Actor

Jodie Foster

American actor, film director

1962 - today

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Her biography is available in 100 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 98 in 2024). Jodie Foster is the 250th most popular actor (down from 243rd in 2024), the 565th most popular biography from United States (down from 472nd in 2019) and the 132nd most popular American Actor.

Jodie Foster is most famous for her role as a child prostitute in the 1976 film Taxi Driver. She has also starred in other films such as The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused, and Panic Room.

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4.4M

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Jodie Foster's biography appears in 100 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Actors.

Nov 19

Jodie Foster shares a November 19 birthday with Indira Gandhi, Charles I of England, and Calvin Klein.

1.2M

Jodie Foster's biography drew 1.2M page views from non-English Wikipedia editions in the past year — fame that reaches well beyond the English-speaking world.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Jodie Foster ranks 250 out of 13,578. Before her are Olivia de Havilland, John Malkovich, Geoffrey Rush, Asta Nielsen, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Shirley Temple. After her are Laura Antonelli, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Vanessa Redgrave, Rock Hudson, and Nǃxau ǂToma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jodie Foster ranks 11. Before her are Demi Moore, Jim Carrey, Antony Blinken, Mohammed Omar, Cliff Burton, and Ruud Gullit. After her are Frank Rijkaard, Claudia Sheinbaum, Nicolás Maduro, Keir Starmer, Ralph Fiennes, and Olga Tokarczuk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jodie Foster ranks 565 out of 20,380. Before her are Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jesse James (1847), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Dan Brown (1964), Shirley Temple (1928), and Harper Lee (1926). After her are Vesto Slipher (1875), Eugene O'Neill (1888), Robert Peary (1856), Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), and Rock Hudson (1925).

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Among Actors In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jodie Foster ranks 132. Before her are Kim Basinger (1953), Anne Hathaway (1982), Danny Trejo (1944), John Malkovich (1953), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), and Shirley Temple (1928). After her are Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Divine (1945), and Julianne Moore (1960).

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