| Net Worth: | $100 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | November 19, 1962 (61 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor, Film Director, Film Producer, Musician, Television Director, Voice Actor |
| Nationality: | American |
Jodie Foster is an American director, producer and actress who after starting her professional career in 1965, has gone on to appear in a large number of films and television shows as well. Born on November 19, 1962, she was just three years old when first began working as a child model and later landed her first role in TV series Mayberry R.F.D. Her first major success came after a decade of entering in the entertainment industry with blockbuster film Taxi Driver (1976). Jodie received fame and success through her teenager roles in movies like Bugsy Malone, Candleshoe and Freaky Friday but then faced some setbacks while making a transition to adult roles. Her first critically acclaim performance as an adult came in 1988 film The Accused after which she not only starred in a few more successful movies but also founded her own production company along with making her directorial debut.
Career
Jodie Foster was born as Alicia Christian Foster on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. She was the youngest child of Evelyn and Lucius, who had divorced before she was born. Foster is of Irish, English, and German ancestry, and is a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Alden. She has three full siblings, Lucinda, Constance, and Lucius, as well as three half-brothers from her father’s earlier marriage. A gifted child, Foster started to read at the age of three. At the same age, she began her career with an appearance in a Coppertone television commercial. This led to further advertising appearances, and then to a minor appearance on the sitcom “Mayberry R.F.D.” in 1968. Foster went on to appear in more than 50 television shows over the subsequent years; among her most notable credits were recurring roles on the sitcoms “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” and “Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.” On film, Foster made her debut in 1972’s “Napoleon and Samantha.” She followed this with roles in “Kansas City Bomber,” “One Little Indian,” “Tom Sawyer,” and Martin Scorsese’s “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.”
Quotes
“I’m interested in directing movies about situations that I’ve lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I’ve come to believe in.”
— Jodie Foster
“Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn’t hurt your appreciation of the painting.”
— Jodie Foster
“Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors early on. As a kid, my mother used to take me to see really interesting arty films in Los Angeles.”
— Jodie Foster
“I think I’m drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.”
— Jodie Foster
“I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it. It allows you to really appreciate the hand of the filmmaker.”
— Jodie Foster