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Jodie Foster Talks Taking on an All-French Role in 'A Private Life'

Actor Jodie Foster joins TODAY to talk about her latest film “A Private Role,” in which she takes on a leading role completely in French! Foster also opens up about her mom enlisting her in a French school when she was nine, her relationship with Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese 50 years after the release of “Taxi Driver,” and more!Jan. 6, 2026

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Jodie Foster Was Once Carried Away in a Lion’s Mouth at 9 Years Old, More Fun Facts About the Actress

Oscar winner Jodie Foster flaunts her foreign-language skills by performing a lead role in the French-language film A Private Life. The black comedy is Foster’s fourth flick in which she speaks fluent French onscreen — but it’s the first where she does so for the entire production.

The Silence of the Lambs actress stars as an American shrink in Paris who’s rattled by the mysterious death of a patient. Foster says of acting in the new movie without using English, “I have a different personality because I’m not as confident.”

1. She began her career at age 3 by appearing in several commercials, most notably for a sunblock company.

Jodie Foster Embraces 'The Private Life'

The Oscar winner discusses her first starring role en français in Vie Privée, surviving a childhood lion attack, and the only place you’ll ever see her cry.

With two Academy Awards and three BAFTAs to her name, Jodie Foster is one of the Anglophone world’s most accomplished actors. For Vie Privée (A Private Life), she decided to do something she’s never done before: take a starring role in a French film. Though she has spoken the language since childhood and appeared in 2004’s A Very Long Engagement, it took director Rebecca Zlotowski to persuade her to lead the project. In it, Foster plays an American expat therapist who veers into a double life as a private detective to investigate the death of one of her clients. The film premiered out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Foster’s performance was widely hailed, with her talent and charisma cutting through any language barrier. Now 63, Foster credits her own nerves about the assignment with sharpening her character's neurotic nature. In W’s Best Performances portfolio, the actor discusses preparing for the part and her distinctly American love of football, Halloween, and Hollywood horror films.

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