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Jodie Foster

Personal details

Name: Jodie Foster 
Birth Name: Alicia Christian Foster 
Height: 5'4" 
Sex: F 
Nationality: American 
Birth Date: November 19, 1962 
Birth Place: Los Angeles, California, USA 
Profession: actress, producer, director

Education: 

Le Lycee Francais, Los Angeles, California Yale University (majored in Literature; graduated; B.A.; magna cum laude) College Lycée Français (as the best of her class) Claim to fame: as Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988) 

Jodie Foster’s Personal life:

Has been in a serious relationship with Cydney Bernard. They had met in the year 1993 on the set of the movie Sommersby.

Jodie Foster’s Family background:

Father: Lucius Foster III. (left family when Foster's mother was a few months pregnant with her)

Mother: Evelyn Foster (called Brandy; Foster's manager)

Sister: Constance Foster (born in 1955, called Connie), Lucinda Foster (born in 1952)

Brother: Lucius Foster IV (actor; born on July 12, 1957; called Buddy)

Son: Kit Foster (born on September 29, 2001), Charles Foster (born in 1998; Foster refused to tell who his father is.) 

Sister of Buddy Foster and Connie Foster.

Jodie Foster’s Childhood:

She was nicknamed Jodie by her three older siblings - Buddy, Lucinda and Constance. Her mother who was also known brandy as was extremely ambitious and worked for a film producer and thus had connections and took the most important and fortunate decision for Jodie and first pushed Jodie into the spotlight.

At the age 3 the ad had gained immense popularity where Jodie is having her swimsuit pulled down by a dog and revealing her little bottom. Because of Brand’s persistence when Jodie was she had nearly made an appearance in over 40 commercials, and had got into countless TV shows, and some of them include Adam-12, The Courtship of Eddie's Father.

Work kept coming for Jodie and eventually she decided to take a serious break from the movies, when she enrolled at the prestigious Yale to study English Literature. With all the possible distraction she still managed to graduate, magna cum laude, in 1985 where she receives an Honorary Doctorate from Yale in 1997. She also graduated in the year 1980 as the class valedictorian. This was done from a private academy Lycée Français in Los Angeles.

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Jodie Foster’s Facts and trivia:

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

She was also ranked #18 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]

She had already learnt how to read by the time she was three years old. She was extremely passionate about reading since then.

Her interest lies in kickboxing, yoga, karate, aerobics, and weightlifting and she is also quite fascinated by fancy kitchenware and black and white photos.

She loves organic food and claims that it keeps her alive and energized.

Personal Quotes

"Being understood is not the most essential thing in life."

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





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