A photographer and director, Hedison has a new short documentary about the non-binary author and performer Alok Vaid-Menon; she’s been with Foster since 2013 and previously dated Ellen DeGeneres Jodie Foster’s Outstanding Lead Actress win wasn’t the only Emmys story about the star on September 15 – her sweet tribute to her wife, Alexandra Hedison, 55, and their love story made just as many headlines. As reported by E! Online, the 61-year-old acting legend snagged her first-ever Emmy for her role in True Detective , but the evening wasn’t just about the trophy for Foster. {"@context":"https://schema.
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com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/09/23/ce4fe6b8-546e-41cd-bba5-859e4945d795_cf50e8ed.jpg"} Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison attend the HBO & Max Post Emmys Reception on September 15. Photo: Invision/AP She made sure to acknowledge the most important people in her life, particularly her sons, Charles, 26, and Kit, 22, and her wife, Alexandra Hedison, who she’s been married to for a decade now.
“The love of my life, Alex Hedison, my wife. Thank you so much!” Foster said at the end of her speech. Advertisement Despite years in the public eye, Foster and Hedison have kept their relationship relatively under wraps.
The pair quietly tied the knot in 2014, and while they’re very private when they’re around people they don’t know, “when they’re together, it can be like they’re in their own world”, a source told People. {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"ImageObject","caption":"Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison at the Primetime Emmy Awards on September 15.
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jpg"} Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison at the Primetime Emmy Awards on September 15. Photo: Invision/AP So who is Alexandra Hedison, the woman who stole the heart of one of Hollywood’s most talented actresses? Here’s everything to know about her. Alexandra Hedison has explored multiple career paths {"@context":"https://schema.
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com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto/sites/default/files/d8/images/canvas/2024/09/23/1c00bd9c-30f2-4ef3-9046-ce24eeb6c09c_7390c88c.jpg"} Alexandra Hedison pictured in May 2023 with one of her artworks – now part of the Grunwald Center Collection at LA’s Hammer Museum. Photo: @alexhedisonstudio/Instagram Hedison holds an impressive résumé that stretches far beyond her Hollywood ties.
First and foremost, she’s a photographer, with her work featured in galleries and private collections worldwide. “I have to do my photography because that’s my work and it makes me so happy,” she told The New York Times in 2004. Her creative ventures don’t stop there.
In 2006, she tried her hand at home design, even appearing on the reality TV series Designing Blind . She was an actress but it made her ‘miserable’ Alexandra Hedison The L Word.
