Real Name: Alicia Christian Foster
Was Born: November 19, 1962. Los Angeles, California United States
Bio: Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an Oscar-winning American actress and director. Foster was born to Lucius Foster and Brandy Almond in Los Angeles, California, where she attended an exclusive prep school, the de Los Angeles, before going on to Yale University, where she earned a B.A. in literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985. Foster has made more than 100 appearances in film and television since the age of five. She began her career at age two in a television commercial as the Coppertone Girl. She debuted as a television actress in a 1969 episode of Mayberry R.F.D., and in film in the 1970 TV movie Menace on the Mountain. She appeared in several Disney movies, including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), One Little Indian (1973), Freaky Friday (1976), and Candleshoe (1977). She also co-starred with Christopher Connelly in the 1974 TV series version of Paper Moon...