Jodie Foster

Birthday: Nov 19, 1962
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Biography:
However, that she had made nearly fifty film and television appearances before she attended college, makes her relatively placid sojourn there remarkable. She began her career at age three as the Coppertone Girl in a television commercial and debuted as a television actress in a 1968 episode of Mayberry R.F.D. Her first film appearance came in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain. Foster made a number of Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), One Little Indian (1973), Freaky ...
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Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series version of Paper Moon and alongside Martin Sheen in the 1976 cult classic The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane. As a teenager, Foster made several appearances on the French pop circuit as a singer. Commenting on her years as a child actress, which she describes as an "actors career", Foster has said that "it was very clear to me at a young age that I had to fight for my life and that if I didnt, my life would get gobbled up and taken away from me".
At age 14, Jodie received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a preteen 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. Parenthetically, in 1981, John Hinckley, Jr. shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people. He claimed his motive was to impress Foster. His obsession with Foster came after repeated viewings of the film, and he stalked her while she attended Yale University. This has been an incident of intense discomfort for Foster, who has been known to walk out of interviews if Hinckley's name is even mentioned. The punk band Jodie Foster's Army is named in reference to Hinckley's actions.
Unlike child stars such as Shirley Temple or Tatum O'Neal, Foster successfully made the transition to adult roles, but not without initial difficulty. She gained significant weight while at Yale and, after several unsuccessful films post-Taxi Driver, was forced to audition for her role in The Accused. She won the part and the first of her two Golden Globes and Academy Awards as Best Actress for her role as a gang-rape survivor. She earned her second in what is arguably her most famous role, Clarice Starling, opposite Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film, The Silence of the Lambs.
n 1997 she starred alongside Matthew Mcconaughey in the sci-fi movie Contact, based on the novel by scientist Carl Sagan. She portrayed a scientist searching for extra-terrestrial life in the SETI project. In 1998, an asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named in her honor.
By the 1990's, Foster began to branch out into other aspects of film besides acting. She made her directoral debut in 1991 with Little Man Tate, a critically acclaimed drama about a child prodigy, in which she also costarred. She also directed Home for the Holidays (1995), a black comedy starring Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr.. In 1992, Foster founded a production company called Egg Pictures in Los Angeles, and she began working as a producer in 1994 with the acclaimed Nell, the story of young woman raised in an isolated place who has to return to civilization.
Like many American actors who are rarely seen promoting products in their own country, Foster has appeared in a number of commercials in Japan, mostly in the 1990s. These have included advertisements for the Honda Civic, Keri cosmetics, Mt. Rainier ice coffee, and the Pasona Temporary Agency.
After taking time away from the spotlight, Foster returned in the 2005 blockbuster Flightplan. Foster portrayed a woman whose daughter disappears on an airplane that Foster's character, an engineer, had helped to design.
Foster's most recent film, Inside Man, a thriller co-starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen, was released on March 24, 2006, and opened at #1 at the box office. Her next film will be The Brave One, a thriller that is being filmed in New York City, both in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It is directed by Neil Jordan and co-stars Terrence Howard. Commenting on her latest roles, Foster has said that she enjoys appearing in mainstream genre films that have a "real heart to them".
Filmography
- Nim's Island (2008)
- 100 Films and a Funeral (2007)
- The Brave One (2007)
- Inside Man (2006)
- Flightplan (2005)
- A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) (2004)
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004)
- In the Company of Women (2004)
- O'Hara's Wife (2002)
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
- Panic Room (2002)
- Directors: Robert Zemeckis (2000)
- Anna and the King (2000)
- Contact (1997)
- La Haine (Hate) (1996)
- Home for the Holidays (1995)
- Nell (1994)
- Maverick (1994)
- Sommersby (1993)
- It Was a Wonderful Life (1993)
- Shadows and Fog (1992)
- Little Man Tate (1991)
- Back Track (1991)
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
- Backtrack (Catchfire) (Do it the Hard Way) (1990)
- The Accused (1988)
- Stealing Home (1988)
- Siesta (1987)
- Five Corners (1987)
- Mesmerized (My Letter to George) (Shocked) (1986)
- The Blood of Others (Le Sang des Autres) (1984)
- The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
- Svengali (1983)
- Carny (1980)
- Foxes (1980)
- Candleshoe (1977)
- Casotto (Beach House)(The Beach Hut ) (1977)
- Moi, fleur bleue (Stop calling me baby!) (1977)
- Freaky Friday (1976)
- Bugsy Malone (1976)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- Echoes of a Summer (The Last Castle) (1976)
- The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- One Little Indian (1973)
- Tom Sawyer (1973)
- Napoleon & Samantha (1972)
- Napoleon and Samantha (1972)
- Kansas City Bomber (1972)
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- Catie Caraco at 8:35pm on October 18th, 2009
- wow, I'm genuinely honored we have the same birthday.
- Facebook User at 7:09pm on September 26th, 2009
- You were awesome in Silence of the lambs
- Emma Clarke at 6:27am on July 19th, 2009
- your awesome flightplan is amazing
- Frits Momor at 5:28pm on June 24th, 2009
- u r my best actress..cool n best character
- Facebook User at 1:28am on April 7th, 2009
- my favorite actress^^
- Corinne Foley at 6:09am on April 3rd, 2009
- bloody good actress
- Danielle Dobbs- Baker at 8:48pm on February 8th, 2009
- Jodie is a great actress!!
- Asela Tharanga at 12:28am on December 26th, 2008
- affection for her daughter is grate....
- Lee Churchyard at 1:12pm on November 3rd, 2008
- g8 women and actor
- Facebook User at 12:02pm on July 4th, 2008
- She is wonderful. Maybe my favrorite actress along with Meryl Streep..
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