Jodie Foster

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 "Sexiest Stars" in film history (#45).

Was supposed to be commencement Speaker for Smith College in Massachusetts, but eventually had to decline.

As a child, she was attacked by a lion and carried briefly in its mouth while filming Disneys Napoleon and Samantha .

Received her Bachelors degree in literature, magna cum laude from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Had to pull out of Double Jeopardy because she became pregnant.

(October 2007) Ranked #18 in Empire magazines "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.

Born to Lucius Fisher Foster III, an Air Force colonel turned real estate agent, and Evelyn Brandy Ella Almond, a film producer. Her father left the family after few months before her birth.

(June 1980) Graduated as the class valedictorian from the private academy Le Lyce Franais in Los Angeles, California.

Was reading by the time she was three years old.

Fluent in French by age 14, she spoke her own lines in the film Moi, fleur bleue , the film Un long dimanche de fianailles and the film The Brave One . She learned spanish at a young age. She was also fluent in Italian by age 18.

Younger sister of Buddy Foster , Cindy Foster Jones and Connie Foster.

Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1976" in JohnWillis Screen World, Vol. 28.

Born Alicia Christian Foster, her three siblings insisted on calling her "Jodie".

Made her acting debut in a Coppertone Suntan Lotion commercial when she was 3 years old.

For Sommersby , Foster learned how to handle a horse-pulled buckboard.

Was offered a role in Me and Rubyfruit twice and turned the role down.

Has two convertibles.

Enjoys kickboxing, yoga, karate, aerobics, and weightlifting and collects fancy kitchenware and B&W photos.

Received an honorary degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Gave the Class Day speech at Yale University and received an honorary (Doctor of Fine Arts) degree from Yale University.

CBS was billed $12,000 for her hair and makeup for her appearance on "60 Minutes II" , December 1999 to promote Anna and the King . This total was later determined to be incorrect and inflated.

Youngest host of "Saturday Night Live" until Drew Barrymore hosted in 1982.

Was replaced by Ashley Judd for the lead in Double Jeopardy .

Starred as Addie Pray on the short-lived television series "Paper Moon" , which was originally a movie starring Tatum ONeal.

Never liked "All in the Family" because "it seemed to be doing the same thing each week".

Got the role of Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs after Michelle Pfeiffer turned the role down.

(March 30, 1981) Was stalked by John Hinckley during her college years, who attempted to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan to impress her.

Father Lucius Foster left the family when Jodies mother was a few months pregnant with her.

Born at 8:14 AM PST.

Was named one of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the World .

Shut down production company Egg Pictures in late 2001 to spend more time with her children.

Replaced Nicole Kidman in the role of Meg Altman in Panic Room at the last minute when Kidman injured herself.

Recorded a number of songs for her film Moi, fleur bleue , including "Je TAttends Depuis La Nuit Des Temps", "When I Looked at Your Face" and "La Vie Cest Chouette".

Was in a serious relationship with Cydney Bernard since they met on the set of the movie Sommersby until they broke up in 2008.

Her Oscar-winning role as Clarice Starling from her film The Silence of the Lambs was ranked #6 in the American Film Institutes "Heroes" list in AFIs 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains .

Her sister, Connie Foster , was her stand-in during the more explicit scenes in Taxi Driver .

Decided not to reprise the role of Clarice Starling in Hannibal , which eventually went to Julianne Moore.

Is doubled by stuntwoman Jill Stokesberry in most of her films, starting with Sommersby .

She was voted the 57th "Greatest Movie Star" of all time by Entertainment Weekly.

Considers her role in The Silence of the Lambs to be a counterpart to her role in Taxi Driver . In Taxi Driver , she is a young girl in bondage who has to be rescued. In The Silence of the Lambs , she rescues the captive woman. In an interesting twist, her pimp in Taxi Driver was played by Harvey Keitel , who went on to play Clarice Starlings (her character in Silence of the Lambs") mentor, Jack Crawford, in Red Dragon .

Ranked #4 in VH1s list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"

Her production company, Egg Pictures, is named after the character played by Seth Green in The Hotel New Hampshire in which Jodie starred.

Has never revealed the identity of the father(s) of her two children.

Producer of Freaky Friday Andrew Gunn had initially hoped she would be game to play the mother, as Foster had played the daughter in the original film Freaky Friday . Foster declined, in part because of concerns that the casting stunt would overshadow the movies overall merit.

She was all set to star in the television film The Best Little Girl in the World . Unfortunately, an actors strike prevented the film from being made. By the time the production was ready to go, Jodie was already studying at Yale University. The leading role went to Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Her performance as Sarah Tobias in The Accused is ranked #56 on Premiere magazines 100 Greatest Performances of All Time .

(May 2006) She was the Commencement Speaker at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was received an honorary degree from the university.

