Jodie Foster, the famous actress who began her career as a child in the late 1960s, quietly hid a deeply personal part of her life for decades. Known for iconic films like Taxi Driver, she kept her true self out of the public eye, avoiding questions about her love life with grace and care.
When she was just 17, an interview went viral years later showing her skillfully avoiding a question about the kind of men she liked—her expression spoke volumes though her words did not. Like many celebrities, Foster chose to keep her private life private, especially because revealing her identity could have hurt her career in an era less accepting of LGBTQ people. Throughout the 1990s, tabloids speculated about her sexuality but she never confirmed anything publicly.
In 1998, Foster had her first son and three years later, her second, while still maintaining privacy about the children’s father. Then, 35 years after that interview, she decided to be open. In 2013, accepting a career award, she revealed the truth with wit and honesty, saying she had come out “thousand years ago, back in the Stone Age.”
She shared that from 1993 to 2008, she lived with producer Sidney Bernard, who was not only her partner but also helped co-parent their two sons. Later, she spoke about her current partner, actress and photographer Alexandra Hedison, with whom she silently married in 2014. While the couple keeps a low profile, they occasionally appear in public, like at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival when they shared a loving moment on the red carpet. Foster’s journey is a powerful story of courage, privacy, and love finally embraced.
