( CNN ) -- Surprise ! Jodie Foster 's now a married woman . The actress and filmmaker quietly tied the knot with her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison over the weekend , a rep for Foster confirmed to CNN . According to E ! Online , which first reported the news , Foster and Hedison had been dating for almost a year . The entertainment site took note of the relationship last September after photos surfaced of Foster spending time with Hedison , a photographer/actress and an ex-girlfriend of Ellen DeGeneres . No other details are yet available about Hedison and Foster 's nuptials , although we wo n't hold our breath : Foster is notoriously private about her personal life . At the 2013 Golden Globes , she declined to give a `` big coming out speech '' as she accepted her Cecil B. DeMille award , saying that she 'd already come out to those close to her . `` I already did my coming out about a thousand years ago , back in the stone age , '' Foster said . `` If you had been a public figure from the time that you were a toddler , if you had to fight for a life that felt real and honest and normal against all odds , then maybe then you too might value privacy above all else . '' In that speech , Foster expressed gratitude to her former partner Cydney Bernard , with whom she has two sons . CNN 's Jane Caffrey contributed to this report .
Jodie Foster quietly married her husband over the weekend . According to Foster , they 'd been dating for almost a year . No other partners were immediately available . Foster is notoriously private about her personal life .