Ranked #4 on VH-1s 100 Greatest Kid Stars of All Time.

In an article published on September 5, 2006, Foster told the New York Times that she is such a "serious N.P.R. [National Public Radio]-head, the sort of person who will sit in her garage listening to the car radio until a show is over" that she changed her character in The Brave One from a newspaper reporter to the host of a public radio show.

Has starred on two failed television series based on successful movies: "Paper Moon" and "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" .

Revealed during a 2005 interview on the French talk show "Le Grand Journal" that she knows the words to the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise", but does not know "The Star-Spangled Banner".

Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989.

Her favorite actors are Robert De Niro , Paul Newman , Marlon Brando and Humphrey Bogart and her favorite actresses are Meryl Streep , Jane Fonda , Diane Keaton and Katharine Hepburn.

Ranked #30 on Entertainment Weeklys 50 Smartest People in Hollywood .

An asteroid, 17744 Jodiefoster, was named after her.

Attended Yale University at the same time as Jennifer Beals.

Considered Randy Stone her best friend until his death.

Her family celebrates both Christmas and Hanukkah.

(December 2007) Made an acceptance speech at a breakfast for Hollywood Reporters Women in Entertainment, where she paid tribute to her longtime companion Cydney Bernard , ending all speculations about her sexual orientation.

Has a fear of snakes.

The British rock group Asia wrote the song "Alibis" about her.

Has said that her only regret is that she would love to live life without knowing what its like to be famous.

Louis Malle originally wanted her to play the role of Violet in Pretty Baby , a fictional biographical account of photographer E.J. Bellocq. However, she turned down the role, because she had already played a similar role (that of an underage prostitute) in Martin Scorsese s Taxi Driver . The role eventually went to Brooke Shields.

Turned down the Bridget Fonda role in Point of No Return .

Rated No. 36 in the 2008 Power 50 issue of Out magazine.

Sean Penn s role in The Game was originally written as a female character with Foster in mind to portray. In the original script, Foster would play the daughter of Michael Douglas s character. However, Douglas insisted that the female character be changed to his sister; Foster did not like the idea as she was far too young to play his sister, and she withdrew from the project.

Turned down the role of Chris Parker Adventures in Babysitting , which went to Elisabeth Shue.

Was considered by Sergio Leone for the role of Deborah Gelly in his final movie Once Upon a Time in America , which went to Elizabeth McGovern.

Was considered for the role of Viola de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love , which went to Gwyneth Paltrow.

Turned down the role of Angel Bright in Little Darlings , which went to Kristy McNichol.

Was considered for the role of Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman , which went to Julia Roberts.

Turned down the role of Suzanne Stone in To Die For , which went to Nicole Kidman.

Turned down the role of Amanda Whurlitzer in The Bad News Bears , which went to Tatum ONeal.

Turned down the role of Annie Reed in Sleepless in Seattle , which went to Meg Ryan.

Was considered for the role of Claire Standish in The Breakfast Club , which went to Molly Ringwald.

Turned down the role of Andie Walsh in Pretty in Pink , which went to Molly Ringwald.

Friends with Mel Gibson , Jennifer Beals , and Jonathan Demme.

Foster was pursued by an obsessed fan named John Hinckley. Hinckley came up with a plan to impress her by assassinating President Ronald Reagan. Shortly before 2:30 PM EST, as Reagan walked out of the hotels T Street NW exit toward his waiting car, Hinckley emerged from the crowd of admirers and fired a.22-cal. blue steel revolver six times in three seconds, missing the President with all six shots. The first bullet hit White House Press Secretary James Brady in the head. The second hit District of Columbia police officer Thomas K. Delahanty in the back. The third overshot Reagan and hit the window of a building across the street. The fourth hit Secret Service agent Timothy J. McCarthy in the abdomen. The fifth hit the bullet-resistant glass of the window on the open side door of the presidents limousine. The sixth and final bullet ricocheted off the side of the limousine and hit the president in his left underarm, grazing a rib and lodging in his lung, stopping nearly an inch from his heart. In 2016, Hinckley was released from the psychiatric hospital in which he had been institutionalized.

Considers her performance in Nell as her best one.

Member of the same Los Angeles gym as Ryan Gosling , Bradley Cooper , Jason Sarayba , Michelle Monaghan , Christopher Mintz-Plasse , and Ashley Tisdale.

Lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Returned to work four months after giving birth to her son Kit in order to begin filming The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys .

Returned to work four months after giving birth to her son Charles in order to begin filming Anna and the King .

In both times, Foster won the Best Actress Oscar, she was under the direction of directors named Jonathan: Jonathan Kaplan directed her in The Accused and Jonathan Demme directed her in The Silence of the Lambs .

While promoting The Beaver , she said that David Fincher and Neil Jordan are the directors who have influenced her as a director.

Her favorite movie is Les quatre cents coups .

