One of the most titled actresses in Hollywood, Jody Foster, the films with which will be presented in the review, is a clear proof of the fallacy of the thesis that beauty and mind are incompatible. Jody is on the list of the most beautiful women in the world. Moreover, she has an intelligence coefficient of 160 points, is fluent in four languages, graduated from Yale University and has a degree.

Brief biography of the actress, director, producer

Jodie Foster's real name is Alicia. She demonstrated high intellectual giftedness from a very early age, already at the age of 3, having independently learned to read. Her mother, Evelyn Almond, was a film critic and quickly noticed in her daughter not only a lively mind, but also acting talent.

Alicia's family was large - four children, among whom she was the youngest. Evelyn’s husband, US Air Force officer Lucius Foster, left her shortly before Alicia’s birth, and there was a catastrophic shortage of money for a decent life in Los Angeles. Therefore, children, as they could, participated in the replenishment of the family budget.

Thanks to her profession, Evelyn Almond was familiar with the Hollywood environment, and Alicia began to earn her first money in 3 years - from advertising children's shampoos. Her film debut took place in 1970, when the girl turned 8 years old, with the very "prolific" director Vincent McEvity in the military drama "Threat from the Mountain." It was Alicia's lucky ticket. From this moment on, a talented, quick-witted and pretty girl is regularly invited to various roles in the cinema.

Around the same years, Evelyn, the mother of Alicia, makes a cuming out and openly begins to live with her longtime lover, Ounti Joy Dee.It is in honor of "Aunt Joe" Alicia takes herself a creative pseudonym and becomes Jody.

Jodie received her first Oscar nomination at age 14 for working with Martin Scorsese in the blockbuster Taxi Driver. In addition to loud fame and recognition, the role in this tape brought the young girl 5 years of this nightmare. Until 1981, she was chased by a mentally ill fan. Probably, this fact, coupled with an example of his mother’s personal life, influenced the formation of Jody’s own sexual orientation.

The actress was awarded the first Oscar in 1988 for a convincing play in the drama The Accused, and the second in 1992 for the character Claris Starling in Silence of the Lambs. To date, Jodie Foster has a solid filmography. She continues to work actively in Hollywood, trying herself also as a director and producer.

Last movie by Jodie Foster

In 2018, the premiere of the fantastic thriller action movie "Hotel" Artemis "". This new film by Drew Pierce, known to the audience for Iron Man and the Pacific Frontier, gathered on the same platform a whole constellation - Jeff Goldblum, Dave Batista, Sterling Kay Brown, etc.

Actress Jodie Foster plays in this picture a strict but charismatic old nurse who owns the Artemis Hotel. Under his roof, Los Angeles criminals can get medical help and hide from trouble. The action takes place in 2028, against the dystopian backdrop of the social crisis and the criminal showdown that has swept the United States.

Critics met the tape with extreme restraint. Among viewers, opinions are also divided strictly in half. Someone thinks Hotel Artemis is Pierce’s unsuccessful attempt to remove cool thrash in the spirit of Tarantino. Others note a number of fresh ideas and high dynamics of the plot. In any case, the picture is worth seeing for the sake of a colorful game by Jodie Foster.

Supporting films

Films with Jodie Foster always attract attention - even in cases where the actress plays supporting roles:

  • Dangerous Games (2002). The film is directed by Peter Kea based on Chris Furman’s book “The Dangerous Life of Altar Boys”. The film is positioned as a youth comedy with the slogan “Problems - Their Only Salvation from Boredom,” but it touches on much deeper topics. A strict Catholic school, the problems of growing up boys, their friendship, sadness, hope, pranks, their pain. Jodie Foster here got the role of a nun teacher, for whom the main characters are preparing a dangerous rally;
  • The Long Engagement (2004). The film is directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, where the American actress is completely free to work with French partners in their native language. The tape was shot based on the novel by Sebastien Japrizo, and Jean-Pierre Jeunet also became a screenwriter, transforming the book into a script. On the screen is the First World War. Five soldiers are accused of cowardice and sentenced to death, but the bride of one of them does not believe in the death of her lover. Great acting, workshop directing and camera work, as well as five nominations for the Cesar Award and one for the Oscars.

