In this article we discuss Jodie Foster Biography, Net Worth, Age, Career And Husband.
Biography
Jodie Foster is a versatile and accomplished actress, filmmaker, and producer who has been in the spotlight since childhood.
She has starred in iconic and acclaimed films, such as Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs, Contact, and The Mauritanian.
She has also directed films like Little Man Tate, The Beaver, and Money Monster. She is one of the few performers who has won two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
She is also a fluent speaker of several languages, a Yale graduate, and a vocal advocate for privacy and LGBT rights.
Early Life
Jodie Foster, now 62, was born in Los Angeles, California, on November 19, 1962. She was the youngest of four children of Evelyn Ella “Brandy” Almond, a film producer, and Lucius Fisher Foster III, a wealthy businessman.
Her parents divorced before birth, and her mother and maternal grandparents raised her. She has three older siblings: Buddy Foster, Cindy Foster Jones, and Connie Foster.
Foster began acting at three, appearing in commercials and television shows. She learned French at a young age and spoke her lines in some of her films released in France.
She attended the College Lycée Français, a French-language school in Los Angeles, and graduated as the best of her class in 1980.
Personal Life
Jodie Foster has married Alexandra Hedison, a photographer and actress, since 2014. They live in Los Angeles with their two sons, Charles and Kit, who were born via artificial insemination.
Foster has never revealed the identity of the biological father. She was previously in a relationship with Cydney Bernard, a film producer, from 1993 to 2008.
Foster is notoriously private about her personal life and rarely gives interviews. She came out as gay in 2013 during her acceptance speech for the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards.
Career
Jodie Foster has had a remarkable and diverse career that spans over five decades. She debuted in 1972 in the Disney movie Napoleon and Samantha.
She gained recognition for her role as a teen prostitute in the 1976 film Taxi Driver, for which she received her first Oscar nomination. She also appeared in films like Freaky Friday, Bugsy Malone, and The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
In the 1980s, Foster focused on her education and took a break from acting. She returned to the screen in 1988 with the film The Accused, in which she played a rape survivor.
She won her first Oscar for Best Actress for this role. She then won her second Oscar for her portrayal of FBI agent Clarice Starling in the 1991 thriller The Silence of the Lambs, considered one of the greatest films ever.
Foster also ventured into directing and producing in the 1990s. She made her directorial debut with the 1991 film Little Man Tate, in which she also starred as the mother of a child prodigy.
She then directed and produced the 1995 film Home for the Holidays, a comedy-drama about a dysfunctional family. She also starred in films such as Sommersby, Maverick, Nell, Contact, and Anna and the King.
In the 2000s, Foster continued to act, direct, and produce. She starred in films such as Panic Room, Flightplan, Inside Man, The Brave One, and Nim’s Island. She also directed and produced the 2011 film The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson as a depressed man who communicates through a beaver puppet.
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