Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (lahir 19 November 1962) adalah seorang aktris dan pembuat film Amerika. Dia adalah penerima berbagai penghargaan, termasuk dua Academy Awards, tiga BAFTA Awards, tiga Golden Globe Awards, dan Screen Actors Guild Award. Untuk pekerjaannya sebagai produser dan sutradara, dia dinominasikan untuk Primetime Emmy Award. Dia juga telah mendapatkan berbagai penghargaan seperti Penghargaan Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille pada tahun 2013, dilantik ke dalam Hollywood Walk of Fame pada tahun 2016 dan menerima Palme d'Or Kehormatan Festival Film Cannes pada tahun 2021. Foster memulai karir profesionalnya sebagai model cilik dan kemudian sebagai idola remaja di berbagai film Disney termasuk Napoleon dan Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) dan Candleshoe (1977). Dia berakting dalam drama komedi Martin Scorsese, Alice Don't Live Here Anymore (1974) dan bersatu kembali dengannya di Taxi Driver (1976) dalam peran yang membuatnya menerima nominasi Academy Award untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik. Film awal lainnya termasuk Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) dan Foxes (1980). Setelah kuliah di Universitas Yale, Foster beralih ke peran utama yang matang dan mendapatkan dua Academy Awards karena berperan sebagai korban pemerkosaan dalam The Accused (1988), dan Clarice Starling dalam The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Dia juga menerima nominasi untuk Nell (1994). Film terkenal lainnya termasuk 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), dan Orang Mauritania (2021). Dia membuat debut film penyutradaraannya dengan Little Man Tate (1991) dan sejak itu menyutradarai film seperti Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) dan Money Monster (2016). Dia mendirikan perusahaan produksinya sendiri, Egg Pictures, pada tahun 1992. Dia memperoleh dua Primetime Emmy Awards untuk memproduksi The Baby Dance (1999), dan mengarahkan episode Orange Is the New Black "Lesbian Request Denied" pada tahun 2014. Dia juga menyutradarai episode untuk Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, dan Tales from the Loop. Orientasi seksual Foster menjadi bahan diskusi publik pada tahun 1991 ketika publikasi seperti OutWeek dan The Village Voice, yang memprotes dugaan homofobia dan transfobia dalam The Silence of the Lambs, mengklaim bahwa dia adalah seorang lesbian. Dia secara terbuka mengakui hubungannya selama 14 tahun dengan Cydney Bernard pada tahun 2007 dalam pidatonya di sarapan "Women in Entertainment" The Hollywood Reporter untuk menghormatinya. Pada tahun 2013, ia menyampaikan keputusannya untuk berpidato setelah menerima Penghargaan Cecil B. DeMille di Penghargaan Golden Globe ke-70, yang membuat banyak outlet berita menggambarkannya sebagai gay. Beberapa sumber mencatat bahwa dia tidak menggunakan kata "gay" atau "lesbian" dalam pidatonya.

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). She 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. Foster's sexual orientation became the subject of public discussion in 1991 when publications such as OutWeek and The Village Voice, protesting against the alleged homophobia and transphobia in The Silence of the Lambs, claimed she was a lesbian. She publicly acknowledged her 14-year relationship with Cydney Bernard in 2007 in a speech at The Hollywood Reporter's "Women in Entertainment" breakfast honoring her. In 2013, she addressed her decision to come out in a speech after receiving the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards, which led many news outlets to describe her as gay. Some sources noted that she did not use the words "gay" or "lesbian" in her speech.