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Cited as one of the best actresses of her generation, Jodie Foster, is an American actress, film director, and producer, who began her career at the age of 3. Here are some interesting facts about this actor, director and film producer.
- Born as Alicia Christian Foster on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles.
- Born to Evelyn Ella and Lucius Fisher Foster III, she is the youngest of four children.
- Her father is a decorated U.S Airforce lieutenant Colonel who later became a real estate broker.
- Her father left his wife before Jodie Foster was born.
- All the four children Lucinda Foster, Constance Foster, Lucius Fisher Foster (Buddy) and Jodie were raised by her mother and her partner.
- Her mother worked in public relations for the film producer Arthur P.Jacobs for some time before she started focusing on the acting careers of Buddy and Jodie.
- She was a talented child and started reading at an early age of three.
- She learned French and was fluent in it by the age 14. She also learned /Italian by the age 18.
- As she was fluent in French she dubbed herself in French language version of her English language movies. She also knows little Spanish and German.
- She has two sons: Charles Foster born in 1998 and Christopher Foster born in 2001. Father to these children is unknown.
- She was in a relationship with producer Cydney Bernard from 1993 to 2008.
- In 2013 at the 7th Golden Globe Awards speech she hinted at being lesbian or gay, however she did not use those words.
- In April 2014 she married actress and photographer Alexandra Hedison.
- Foster was stalked by John Hinckley Jr., who became obsessed with her after watching her movie “Taxi Driver” number of times.
- To impress her he attempted to assassinate U.S president Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981. Reagan and three others were wounded in the incident.
- The incident had caused her much discomfort and distress that her only reaction was an article in “Esquire” in December 1982 titled “Why Me?”
- She cancelled an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” in 1991 just because Hinckley’s name was going to be mentioned in the introduction.
- In 1999 in “60 Minutes II” she discussed her experience with Charlie Rose and said, “ I did not like to dwell on it too much. I never wanted to be the actress who was remembered for that event. Because it didn't have anything to do with me. I was kind of a hapless bystander. But what a scarring, strange moment in history for me, to be 17 years old, 18 years old, and to be caught up in a drama like that."
- She was stalked by yet another man Edward Richardson during her time at Yale University. He wanted to kill her but she was too pretty for him to do so.
- Her acting career began with an appearance in a television advertisement in 1965 as “Coppertone Girl.” She was only three years old at that time.
- Her mother wanted her son Buddy to try for the part but took Jodie along for the casting call.
- She and her brother became the main bread winners of the family during late 1960s and early 1970s.
- Her first feature film debut wasin 1972 in “Napoleon and Samantha”, opposite Johnny Whitaker and Michael Douglas.
- During the filming she was accidentally carried by the lion in its jaws which left permanent scars on her back.
- She got her first starring role in TV series “Paper Moon” in 1994 co–starring Christopher Connelly. It was a flop and was cancelled after first season.
- She rose to stardom through the movie “Taxi Driver” in which played “Iris”, a child prostitute.
- Ger sister Connie acted as her body double in the movie “Taxi Driver” in sexually suggestive scenes.
- She won “Palme d’Or” the highest prize awarded in Cannes Film Festival for her performance in “Taxi Driver.”
- She also earned a nomination at Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Iris.
- She played as “Tallulah” in “Bugsy Malone.” It was not a commercial success but garnered positive reviews.
- She was awarded BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1977.
- She won Saturn Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Echoes of a Summer” as a girl dying from heart condition.
- She became the youngest actor ever to receive the “Saturn Award.”
- She became the youngest to host Saturday Night Live on November 28, 1977.
- In the same year she acted as a teen girl who accidentally changes bodies with her mother in “Freaky Friday.”
- She was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globe Award for her performance in “Freaky Friday.”
- She played as a gang rape victim “Sarah Tobias” in “The Accused,” which based on a true story.
- She won Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for playing Sarah Tobias. She also won nomination for BAFTA Award.
- Her first blockbuster was “Silence of the Lambs” opposite Anthony Hopkins where she played as Clarice Starling, a FBI trainee.
- She won her first BAFTA Award for Best Actress and second Golden Globe and Academy Awards for her performance as Clarice Starling.
- Her first film as a director is “Little Man Tate” about a child prodigy in which she played as child’s mother.
- She founded a production company in Los Angeles named “Egg Pictures.” She said “did not have the ambition to produce "big mainstream popcorn" movies and, as a child, independent films made me more interested in the movie business than mainstream ones”.
- Unfortunately she had to shut down her production company to spend more time with her kids.
- Her relationship with Cydney Bernard started at the sets of “Sommersby” in 1993.
- She played as an isolated woman who was raised speaking an invented language in the movie “Nell.” She was nominated for Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for the fourth time and a MTV movie Award too.
- She won Screen Actors Guild Award and People’s Choice Award for her performance in Nell.
- In 1996 she was awarded with Berlinale Camera Award at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival.
- In 1998, an asteroid was named after her,”17744Jodiefoster.”
- At the 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jannuary 2013, she was honoured with Cecil B.DeMile Award, for actors and filmmakers who had a huge impact on the world of entertainment.
- She directed an episode of NetFlix TV Series “Orange is the New Black” in 2013 which earned her nominations for Primetime Emmy and Directors Guild of America Award.
