Jodie Foster is an iconic award-winning American actress known for her roles in the films such as Taxi Driver, The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs. She was born on November 19, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Jodie Foster was born Alicia Christian Foster to parents Evelyn “Brandy” Ella and Lucius Fisher Foster III. She is an actress, producer and director. She is also a mother to her two sons Charles “Charlie” Foster born 1998 and Christopher “Kit” Foster, born 2001. 

She began her acting career at the tender age of 3, with a role as the Coppertone Girl in a television commercial for the iconic brand of suntan lotion.

Her unforgettable and controversial breakout film role came when she was only 12 years and she was cast in a dark Martin Scorsese picture where she played a child prostitute in 1976’s Taxi Driver.

Foster married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison in April 2014 in a private weekend ceremony. Alexandra is an American photographer and actress. The couple began dating in October 2013. Hedison previously dated Ellen DeGeneres for three years before splitting in 2004.

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