Little Known Facts About Award-Winning Actress Jodie Foster

Alicia Christian Foster was born on November 19, 1962, in Los Angeles to Evelyn "Brandy" Foster. Her father, Lucius Foster III, abandoned the family before his youngest daughter was born. Sisters Constance and Lucinda, and brother Lucius "Buddy" Foster IV rounded out the family. They are the ones who gave Alicia her nickname of "Jodie." Read this article and learn some more little known facts about award-winning actress Jodie Foster that may surprise you!

Early Career
Since Brandy Foster worked as a Hollywood publicist, she had valuable business connections. These affiliations helped her daughter Jodie get on TV when she was just three years old. Her first acting gig was appearing in a Coppertone Sunscreen commercial. Before Foster became a teenager, her acting credits had already boomed to include more than three dozen TV commercials, bit roles on shows such as Mayberry R.F.D., Adam-12, The Partridge Family and
The Courtship Of Eddie's Father. Her first movie was Walt Disney's "Napoleon and Samantha" in 1972.

Teenage Years
Brandy Foster made sure Jodie's education didn't take a back seat to her acting career. Besides keeping up with school, the youngster received some secondary education as well. A little known fact about award-winning actress Jodie Foster, is that she studied the French language. This allowed Jodie to expand into several French films such as "Moi, Fleur Bleue" in 1977.

One of Foster's most lauded roles as a teen is playing "Iris", the thirteen-year-old prostitute in the 1976 drama "Taxi Driver." The part won her an Oscar nomination for "Best Supporting Actress." Another little known fact about award-winning actress Jodie Foster is she was too young to act in the explicit scenes. So, her older sister Connie filled in during those shots.

Foster's career during her teenage years included many more movies. Finally, after graduating as the valedictorian of her class in 1980, she was done with high school. That left Jodie free to continue her successful career. Never at a loss for work, she starred in "Foxes" and in "Carny" during the same year.