Jodie Foster Net Worth

How much is Jodie Foster worth?

Net Worth:$70 Million
Profession:Professional Actress
Date of Birth:November 19, 1962 (age 60)
Country:United States of America
Height:
5 ft 2 in (1.6 m)

“‘Silence Of The Lambs’ was not something people expected me to do.” Jodie Foster

About Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster, whose real full name is Alicia Christian Foster, is an American film and television actress, director, and producer. Her acting debut came in 1968 and less than a decade later, she gained mainstream recognition from her role in the Martin Scorsese thriller Taxi Driver. Afterwards, she became a teen idol that starred in several Disney projects before becoming a director and producer of various films and television productions.

She was born in Los Angeles, California on November 19, 1962. She’s the youngest child of Lucius and Evelyn Foster. Alicia has three siblings – two sisters Lucinda and Constance and one brother Lucius Foster IV. After her parents divorce, Alicia and her siblings moved with their mother and her new partner. She was a gifted child that began reading at the age of three. Following that, her mother signed her up for various modeling agencies and campaigns.

American actress, director, and producer Jodie Foster has an estimated net worth of $70 million dollars, as of 2023. Foster has received two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award.

“I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they were about examining psychology and examining people and relationships,” Jodie Foster has said.

Despite being named Alicia, she was often called Jodie by her siblings and she later decided to use it as her stage name. Foster attended the Lycée Francais de Los Angeles, a French-language prep school. Thanks to her time in school and her French, she was able to both act in French films and dub herself in the French-language versions of most of her English-language projects. After her high school graduation in 1980, she enrolled at the Yale University, from which she majored in literature. She wrote her thesis on Ton Morrison and graduated magna cum laude in 1985. A few years later, in 1997, at the peak of her acting career, she returned to the institution to receive an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree.

Jodie’s very first acting appearance came in the television advertisement of Coppertone in 1965. Throughout the next few years, she landed more than 50 roles in television series, with the most notable being The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, and Bob, Ted, and Alice where she had recurring roles. In the early 1970s, she became a teen idol from her film roles in the Disney productions One Little Indian, Candle-shoe, and Freaky Friday.

In 1976, Jodie landed her breakthrough role of a teenage prostitute named Iris in Martin Scorsese’s psychological film Taxi Driver. While she earned very little for her role, for her outstanding performance the young actress garnered critical praise and received her first Academic Award nomination.

“‘Taxi Driver’ was the best thing that ever happened to me,” Foster has said. “I didn’t become a weirdo and squawk like a chicken. I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn’t me.”

Throughout the next decade, while attending college at Yale, she struggled to transition into more adult-like roles. Eventually, she gained critical acclaim for her role in The Accused that won her an Academy Award for “Best Actress”. Three years later, in 1991, she won the award for a second time thanks to her role of Clarice Starling in the psychological horror The Silence of the Lambs.

Foster’s career faced several setbacks in the early 2000s mainly because of her production company that was closed down and a cancelled film project. She was able to recuperate quickly and landed roles in commercially successful thrillers Panic Room, Flight Plan, Inside, and The Brave One. Since the 2010s, she has focused on directing various films and episodes of television series.

Among some of the series that she directed are Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Black Mirror. In addition to these, she also directed the films The Beaver, and Money Monster.

Foster’s Total Net Worth

The success of the two time Academy and Golden Globe Award winner comes from her many roles and transformations in the film industry. She made her debut as a film director in 1991 with the 1991 family drama Little Man Tate where she also played a main role. The following year, she founded her own production company Egg Pictures. Throughout the 1990s, she directed several other productions – Sommersby, Maverik, Contract, and Anna and the King.

Perhaps her biggest films have been The Silence of the Lambs, The Accused,Contact, Panic Room, and The Brave One, among many more titles where she has earned $10-15 million dollars or her involvement. In total, Foster’s overall career earnings are likely around $115 million dollars.

“Every movie that I’ve had to really knock down the door for has been an enormous success for me. Not just like a financial success but a real personal success,” Jodie Foster has said. She earned $15 million for her role as Erica Bain in The Brave One.

Foster’s career which has five decades has had her earning some of the top dollar amounts in the industry, therefore she has been paying some of the highest in taxes as well. In fact her taxes have been so high that they have almost cut her earnings in half.

Of her $115 million dollars income, $10-12 million will have been paid in business related costs. The remainder, $104 million, will have been taxed at 49% as Foster has been residing in the state of California. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $53.04 million dollars, having paid $50.96 million dollars in taxes.

Jodie Foster married Alexandra Hedison in 2014 and they remain together. Her wife Alexandra Hedison is an American photographer, director, and actress. Foster’s home life seems to have been stable and it is likely that she has invested her earnings in the stock market as well as investing some in real estate.

After living in a large property in Beverly Hills that she purchased in 2012 for $11.75 million, Foster sold the home in 2019 for $14.9 million. She has also sold other properties including a property in Calabasas, California. The majority of her earnings she will have invested elsewhere, most likely in the American stock market which has performed particularly well in the last 20 years. Ideal timing for Foster to have earned large profits on her investments.

In her personal life Foster has likely spent $6-7 million dollars of her career earnings but also probably possesses assets valued at around $3-4 million, not including investment assets. In her investments, she may have earned investment returns of $15-25 million dollars. Therefore, it is estimated that Jodie Foster has a net worth of about $70 million dollars.

Summing-Up

Jodie Foster is one of the leading actresses in Hollywood that began her professional career in the late 1960s and quickly landed breakthrough roles in dramas, comedies, and thrillers. For the past five decades, she has been consistently working as an actress, director, and producer. Besides winning prestigious awards like three BAFTAs, two Academy and two Golden Globes, from her professions she has also earned herself around $70 million dollars.

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