensitive to events and behavior and what they mean. I paid attention to it. That's part of what makes me a good actor, I think. And my history is very different than other people as well. I mean, I wasn't raised in the nuclear model American family."
— Rolling Stone


Partner: Cydney Bernard, production manager, born 1953, met on the set of Sommersby in 1993
Son: Kit, born Sept. 29, 2001
Son: Charles, born July 20, 1998

1998: Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Contact

1995: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Leading Role, Nell; Golden Globe nomination: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), Nell

1992: Academy Award: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Silence of the Lambs, Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Silence of the Lambs

1989: Academy Award: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Accused, Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture (Drama), The Accused

1977: Academy Award nomination: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Taxi Driver, Golden Globe nomination: Best Motion Picture Actress (Musical/Comedy), Freaky Friday

FILMS

Nim's Island - (2008) - Actor
The Brave One - (2007) - Actor
Inside Man - (2006) - Actor
Flightplan - (2005) - Actor
A Very Long Engagement - (2004) - Actor
Panic Room - (2002) - Actor
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - (2002) - Actor, Producer
Waking the Dead - (2000) - Executive Producer
Anna and the King - (1999) - Actor
The Baby Dance - (1998) - Producer
Contact - (1997) - Actor
Home for the Holidays - (1995) - Director
Maverick - (1994) - Actor
Nell - (1994) - Actor, Producer
Jodie Foster - Five Corners/Mesmerized - (1994) - Actor
Sommersby - (1993) - Actor
Shadows and Fog - (1992) - Actor
Backtrack - (1991) - Actor
Little Man Tate - (1991) - Director, Actor
The Silence of the Lambs - (1991) - Actor
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife - (1989) - Actor
Mesmerized - (1989) - Actor
The Accused - (1988) - Actor
Stealing Home - (1988) - Actor
Siesta - (1987) - Actor
Five Corners - (1987) - Actor
Mesmerized - (1986) - Actor
The Hotel New Hampshire - (1984) - Actor
Svengali - (1983) - Actor
O'hara's Wife - (1982) - Actor
Foxes - (1980) - Actor
Carny - (1980) - Actor
Candleshoe - (1977) - Actor
Freaky Friday - (1977) - Actor
Bugsy Malone - (1976) - Actor
Taxi Driver - (1976) - Actor
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane - (1976) - Actor
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - (1974) - Actor
Smile Jenny, You're Dead - (1974) - Actor
One Little Indian - (1973) - Actor
Tom Sawyer - (1973) - Actor
Napoleon and Samantha - (1972) - Actor
Kansas City Bomber - (1972) - Actor
Partridge Family, The - Caution: Nervous Mother Driving - (1970) - Actor