Jodie Foster has publicly confirmed she is a lesbian.
The Hollywood star paid tribute to "my beautiful Cydney" as she accepted an award from entertainment magazine the Hollywood Reporter at Los Angeles' Beverly Hills Hotel last week, the first time she has made reference to her relationship with film producer Cydney Bernard, her reported girlfriend of 15 years.

Picking up the prize as the guest of honor at the magazine's Women in Entertainment Power 100 breakfast , Jodie said: "I would like to thank my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss."
It has long been rumored that Foster is gay, but the 'Silence of the Lambs' star has always refused to discuss her sexuality