Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster was born November 19, 1962 and is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress, director, and producer.  She earned a B.A. in literature from Yale University and graduated magna cum laude in 1985.  Foster made her first on-screen appearance at the age of three, in a Coppertone... More

Jodie Foster was born November 19, 1962 and is a two-time Academy Award-winning actress, director, and producer.  She earned a B.A. in literature from Yale University and graduated magna cum laude in 1985.  Foster made her first on-screen appearance at the age of three, in a Coppertone sunscreen commercial.  Her rise from child star to Oscar-winning actress to feature film director appears unprecedented and her added status as a producer has made her one of Hollywood's exceedingly few rare talents.

Foster caught the public’s eye when she was 14 years old for her role as a pre-teen prostute in Martin Scorsese’s film “Taxi Driver” opposite Robert De Niro. She was nominated for an Academy Award for the role.  Despite the fact that Foster never took acting lessons, she received two Oscars before she was thirty years of age. She received her first award for her part as Sarah Tobias in “The Accused” and the second one for her performance as Clarice Starling in “The Silence of the Lambs.”

Foster has been with partner Cydney Bernard for over a decade, and the two have two sons, Charles (born 1998) and Kit (born 2001).  She gave the Class of 2006 University of Pennsylvania commencement address, the university's 250th Commencement. The university also conferred on her the Doctor of Arts degree for her lifelong achievement and contribution to film in both acting and directing