Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years at DeJoria Center on January 18, 2024.Photo:Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
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Jodie FosterisAlexandra “Alex” Hedison’s biggest fan!
On Thursday, the two-timeAcademy Awardwinner, 61, was all smiles as she supported her wife of nearly a decade during the world premiere of Hedison’s short filmALOKat theSundance Film Festival.
Foster dressed in a black peacoat, worn on top of a patterned back and white collared shirt, and accessorized with a Gucci purse. Hedison wore a velvet jacket in a dark shade of blue with a cream-colored long-sleeve blouse and a floral lapel pin.
(L-R) Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Opening Night Gala: Celebrating 40 Years at DeJoria Center on January 18, 2024 in Park City, Utah.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty
Foster previously sang her wife’s praises on Wednesday’s episode of theTodayshow, saying she’s most proud of “the fact that Alex andALOKare part of making people better instead of worse.”
Hedison and Fostermarried after a year of dating in April 2014in a top-secret ceremony, which friends of the newlyweds said was just their style.
Alexandra Hedison and Jodie Foster in Los Angeles on April 27, 2014.Stefanie Keenan/Getty
As a source told PEOPLE at the time, “They are very private when they’re around people they don’t know. But when they’re together, it can be like they’re in their own world.”
Among the stars debuting new films at Sundance this year areSteven Yeun,Pedro Pascal,Michael Fassbender,Saoirse Ronanand Foster’sPanic RoomcostarKristen Stewart.
Stewart, who has appeared in numerous Sundance premieres throughout her career, leads the cast ofLove Lies Bleeding, a romantic drama from writer-director Rose Glass that costarsKaty O’Brian,Ed Harris,Dave Franco, andJena Malone.
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The formerTwilightactress, 33, also teams up with Yeun — following up the Sundance bow of the award-winningMinari— inLove Me, from filmmaking duo Sam and Andrew Zuchero. Its officialloglinesuggests a romantic drama infused with sci-fi: “Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy and a satellite meet online and fall in love.”
Additionally, Stewart isset to receive the Visionary Awardat the Sundanceopening-night galaon Thursday, meant to recognize the actress’s “work as an uncompromising artist and contributions to the field of independent film” over her two decades in the industry, the Sundance Institute announced last month.
source: people.com
