--- title: Helen Hunt Mistaken for Jodie Foster by Starbucks Barista description: "We gotcha" the barista said before writing "Jody" on the actress's cup canonical: https://time.com/4345863/helen-hunt-jodie-foster-starbucks/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-24T00:05:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:47:07.357Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Starbucks Barista Confidently Mistook Helen Hunt for Jodie Foster og:description: "We gotcha" the barista said before writing "Jody" on the actress's cup og:url: https://time.com/4345863/helen-hunt-jodie-foster-starbucks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c90e8aba41eb64/698894802dce01338c9e92fa/helen-hunt.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 Fox Upfront og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Starbucks Barista Confidently Mistook Helen Hunt for Jodie Foster twitter:description: "We gotcha" the barista said before writing "Jody" on the actress's cup twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71c90e8aba41eb64/698894802dce01338c9e92fa/helen-hunt.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Starbucks Barista Confidently Mistook Helen Hunt for Jodie Foster by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 24, 2016 12:05 AM CUT  Actress Helen Hunt attends the 2016 Fox Upfront at Wollman Rink, Central Park on May 16, 2016 in New York City. Actress Helen Hunt attends the 2016 Fox Upfront at Wollman Rink, Central Park on May 16, 2016 in New York City.Noam Galai—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley May 24, 2016 12:05 AM CUT When Helen Hunt placed her drink order at a Starbucks on Monday, she was quickly identified by her barista without giving her name. Or rather, misidentified. “Ordered my drink @Starbucks,” she wrote on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/HelenHunt/status/734837890887213057?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined"). “Asked the barista if she wanted my name. She winked and said. “We gotcha.” In the accompanying photo, Hunt shows the Barista had written the name “Jody” on the cup. Hunt hash-tagged the tweet “#JodieFoster.” Starbucks responded to the mix-up with a cheeky tweet of its own: > [](https://twitter.com/Starbucks/status/734866815810031616) **Read more:** [These Celebrities Look Uncannily Alike](http://time.com/3637276/these-celebrities-look-uncannily-alike/ "undefined") As [_Entertainment Weekly_ ](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/23/helen-hunt-jodie-foster-starbucks "undefined")reports, this is not the first time the two actresses have gotten mixed up. Hunt told [David Letterman in 1994](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=428I8wjqadE "undefined") that she was frequently mistaken for Jodie Foster when she was starting out as an actress. 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