Jodie Foster reveals she is a lesbian

Jodie Foster has revealed that she is a lesbian after years of rumours about her sexuality.

The 45-year-old thanked her “beautiful Cydney” during a speech at the Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment breakfast, confirming that she is in a relationship with film producer Cydney Bernard.

The pair are thought to have been seeing each other for 15 years and are raising Foster's two children together, but the actress has always resisted pressure from gay rights groups to talk about the romance.

In the speech, Foster paid tribute to her partner, "who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss”.