ACTOR

Jodie Foster

1962 - Today

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Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also honored with the Golden Globe Cecil B. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jodie Foster has received more than 29,892,297 page views. Her biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia. Jodie Foster is the 243rd most popular actor (down from 213th in 2019), the 472nd most popular biography from United States (down from 395th in 2019) and the 118th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 98

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jodie Foster ranks 243 out of 13,578. Before her are Mako, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Trejo, Michel Piccoli, Bryan Cranston, and Jayne Mansfield. After her are Ian McShane, Raffaella Carrà, Paul Walker, Kevin Spacey, Shirley Temple, and Gal Gadot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Jodie Foster ranks 8. Before her are Tom Cruise, Cliff Burton, Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard, Anthony Kiedis, and Ismail Haniyeh. After her are Nicolás Maduro, Demi Moore, Ralph Fiennes, Olga Tokarczuk, Sandra, and Abdullah II of Jordan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jodie Foster ranks 472 out of 20,380. Before her are Iggy Pop (1947), Jayne Mansfield (1933), Dick Cheney (1941), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Gordon Allport (1897), and Lou Reed (1942). After her are John Tyler (1790), Rutherford B. Hayes (1822), Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), and Paul Ekman (1934).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jodie Foster ranks 118. Before her are Dennis Hopper (1936), Lauren Bacall (1924), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Danny Trejo (1944), Bryan Cranston (1956), and Jayne Mansfield (1933). After her are Paul Walker (1973), Kevin Spacey (1959), Shirley Temple (1928), John Malkovich (1953), Sidney Poitier (1927), and Nick Nolte (1941).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Silence of the Lambs
Clarice Starling
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.
Feb 14th 19918.346 / 10
Taxi Driver
Iris
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Feb 9th 19768.1 / 10
Panic Room
Meg Altman
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.
Mar 29th 20026.784 / 10