As of 2012, she is the 10th youngest person to receive an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Received the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards on January 13, 2013 at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Gave birth to her first child at age 35, a son Charles Foster on July 20, 1998, with partner Cydney Bernard. Childs father is unknown.

Gave birth to her second child at age 38, a son Kit Foster on September 21, 2001, with partner Cydney Bernard. Childs father is unknown.

Was considered for the role of Alma Coin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 , but was busy filming Elysium (2013/I) . The role ultimately went to Julianne Moore. Coincidentally, Moore replaced Foster as Clarice Starling in the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs , Hannibal .

She and Jane Fonda are the two actresses with the initials J.F. who had won each one, two Academy Awards for Best Actress.

Turned down the role of Dolly Harshaw in The Hot Spot , which went to Virginia Madsen.

Was chosen from among 18,000 hopefuls for the role of Iris in Taxi Driver , as screenwriter Paul Schrader wanted an unknown actress for the role.

Became close friends with Nastassja Kinski while filming The Hotel New Hampshire .

At one point, she was approached by Stephen McCauley to star in a film version of his novel "The Object of My Affection". However, the film The Object of My Affection was not made until 1997, and eventually starred Jennifer Aniston.

Was the 98th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for The Accused at The 61st Annual Academy Awards on March 29, 1989.

Joe Funicello , from ICM Partners, has been her talent agent since 1974.

The two people with whom she has been in her longest-term relationships both worked on "The L Word" . Cydney Bernard , with whom Foster had her two children (they were together from 1993 to 2008) was a unit production manager on the show, and Alexandra Hedison , whom Foster married in April 2014, played the character Dylan Moreland.

Turned down the role of Catherine Tramell in Basic Instinct , which went to Sharon Stone.

Peter Ho-Sun Chan originally wanted her for the role of Helen MacFarquhar in The Love Letter , but she was unavailable due to pregnancy. She was replaced by Kate Capshaw.

Callie Khouri originally wrote the role of Thelma Dickinson in Thelma & Louise with Jodie Foster in mind. However, director Ridley Scott turned her down for being too young for the role.

Was considered to play a young version of Princess Leia Organa in Star Wars . However, director George Lucas decided to make the character older.

Was considered to portray Laura Bush in the biopic W. , which went to Elizabeth Banks.

Expressed her desire to work with actor Matthias Schoenaerts during a Q&A at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival.

Cited The Deer Hunter as her favorite film.

Daughter-in-law of David Hedison.

Is one of 15 Oscar-winning actresses to have been born in the state of California. The others are Fay Bainter , Gloria Grahame , Jo Van Fleet , Liza Minnelli , Tatum ONeal , Diane Keaton , Sally Field , Anjelica Huston , Cher , Helen Hunt , Gwyneth Paltrow , Angelina Jolie , Marcia Gay Harden and Brie Larson.

Is one of 11 actresses who won the Best Actress Oscar for a move that also won the Best Picture Oscar (she won for The Silence of the Lambs ). The others are Claudette Colbert for It Happened One Night , Luise Rainer for The Great Ziegfeld , Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind , Greer Garson for Mrs. Miniver , Louise Fletcher for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest , Diane Keaton for Annie Hall , Shirley MacLaine for Terms of Endearment , Jessica Tandy for Driving Miss Daisy , Gwyneth Paltrow for Shakespeare in Love and Hilary Swank for Million Dollar Baby .

Because she speaks perfect French, she makes the dubbing over her characters voice for most of her films released in France.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6927 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 4, 2016.

In college she dated Tina Landau for about a year and a half.

In July 2016, John Hinckley was released after almost 35 years of commission to St. Elizabeths Mental Institution. His release was contingent on dozens of conditions, including mandatory residence with his elderly mother in her home in a Williamsburg, Virginia, gated community and a ban on use of social media and/or the internet to read about his own crimes or other assassins. He is also forbidden from attempting or making any contact with an array of people connected to his crimes, including his victims, their relatives, or Jodie Foster.

Speaks fluently French.

Being understood is not the most essential thing in life.

If I fail, at least I will have failed my way.

I love to see theater but not to work in it. Too messy, and I have a bit,of an inferiority complex.

There is an anxiety when it comes to finding the truth.

[on her role as the child prostitute Iris in Taxi Driver (1976) ],I played something completely different. But I knew the character I had,to play--I grew up three blocks away from Hollywood Boulevard and saw,prostitutes like Iris every day.

Who you are in a business relationship is a reflection of who you are,as an artist.

I think "destiny" is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

For 15 or 20 years, every single script I read, the motivation for the,female character was that they had been raped or abused as a child. . .

Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting and of all relationships.

Let how you live your life stand for something no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

Julia Roberts and Sandra Bullock do romantic comedies. I do dark dramas. I do these movies well. .