Jodie Foster is an American actress and filmmaker. Foster has been a renowned name in the movie industry as she has received several awards during her career. Apart from her professional life, Jodie has been quite romantic. She has married Alexandra Hedison and the couple has been married since 2014.

Key Highlights

• Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison held a private marriage ceremony in 2014.
• Hedison is also a photographer, filmmaker, director, home designer and actress.
• The Photographer Hedison has dated Ellen DeGeneres from 2000-2004.
• Alexandra celebrates Jodie’s birthday every year by wishing her on Instagram.

Jodie Foster Wife

Alexandra Hedison, the wife of Jodie Foster, is a photographer. Jodie has kept her relationship with Alexandra very private. During the 2013 Golden Globes ceremony, when she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award, she informed the media that she was “single” at that time. However, soon after that, she began dating Alexandra Hedison, and the couple married in a primate ceremony in April 2012 after a dating period of nearly a year.

Hedison is a photographer whose work can be found in various public and private collections around the world. Back in 2004, she informed the New York Times that photography makes her very happy.

The famous photographer was born and raised in Los Angeles. She is the daughter of David Hedison, the famous actor who is well known for his role as an ally of James Bond, Felix Leiter in the movie “Live and Let Die” (1973) and “License to Kill” (1989). Hedison’s mother, Bridget Hedison was also an active member of the entertainment industry. She worked as a production associate on projects like “Dynasty” and many others.

Alexandra Hedison

Although her main profession is photography, Hedison has also been quite passionate about designing homes. She has also performed some acting roles as well. Alexandra was featured on the short-lived 2006 reality TV “Designing Blind”.

The Los Angeles Times has informed that after the marriage of Hedison and Foster, the cost of a home designed by Hedison rose drastically to $2.75 million. This house was located in Hollywood Hills West, California.

Actress Alexandra

Alexandra Hedison has also given some shots to her acting skills. She has appeared with Debra Messing in a sci-fi series called “Prey”. Hedison also had a supporting role in ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘Lois & Clark’ in the late 1990s.

She has also worked as an actress on Showtime’s The L Word by portraying Dylan Moreland in the years 2006 and 2009. Alexandra made her debut as a director starting from a short film “In the Doghosue”. This was also co-written by her alongside Moon Unit Zappa. However, after dedicating some time to acting, she believed that acting was not best suited for her. Hedison stated:

I was supporting myself, but I was miserable. Actors need to be front and center all the time. That’s not me.

Filmmaker Alexandra

Hedison has been directing some films and one year ago in January 2024, her short film “ALOK” got premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Although Jodie Foster was on her very important press tour for True Detective: Night Country, she joined her wife Alexandra for her special premiere. Hedison expressed her happiness as her wife Jodie came specially to support her. She stated:

She flew in from New York at 4 in the morning to get to the festival, so that was amazing. She’s just so incredibly supportive and so happy for me. It’s just amazing she’s here.

Ellen DeGeneres & Alexandra Hedison

Fans of Jodie Foster might not believe this but yes, Ellen DeGeneres and Alexandra Hedison dated each other for 4 years. Their dating period was from 2000 to 2004. Although both of them were reported to have discussed adopting a child in October 2004, they went their separate ways by the end of that same year. Once Hedison jokingly said:

I’d have to be Oprah to compete with her. Hey, I admit that there are times that I can’t get a reservation at a hot restaurant unless I mention that it’s for me and Ellen. But I have to do my photography because that’s my work, and it makes me so happy.

Relationship Between Jodie And Hedison

Jodie Foster and Hedison held a private marriage ceremony and to this date, the couple had not officially announced to the media about their wedding. This is why it is difficult to even spot them together. Hedison rarely makes a red carpet-appearance with Jodie.

However, when Foster was awarded the Honorary Palme d’Or during the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021, Hedison walked the red carpet with Jodie. They both kissed each other when Foster went on to claim her award.

Back in February 2021, the photographer Alexandra wrote an Instagram post during the Golden Globes nomination of Jodie Foster. The post stated:

Every day I’m a proud wife but today you get a special shout-out in the remote land of IG. I’ll have to show you my phone for you to see this but still…I’m shouting from the rooftops.

Jodie Foster also won the Golden Globes award just a few weeks after her Cannes Film Festival nomination. She won the award for supporting actress in “The Mauritanian”.

One more thing that Hedison likes to do every year is to celebrate the birthday of her wife on Instagram. She writes a note wishing her happy birthday Jodie Foster on 19 November. Some of her wishes are as follows:

Loving you is easy as cake. Happy birthday, beautiful.

In 2022, the couple traveled to Iceland to celebrate Jodie’s birthday. This is where they witnessed the Northern Lights together. Hedison posted a picture where she was dancing with Jodie under the Northern Lights, and she captained the post as follows:

A night to be remembered. Happy birthday, my love. You are spectacular.

Jodie Foster Awards

• 49th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, nomination, Taxi Driver (1976)
• 61st Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Accused (1988)
• 64th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• 67th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role, nomination, Nell (1994)
• 96th Academy Awards: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, nomination, Nyad (2023)