Biography for Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster as F.B.I. Agent Clarice Starling
Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice attempts to gain a better insight into the twisted mind of the killer by talking to another psychopath Hannibal Lecter, who used to be a respected psychiatrist. FBI agent Jack Crawford believes that Lecter who is also a very powerful and clever mind manipulator have the answers to their questions to help locate the killer. Clarice must first try and gain Lecter's confidence before he is to give away any information.
Biography for Jodie Foster
Birth name
Alicia Christian Foster
Date of birth
19 November 1962
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Jodie Foster started her career at the age of two. For four years she made commercials and finally gave her debut as an actress in the TV series "Mayberry R.F.D." (1968). In 1975 Jodie was offered to play the prostitute Iris in the movie Taxi Driver (1976). This role, for which she received an Academy Award nomination in the "Best Supporting Actress" category, marked a breakthrough in her career. In 1980 she graduated as the best of her class from the College Lyc�e Fran�ais and began to study English Literature at Yale University, from where she graduated magna cum laude in 1985. One tragic moment in her life was March 30th, 1981 when John Warnock Hinkley Jr. attempted to assassinate the President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Hinkley was obsessed with Jodie and the movie Taxi Driver (1976) in which Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, tried to shoot presidential candidate Palantine. Despite the fact that she never took acting lessons, she was the first actress to receive two Oscars before the age of thirty. She received her first award for her part as Sarah Tobias in Accused, The (1988) and the second one for her performance as Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs, The (1991).
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Trivia
(1995) Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#45).
(2000) Was supposed to be Commencement Speaker for Smith College in MA but eventually had to decline.
Makes her own voice in all of the French versions of any of her movies, because she can speak French fluently.
As a youngster, was mauled by a lion and carried briefly in its mouth during outdoor shooting of a commercial.
Majored in literature at Yale; graduated magna cum laude in 1985
(20 July 1998) Son, Charles, born at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Had to pull out of Double Jeopardy because she became pregnant.
(October 1997) Ranked #18 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
(1997) Received honourary Doctorate from Yale University.
Mother Brandy managed her through age 20.
Owns and chairs Production Company EGG PICTURES in Los Angeles, founded 1990.
John F. Hinckley Jr. claimed that he attempted to kill President Reagan in order to impress her.
Graduated in 1980 as the class valedictorian from the private academy Lyc�e Fran�ais in Los Angeles.
Was reading by the time she was three years old.
Fluent in French by age 14, she spoke her own lines in the 1977 film Moi, fleur bleue (1977).
Second choice to play Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars (1977).
Sister of Buddy Foster.
(1976) Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 28.
Born Alicia Christian Foster in 1962, her three siblings insisted on calling her "Jodie".
Made her acting debut in a Coppertone suntan lotion commercial when she was 3 years old. Has said that her only regret is that she would love to live life without knowing what it's like to be famous.
For Sommersby (1993), Foster learned how to handle a horse-pulled buckboard.
Was offered a role in "Rubyfruit Jungle" twice and turned it down.
Has two convertibles.
Enjoys kickboxing, yoga, karate, aerobics, and weightlifting and collects fancy kitchenware and black and white photos.
Loves organic food.
Her favorite book is "Franny and Zooey" by J.D. Salinger.
(2000) Was Commencement Speaker for Smith College's Class of 2000. Received an Honorary Degree from Smith College in Northampton, MA.
Gave the Class Day speech at Yale in 1993 and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale in 1997.
Got the role of Annabel Bradsford in the comedy Maverick (1994) after Meg Ryan turned it down.
Fought with CBS over a $12,000 hair and makeup bill incurred in preparation for her appearance on "60 Minutes II" (1999), Dec. 1999 to promote Anna and the King (1999).
Youngest host of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) until Drew Barrymore hosted in 1982.
Was replaced by Ashley Judd for the lead in Double Jeopardy (1999).
Jodie was mauled by a lion during the filming of Napoleon and Samantha (1972).
Starred as Addie Pray in the short lived TV show _"Paper Moon" (1974)_ which was originally a movie starring (I) O'Neil, Tatum.
Never liked "All in the Family" (1971) because "It seemed to be doing the same thing each week".
Got the role of Clarice Starling in Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) after Michelle Pfeiffer turned it down.
Turned down the Sharon Stone role in Basic Instinct (1992).
(29 September 2001) Son, Kit, born in Los Angeles weighing 6 lbs 3 oz.
Father Lucius Foster left the family when Jodie's mother was a few months pregnant with her.
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Personal quotes
"Being understood is not the most essential thing in life."
"I spent four hours with a shrink trying to prove I was normal enought to play a hooker. Does that make sense?" on her role in Taxi Driver (1976) when she was 13.
"Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from"
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable"
"It's not my personality to be extroverted emotionally, so acting has been helpful to me."
"I could tell you the criticism backward and forward about Little Man Tate (1991). But it didn't bother me as long as they were talking about the work and not about 'she has fat thighs' or something. But I fared really well with 'Tate,' so I shouldn't be complaining."
