Jodie Foster

  • Name: Jodie Foster
  • Date of Birth: November 19, 1962
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California
Mini-bio: 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 Copp...( read more)ertone 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 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 "actor’s 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 didn’t, 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".
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  • emmathrewal1
    emmathrewal1
    dear jodie my you big fan i enjoy all you film
    posted 33 days ago
  • qatmoha
    qatmoha
    hello you is nice girl
    posted 65 days ago
  • bballgirl1334
    bballgirl1334
    She my favorite actress.
    posted 70 days ago
  • munal27
    munal27
    Hello
    posted 73 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    SOMEONE INVADED MY KINGDOM HOWBEIT STRANGER NOT
    U WON ME BY YOUR SIGHTPOWER
    U SWORN IN WITH YOUR MANPOWER
    U RULED OVER ME WITH YOUR SWORDPOWER
    U COMMANDED OVER ME WITH YOUR WORDPOWER
    U EXPOSED ME ALL YOUR VETOPOWER
    MY PROVINCE ATTAINS SUFFICIENT RAIN
    MY LANDSCAPE RETAINS EFFICIENT GRAIN
    PLEASURE EVERYWHERE PERSIST
    PRESSURE NOWHERE EXIST.
    posted 87 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    IN MY JOURNEY MIRACLES MAYBE SOMANY
    FOR MY JOURNEY I NEED SWEET HONEY
    COMMENCING MY JOURNEY WITHOUT ENCUMBRANCE
    LEAVING MY RESIDENCE WITH CONFIDENCE
    SAVINGS WITHDRAWN FOR MY EXPENDITURE
    PAVING MYSELF FOR MY ADVENTURE
    WILLING PERSON ACCOMPANY ME
    THRILLING EVENT APPEARS IN EACH PHASE
    MY SAVINGS COUNTLESS, NEVER EXHAUST
    MY JOURNEY ENDLESS, NEVER CONCLUDES.
    posted 87 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    I WILL GLOW IN YOUR EYES IF I WERE A SUPERSTAT
    I WILL FLOW IN YOUR BLOODSTREAM IF I WERE A BROOK
    I WILL DWELL IN YOUR HEART IF I WERE YOUR FAVOURITE
    SUPERGLOW STARS NEVER TURNS TO BLACK
    SWEET HONEY NEVER TURNS BITTER
    MY PASSIONATE LOVE NEVER TURNS PASSIVE
    PASSION IN ME NEVER SUBSIDE
    NO MOLESTATION IN THE PLACE WHERE I TOUCH
    NO CONSTRICTION IN THE FACE WHERE I KISS
    NO PALPITATION IN THE HEART WHERE I LIVE
    NO MITIGATION.........................
    posted 87 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    WALKING ALONE IN MY OWN WAY
    TALKING MYSELF IN A PECULIAR WAY
    FOR THIS REASON I NEED AN ESCORT
    IN THIS OCCASION I AM ANTICIPATING
    INCOMING ESCORT MAYBE A
    PLAYBOY OR COWBOY BUT RESTORATIVE
    RANGER OR STRANGER BUT TENTATIVE
    REFUGEE OR PRODIGY BUT DEDICATIVE
    SEDUCER OR .................
    posted 87 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    MONOLITH OF MY MONARCHY ALIVE IN MY PRESENCE
    GOLDSMITH OF MY GOVERNMENT REVIVE (IT) IN MY ABSENCE
    HIDDEN PLEASURES WERE OF 7, IN THE ARC OF RAINBOW
    FORBIDDEN TREASURES WERE OF MILLION, IN THE PARK OF MONOLITH
    BIRTH PLACE OF MY MONOLITH MAYBE AN ASTEROID
    MIRTH PLACE FOR MY MONOLITH MAYBE AN METEOROID
    FACE, GLAZING OVER IN THE DARK
    SURFACE, BLAZING FOREVER IN THE PARK
    PRESIDING IN THE PLACE WHERE ESKIMOS DWELL
    SLIDING ON THE GLACIER WHERE SUNRAYS FALL
    SHADOW OF MY MONOLITH FALLING ON ME TWICE
    SHADOW THAT TOUCHING ME ENGRAVED ON MY CHEST
    ENGRAVINGS ARE VISIBLE TO EVERYONE
    BUT I NEED A MIRROR
    posted 87 days ago
  • mjvnkt
    mjvnkt
    A DREAM IN THE DAYTIME (THAT) APPEARED AT RIGHT TIME
    MONALISA ARRIVED IN MY EYES (IN ORDER TO) RETRIEVE ME
    ASTONISHED OF MY TREASURY (FOR A WHILE) DISTINGUISHED ME
    INVITED ME FOR A FESTIAL (ALSO) EXCITED ME BY HER SMILE
    INTRODUCED ME HER MEDIA (AS WELL AS) PRODUCED ME SOME OF HER IDEA
    LEFT SOMETHING WHILE LEAVING ME (AND) SWEPT FAST CARRYING MY TREASURES
    SO FAR APPEARED ONLY ONCE (HOWBEIT) EXPECTING ONCE MORE
    WAITING FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY (THENCEFORTH) PAVING FOR HER RENAISSANCE
    posted 87 days ago
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