Jodie Foster has sung her family’s praises through the years.
Jodie and former partner Cydney Bernard welcomed their first child, son Charles “Charlie” Bernard Foster, in 1998. Three years later, Foster and Bernard welcomed son Christopher “Kit” Bernard Foster.
Foster and Bernard called it quits in 2008. The True Detective: Night Country star moved on with Alexandra Hedison, who Us Weekly confirmed she tied the knot with in 2014.
Foster, who referred to Charlie as “super-charming, super-spontaneous” and Kit as a “hyper-focused scientist,” explained that she initially didn’t want her kids to know about her Hollywood status.
“I didn’t want them to know about my celebrity at all. I remember when my son was about 4, he thought I was a construction worker,” she told Net-a-Porter in 2018.
Through the years, however, Charlie has followed in his mom’s footsteps. While in the press room at the 2025 Golden Globes, Foster said the best advice she gave him about acting is to “be yourself” and “let things happen and not continually try to control like I did for the first 55 years of my life.”
“My sons are teaching me how to play,” she said, adding that “this is the most contented moment of my career. I never would’ve known that but something happened when I turned 60.”
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Cydney Bernard
While Foster and Bernard split in 2008, the actress declared she was single during the 2013 Golden Globe Awards. “I have a sudden urge to say something I’ve never really been able to say in public. A declaration that I’m a little nervous about, but, you know, loud and proud,” she said while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award. “I am single! Yes, I am, I’m kidding. I’m not really kidding, but kind of.”
Months later, she was spotted on a date with Hedison.
Alexandra Hedison
Hedison and Foster were seen on several dates before exchanging vows in 2014. The pair have continued to gush over each other through the years, with Hedison supporting Foster after she earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2021.
“What happens in quarantine stays in quarantine. Every day I’m a proud wife but today you get a special shout out in the remote land of IG,” she wrote via Instagram. “I’ll have to show you my phone for you to see this but still … I’m shouting from the rooftops. Congratulations to you, @taharrahimofficiel & everyone involved in this important film @themauritanian.”
Charles “Charlie” Bernard Foster
Foster gave birth to her and Bernard’s first child in July 1998. After graduating high school, Charlie attended Yale University and took part in several school theater productions from 2017 to 2021, per the Yale College Arts website. In February 2025, Foster brought Charlie with her to the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Christopher ‘Kit’ Bernard Foster
Foster and Bernard welcomed their second child in 2001. Kit graduated from Princeton University in 2024 with a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry.
While Charlie has expressed an interest in the entertainment industry, Foster doesn’t think her youngest child will follow suit. “My younger son is really shy, and I can promise you he will never be an actor,” she told The Guardian in 2018.
In January 2025, Foster brought Kit with her to the Golden Globes, where she won Best Performance by a Female Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television.
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