Jodie FosterJodie Foster in Panic RoomAlicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. Life and careerFoster was born in Los Angeles, California where she attended the exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, before going on to Yale University where she earned a BA in Literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985. Foster has made more than 50 film appearances and television since the age of eight. She began her career at the age of 2 in television commercials, including an appearance as the Coppertone Girl, and then went on to appear in a variety of television series. In film, at the age of 14, she earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Martin Scorsese's film, Taxi Driver. Foster is intensively private about her personal life. Having given birth to two sons (Charles in 1998 and Kit in 2001), she has never revealed the identity of the father of the boys or if the boys even share the same father. Because of this and because she has lived with a female companion for several years, many suspect she is a lesbian, though she personally has never made any public statement regarding her sexual orientation. Her brother's biography identifies her as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect. John Hinckley claimed he shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan to impress Foster. Foster is a member of Mensa International. Selected filmography
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Foster is a member of Mensa International. She was buried in the Church of St Martin's in the Fields, at the corner of Trafalgar Square, London, after a funeral in which Thomas Tenison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, preached a sermon on the text of Luke 15:7 "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.". President Ronald Reagan to impress Foster. She died, two years later, of apoplexy, aged 37, at 79 Pall Mall, in London. John Hinckley claimed he shot U.S. James II, obeying his brother's deathbed wish, "Let not poor Nelly starve," paid most of them off and gave her a pension of 1500 pounds a year, a huge sum in 1685. Her brother's biography identifies her as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect. Nell, however, accumulated enormous debts. Because of this and because she has lived with a female companion for several years, many suspect she is a lesbian, though she personally has never made any public statement regarding her sexual orientation. It is thought to have been Nell who persuaded the king to build the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in London for ex-servicemen. Having given birth to two sons (Charles in 1998 and Kit in 2001), she has never revealed the identity of the father of the boys or if the boys even share the same father. Nell was the only one of Charles II's many mistresses to be genuinely popular with the English public. Foster is intensively private about her personal life. Charles was the first Duke of St Albans. In film, at the age of 14, she earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Martin Scorsese's film, Taxi Driver. By Charles, Nell had two sons, Charles Beauclerk (1670-1726) and James Beauclerk (1671-1680). She began her career at the age of 2 in television commercials, including an appearance as the Coppertone Girl, and then went on to appear in a variety of television series. Find something else to fight about.". Foster has made more than 50 film appearances and television since the age of eight. She broke up the fight, saying, "I am a whore. Foster was born in Los Angeles, California where she attended the exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, before going on to Yale University where she earned a BA in Literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985. Nell is also famous for another remark made to her coachman, who was fighting with another man who had called her a whore. Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. The particular Catholic whore (of the moment) was Louise de Keroualle, the Duchess of Portsmouth. Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress 1995 - Nell. This appeal to British bigotry made her immensely popular. Won: New York Film Critics Circle/Best Actress and Academy Award for Best Actress 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs. Nell is remembered for one particularly apt witticism, which was recounted in the memoirs of the Comte de Gramont, remembering the events of 1681:. Won:Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress 1988 - The Accused. When she was 19 she became the king's mistress, having previously been the mistress of Lord Buckhurst. Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1976 - Taxi Driver. Having first made a living selling oranges, she became an actress (not at that time a respectable profession) when she was fifteen. Napoleon and Samantha (1972). (Her mother died because she passed out from too much brandy and drowned in a brook.). The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976). Her mother ran a bawdyhouse, where Nell grew up. Freaky Friday (1976). The daughter of Thomas Gywnne and his wife Rose, Nell Gwyn was probably born in an alley near Covent Garden (though sometimes said to have been born in Hereford) and never learned to read or write. Bugsy Malone (1976). Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys. Taxi Driver (1976). The Accused (1988). Little Man Tate (1991) also director. The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Nell (1994). Contact (1997). Anna and the King (1999). Panic Room (2002). A Very Long Engagement (2004). |