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Biography from Leonard Maltin's Movie Encyclopedia:
Intense, talented young woman whose determination and artistic daring have made her one of the top actresses in Hollywood. Foster's career began early; as a child model and performer, she was managed by her mother-who, among other accomplishments, got young Jodie a modeling job as one of the bare-bottomed tykes in the Coppertone ads. Her first film was Napoleon and Samantha (1972), a Disney outing that cast her as a runaway. By the time she was a teenager, Foster already had several Hollywood pictures to her credit, including One Little Indian (1973), Tom Sawyer (1973), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1975), and Echoes of a Summer (1976), in addition to three interesting films: an early Martin Scorsese picture, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), playing a tough tomboy; Bugsy Malone (1976), a gangster spoof cast entirely with children, in which she plays a tough dame who's pelted with whipped cream "bullets" in the finale; and Freaky Friday (1977), an amusing Disney comedy in which she switched identities with onscreen mom Barbara Harris. (She also costarred with Helen Hayes and David Niven in another 1977 Disney comedy, Candleshoe) Scorsese, impressed with Foster, cast her as a teenaged prostitute opposite Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (1976). Foster's startling performance in that film brought her more attention than she ever could have imagined. In addition to earning an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, her portrayal made Foster the object of obsessive fixation for one John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate President Reagan on her behalf. By then, Foster had enrolled at Yale University, where she studied literature (and not acting: Foster is an instinctual actress and has never received formal theatrical training). During school vacations, she managed to appear in several features, including Carny (1980), Foxes (1980), and The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), before graduating in 1985.
Already fascinated by behind-the-camera work, Foster coproduced one of her starring vehicles, 1986's Mesmerized She delivered mature, accomplished performances in the little-seen Siesta (1987), Five Corners and Stealing Home (both 1988). But it was as a lower-class rape victim defending her character in The Accused (1988) that Foster galvanized audiences and won herself a Best Actress Oscar-a feat she repeated in 1991 for her portrayal of federal agent Clarice Starling in the megahit thriller The Silence of the Lambs making her one of Hollywood's hottest properties. Having made her directorial debut with an episode of TV's "Tales from the Darkside," she entered the feature-film arena with Little Man Tate (1991). As director and star, Foster turned in an exceptional job, telling the story of a child prodigy-a character with whom she could certainly empathize. Her cameo in Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog (1992) brought Foster back to a role she'd played at age 12: a prostitute. She costarred with Richard Gere in Sommersby (1993) giving another affecting performance, and appeared in 1994's Maverick. Foster scored another Best Actress nomination for her portrayal of a backwoodswoman in Nell (1994), the first film made by her own company, Egg Productions. She then directed Home for the Holidays.
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Tusker (2003)
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The (2002) .... Sister Assumpta
Panic Room, The (2002) .... Meg Altman
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001) (V) .... Herself
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001) (TV) (uncredited) (archive footage) .... Herself
AMC's Film Preservation with Jodie Foster (2000) (TV) .... Host
Anna and the King (1999) .... Anna Leonowens
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV) .... Host
Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World (1998) (TV) (voice) .... Narrator
Contact (1997) .... Ellie Arroway
Salute to Martin Scorsese, A (1997) (TV) .... Guest
... aka 25th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese, The (1997) (TV) (USA: complete title)
All About Bette (1994) (TV) .... Host
Maverick (1994) .... Annabelle Bransford
Nell (1994) .... Nell Kellty
"Century of Women, A" (1994) (mini) TV Series (voice) .... Family Member
It Was a Wonderful Life (1993) (voice) .... Narrator
65th Annual Academy Awards, The (1993) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Actor
Sommersby (1993) .... Laurel
Shadows and Fog (1992) .... Prostitute
Little Man Tate (1991) .... Dede Tate
Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting (1991) (TV) .... Herself
63rd Annual Academy Awards, The (1991) (TV) (uncredited) .... Presenter - Best Screenplay awards
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) .... F.B.I. Agent Clarice M. Starling
Catchfire (1989) .... Anne Benton
... aka Backtrack (1991) (USA: TV title) (director's cut)
... aka Catchfire (1989) (Australia)
... aka Do It the Hard Way (1989)
Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife (1989) (V) .... Storyteller
Accused, The (1988) .... Sarah Tobias
Stealing Home (1988) .... Katie Chandler
Siesta (1987) .... Nancy
Five Corners (1987) .... Linda
Mesmerized (1986) .... Victoria
... aka Shocked (1986)
Sang des autres, Le (1984) .... H�l�ne
... aka Blood of Others, The (1984) (USA)
Hotel New Hampshire, The (1984) .... Frannie
Svengali (1983) (TV) .... Zoe Alexander
Hollywood's Children (1982) (V)
O'Hara's Wife (1982) .... Barbara O'Hara
Carny (1980) .... Donna
Foxes (1980) .... Jeanie
Candleshoe (1977) .... Casey Brown
Freaky Friday (1977) .... Annabel Andrews
Casotto (1977) .... Teresina Fedeli
... aka Beach House (1977) (International: English title)
... aka Beach Hut, The (1977)
... aka In the Beach House (1977)
Moi, fleur bleue (1977) .... Isabelle Tristan, AKA Fleur bleue
... aka Stop Calling Me Baby! (1977)
Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The (1976) .... Rynn
... aka Petite fille au bout du chemin, La (1977) (France)
Bugsy Malone (1976) .... Tallulah
Taxi Driver (1976) .... Iris
Echoes of a Summer (1976) .... Deirdre Striden
... aka Last Castle, The (1976)
Secret Life of T.K. Dearing, The (1975) (TV) .... T.K.
"Paper Moon" (1974) TV Series .... Addie Pray
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) .... Audrey
Smile, Jenny, You're Dead (1974) (TV) .... Liberty Cole
... aka Don't Call the Police (1998) (TV) (USA: new title)
... aka Harry-O (1974) (TV)
One Little Indian (1973) .... Martha McIver
Rookie of the Year (1973) (TV) .... Sharon Lee
"Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" (1973) TV Series .... Elizabeth Henderson
"Addams Family, The" (1973) TV Series (voice) .... Pugsly Addams
Tom Sawyer (1973/I) .... Becky Thatcher
... aka Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer', A (1973) (USA: promotional title)
Kansas City Bomber (1972) .... Rita
Napoleon and Samantha (1972) .... Samantha
"Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, The" (1972) TV Series (voice) .... Anne Chan
Menace on the Mountain (1970) (TV) .... Suellen McIver
