Jodie Foster
Jodie FosterBorn Nov. 19, 1962, in Los Angeles, Jodie Foster landed her first acting job as an adorable tyke in a Coppertone commercial. She soon became a television mainstay, starring in shows such as "My Three Sons," "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and "The Partridge Family."

Her breakthrough role came in Martin Scorsese's gritty Taxi Driver, in which she played a 12-year-old prostitute and for which she won many industry accolades. She also attended Yale University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1985.

More than a decade later, she proved she was in the business for the long haul by nabbing a Best Actress Oscar for her role in 1988's The Accused. In 1991, she won the same award again, this time for her portrayal of FBI agent Clarisse Starling in The Silence of the Lambs. She's also starred in Little Man Tate (1991), Nell (1994), Contact (1997) and Panic Room (2002).

Featured Movies
  • The Brave OneThe Brave One

    Oscar winner Jodie Foster stars in this dramatic thriller as Erica Bain, a New York City radio host who decides to take the law into her own hands after losing her fiancé in a brutal Central Park attack. With a determined cop (Terrence Howard) hot on her trail, Erica hunts down the assailants... Read More

  • FlightplanFlightplan

    Kyle Pratt is on a trans-Atlantic flight when her daughter vanishes, but the captain and air marshal begin to doubt that the child was ever on board. With no support from the plane's staff, Kyle can only rely on herself to find her little girl. Read More

  • ContactContact

    When Dr. Ellie Arroway (Jodie Foster) hears a signal being broadcast from outer space, the race is on to interpret humanity's first contact with alien intelligence in this adaptation of Carl Sagan's thoughtful novel about the divide between science and religion. Matthew McConaughey co-stars as... Read More

  • Anna and the KingAnna and the King

    In this fact-based 19th-century tale, English widow Anna Leonowens travels to Asia to tutor the king of Siam's 58 children. Brimming with prejudice, Anna at first believes the king is a barbarian, but the two soon develop a mutual respect. Read More

  • Panic RoomPanic Room

    A woman and her daughter are caught in a game of cat-and-mouse with three burglars in their New York City home and are forced to retreat inside a vault. As the intruders try to breach the room's security, the embattled duo must stay one step ahead. Read More

All Jodie Foster Movies
Carnage (2011)
R
The Beaver (2011)
PG-13
PG
R
Inside Man (2006)  Top 100
R
Flightplan (2005)
PG-13
NR
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Un Long Dimanche de Fiancailles
R
NR
Panic Room (2002)
R
R
NR
PG-13
NR
Contact (1997)
PG
PG-13
Nell (1994)
PG-13
Maverick (1994)
PG
Sommersby (1993)
PG-13
NR
PG-13
R
PG
Backtrack (1990)
Catchfire
R
R
PG-13
R
Mesmerized (1986)
Shocked
PG
R
Svengali (1983)
UR
NR
Foxes (1980)
R
Candleshoe (1977)
G
PG
R
G
G
NR
PG
NR
Tom Sawyer (1973)
G
G
G
PG

 
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