Jodie Foster

About Jodie Foster

She rose to prominence after starring as a teen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's 1976 film Taxi Driver. She was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress for her parts in The Accused and Silence of the Lambs, and she also appeared in Contact, Anna and the King, and Panic Room.

Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, director and producer. She has been nominated for several awards and received two Oscars, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Cecil B. DeMille Award, among others. As a director, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Foster began her professional career as a child model at the age of three, and she began acting in 1968 on the television sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in a number of television series and made her film debut alongside Disney's Napoleon and Samantha. After appearing in Tom Sawyer's musical and Martin Scorsese's comedy Alice Not Living Here, Foster's foray came with Scorsese's psychological thriller Taxi Driver, in which she played a child prostitute; she received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Relatives	Buddy Foster (brother)
Years active	1965–present
Occupation	Actress, director, producer
Notable work	Filmography
Children	2
Born	Alicia Christian Foster, November 19, 1962, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Yale University (BA)
Partner(s)	Cydney Bernard, (1993–2008)

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Trivia

She graduated from Yale's prestigious theater program magna cum laude in 1985 and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale in 1997.

Jodie Foster before fame

She first appeared in Coppertone sunscreen advertisements when she was three years old.

Achievement of Jodie Foster

In 1985, she got an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale's prestigious theater school magna cum laude, and in 1997, she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Yale.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$100 Million

Jodie Foster family life

Charles and Christopher are her two sons. She came out as a lesbian during a speech at the 2013 Academy Awards. She married photographer Alexandra Hedison the next year.

Associations of Jodie Foster

For their parts in 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, she and Anthony Hopkins both earned Academy Awards.

Jodie Foster Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

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Height	160 cm
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Family Members

Name	Relationship	Net worth	Profession
Buddy Foster	Brother	$1 Million - $2 Million (Approx.)	Celebrity Family Member
Lucius Fisher Foster III	Father		N/A
Cydney Bernard	Former partner		N/A
Evelyn Ella Almond	Mother		N/A
Cindy Foster Jones	Sister		N/A
Connie Foster	Sister		N/A
Amy Foster	Sister		N/A
Charles Bernard Foster	Son		N/A
Kit Bernard Foster	Son		N/A
Alexandra Hedison	Spouse	$1.5 Million	Actor