Directed credits
12
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Jodie Foster
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Directed movies: 7Directed series: 5All crew credits: 22
TMDB ID: 1038
IMDb ID: nm0000149
Known for: Acting
Born: November 19, 1962
Age: 63
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.73
Wikidata: Q41351
Also known as
Jody Foster • Alicia Christian Foster • Jodi Foster
Frequent jobs
Director (12)Executive Producer (7)Producer (2)Thanks (1)
Biography
Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021. Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980). After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021). Foster made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Jodie Foster.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Jodie Foster.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Jodie Foster.
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
as Clarice Starling
1991 Movie
8.1
Taxi Driver
as Iris
1976 Movie
7.5
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
2012 Movie
7.4
Contact
as Ellie Arroway
1997 Movie
7.4
The Mauritanian
as Nancy Hollander
2021 Movie
7.4
Inside Man
as Madeleine White
2006 Movie
7.3
A Very Long Engagement
as Elodie Gordes
2004 Movie
7.2
Carnage
as Penelope Longstreet
2011 Movie
7.1
The Accused
as Sarah Tobias
1988 Movie
7.1
NYAD
as Bonnie Stoll
2023 Movie
7.0
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
as Rynn Jacobs
1976 Movie
7.0
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
as Self
2004 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Jodie Foster.
8.4
The X-Files
as 'Betty' (voice) • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.3
True Detective
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Black Mirror
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.0
House of Cards
Director • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Maggie Roark (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
Director • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.7
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Pugsley Addams (voice) • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Marlene (voice) • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.7
Kung Fu
as Alethea Patricia Ingram • 1 eps
1972 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Bluebird • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
Director • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2007 Series
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Jodie Foster.
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Jodie Foster.
8.0
The Simpsons
as Maggie Roark (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.4
The X-Files
as 'Betty' (voice) • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.4
The Daily Show
as Self • 1 eps
1996 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
Black Mirror
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.3
True Detective
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2014 Series
7.7
Orange Is the New Black
Director • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Marlene (voice) • 1 eps
1993 Series
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2007 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Jodie Foster.
Alok
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
5.3
Mouthpiece
Thanks
2019 Movie
7.2
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
6.6
The Brave One
Executive Producer
2007 Movie
6.6
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Producer
2002 Movie
6.1
Waking the Dead
Executive Producer
2000 Movie
6.1
The Baby Dance
Executive Producer
1998 Movie
6.6
Nell
Producer
1994 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Jodie Foster.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Jodie Foster.
6.4
Breakdown: 1975
as Narrator (voice)
2025 Movie
5.8
A Private Life
as Lilian Steiner
2025 Movie
7.0
Henry Fonda for President
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
9.0
Hinckley
as Self (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.0
Disney Legends Awards Ceremony
as Self
2024 Movie
Jodie Foster, une histoire française
2023 Movie
7.1
NYAD
as Bonnie Stoll
2023 Movie
7.5
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
7.4
The Mauritanian
as Nancy Hollander
2021 Movie
7.4
Love, Antosha
as Self
2019 Movie
7.2
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018 Movie
5.3
Becoming Iconic
as Self
2018 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Jodie Foster.
8.1
Mr. Scorsese
as Self • 4 eps
2025 Series
3.1
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2023 Series
1.0
Beau geste
as Self • 2 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.0
La semaine des 4 Julie
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
5.4
Quotidien
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 2 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.3
True Detective
as Liz Danvers • 6 eps
2014 Series