During a speech accepting the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the Women in Entertainment Breakfast in Los Angeles on December 4th, the usually very private Jodie Foster thanked "my beautiful Cydney who sticks with me though all the rotten and the bliss." Foster has never before publicly acknowledged Cydney Bernard, with whom she is believed to be in a long term relationship.
Foster is known for not answering questions about her private life, but also never denying any rumors.
Foster and Bernard live together, and are raising two children.