Did Jodie Foster change her name? Where did Jodie Foster get the name Jodie?

Jodie Foster was officially named Alicia Christian Foster. However, her siblings began calling her “Jodie”, and the name stuck.

Alicia Christian “Jodie” Foster was born on  November 19, 1962, in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Jodie Foster voiced a character in an episode of Frasier in 1996 and an episode of The X-Files in early 1997.

Jodie Foster took on the role of Secretary of Defense Delacourt opposite Matt Damon in the dystopian film Elysium (2013). In 2013, Foster received the honorary Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 70th Golden Globe Awards.

In her teen idol era, Jodie Foster appeared in several Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976), and Candleshoe (1977).

Some of Jodie Foster’s early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980), and Foxes (1980).

Jodie Foster earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode “Lesbian Request Denied” in 2014.