Jodie Foster Profile

Name: Jodie Foster
Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster
Nickname: Jo, Jodi
Birth Date: November 19, 1962
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA
Sex: Female
Nationality: American
Height: 5' 3½" (1.61 m)

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Jodie Foster Quotes

A cheap cry for attention and money filled with hazy recollections, fantasies and borrowed press releases. Buddy has done nothing but break our mother's heart his whole life.
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Acting, for me, is exhausting. I'm always more energized by directing. It's more intense to direct. I can pop in and express myself, then pop out again. It's a huge passion for me.
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Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality. For me, the fun part of making movies is seeing it as a director sees it. I like the architecture of movies. I like knowing what's coming and working to set that up.
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Jodie Foster Biography

Born November 19, 1962 as Alicia Christian Foster, Jodie Foster is one of the most successful actresses in Hollywood today. Even before she attended college, Jodie has already appeared in almost 50 films and TV shows. At age 3, Jodie Foster received her first job as the Coppertone Girl in a TV commercial. However, it was in 1968 that Jodie became a TV actress appearing in an episode of “Mayberry R.F.D.,” followed by a small role in the TV series, “Gunsmoke” and “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father.”

In 1970, Jodie Foster landed her first film role in the TV movie, “Menace on the Mountain.” Starting 1972, Foster appeared in several Disney movies, including “Napoleon and Samantha,” “One Little Indian,” “Freaky Friday” and “Candleshoe.” Before Jodie Foster turned 14, she has already worked with the big names of Hollywood, including Scott Baio in “Bugsy Malone,” Martin Sheen in the 1976 movie “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” and Robert De Niro in the film “Taxi Driver.” Foster received two BAFTA Awards in 1976 – ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her work in “Taxi Driver” and ‘Best Newcomer’ for “Bugsy Malone.” Before Drew Barrymore started her career, the 14-year-old Jodie Foster became the youngest person to host Saturday Night Live. As a teenager, Jodie Foster became a teen pop star in France. In 1977, Foster released two singles – her first and only recordings, which were included in the 1977 French film “Moi, fleur bleue.”

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About Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster was born a star and before she attended college, she has already appeared in over 50 films and TV appearances. At age 3, Foster became the Coppertone Girl in a TV commercial and appeared in a one-time role for Mayberry R.F.D. She then appeared in TV shows, including “Gunsmoke”, “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” and “The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane”. When Foster became a Disney star, she appeared in several movies, such as “Menace on the Mountain”, “Napoleon and Samantha”, “One Little Indian”, “Freaky Friday” and “Candleshoe”.

By age 14, Jodie Foster became the youngest person to host Saturday Night Live until Drew Barrymore hosted at age 7. She also starred opposite Robert De Niro in the movie, “Taxi Driver”, which earned her an Academy Award nomination and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the movie “Bugsy Malone”, Foster won another BAFTA Award as Best Newcomer.

Foster appeared in several films, including “Foxes”, “The Hotel New Hampshire”, “Five Corners” and “Stealing Home”, but it was only until she landed a role in “The Accused” did she proved her talent as an adult actor and won an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. Foster then made a series of successful films including “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Sommersby”, “Maverick”, “Contact”, “Panic Room”, “A Very Long Engagement”, “Inside Man” and “The Brave One”. In 2008, Foster starred in the movie, “Nim’s Island”.

Jodie Foster also wears two other hats – as a director and producer. She directed the critically acclaimed movie, “Little Man Tate” and “Home for the Holidays”. She also founded a production company called Egg Pictures in 1992 and produced the movie, “Nell”.

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