In secondary roles, you can see the very young Jodi-Alicia - in the tapes "Little Indian" (1973) “Alice doesn’t live here anymore” (1972), musical Bugsy Malone (1976 year).

A list of the best films with an actress in the title role

 

Organically, Jodie Foster is a front-line actress, it is impossible to keep her on the periphery of the set. The best films where she played the main characters fell on the most productive years of the actress's life:

  • “Under Hypnosis” (1986). The British-Australian drama of Michael Loflin on male chauvinism in the pre-feminist XIX century. Jody plays a young pupil of an orphanage, who was married to a rich man against her will. Tired of enduring the psychological terror of the imperious spouse, the girl decides to kill him with hypnosis;
  • “The Accused” (1988). Oscar-winning role of Jody in the film Jonathan Kaplan.Her heroine Sarah Tobias was raped in a bar, but the court is unfair, and rapists actually go unpunished. The prosecutor begins a new investigation;
  • The Silence of the Lambs (1991). The legendary film where Jodie Foster played in a duet with Anthony Hopkins. This cult thriller of the 90s was awarded five Oscars, one of which went to Jody. In 2011, the film about the serial killer Hannibal Lectore was included in the American list of paintings of great cultural and aesthetic significance;
  • Nell (1994). According to Jody herself, the role in this film is the best in her film career. The plot is built around a girl with a rare speech disorder - idioglossia. She grew up far from civilization and speaks her own language, but must adapt to life in a big world;
  • “Contact” (1997). A film in which the scientific and religious approaches to understanding the world order are sharply in conflict. The main character is trying to establish contact with alien civilizations as part of an expensive scientific project. And when, contrary to the skepticism of the scientific community and the opposition of religious organizations, she succeeds, everything turns out to be a little different than it seemed before;
  • The Room of Fear (2002). Another film in the genre of psychological thriller in the career of Jodie Foster. For the sake of this role and collaboration with David Fincher, she even refused to become chairman of the Cannes Film Festival jury. Her heroine alone has to confront a group of robbers who infiltrated her house. The matter is complicated by the fact that in the hands of a woman is a daughter suffering from diabetes;
  • “The Brave” (2007). Neil Jordan's crime drama about Colt's Right. The main character is undergoing an attack by criminals who brutally take her and kill her fiance. Having recovered from injuries, she is afraid to go out and buys a gun for moral support. But a weapon in her hands suddenly changes a woman and turns into a people's avenger;
  • “The Illusion of Flight” (2005). Filigree directorial work of the German Robert Schwentke, combined with vast experience and talent of Jodie Foster, resulted in one of the best dramatic thrillers of the 2000s. The heroine carries the body of her deceased husband from Berlin to New York. Together with her six-year-old daughter, she gets on a plane, falls asleep after take-off, and, waking up, finds that her daughter is nowhere to be found. The intrigue is that for some reason neither the passengers nor the crew members remember that the girl was at all.

Films with Jodie Foster in the title role most often belong to the genres of drama or psychological thriller. But among them there are comedies that deserve attention, for example, one of the hits of the 90s - western "Maverick".

Director work

Testing her creative and professional abilities in the director’s chair, Jody shot four full-length films:

  • in 1991 - drama The Little Man Tate about a single mother and her prodigy son;
  • in 1995 - a comedy melodrama "Home for the Holidays" with Holly Hunter and Robert Downey Jr. in the lead roles;
  • in 2011 - a drama "Beaver", in which she starred with Mel Gibson and the young Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence;
  • in 2016 - a thriller "Financial Monster" with George Clooney and Julia Roberts, who was not approved by the critics, but earned almost 100 million dollars at the box office.

In addition, Jody acted as a director in the series. In 2014, she shot 22 episodes in "House of Cards", and in 2017 - a series Arkangel in the sensational project "Black mirror".

Pictures where Jodie Foster is a producer

Having extensive experience, excellent education and instinct, Jody has repeatedly become a producer of films, including those in which she starred. In particular, she produced her favorite film Nell and the Jane Anderson movie "Children's dance"who received the Golden Globe Award. In the picture "Home for the Holidays" Jodie Foster is both a director and producer.

On November 19, 2018, Jodie Foster turned 56 years old. She rarely gives interviews, does not like increased attention to her personal life, lives modestly by Hollywood standards and does not even have a servant. However, the actress continues to work hard and is full of creative plans.

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