The standup star is back.
After spending 2023 recovering from a significant health crisis, 2024 was a triumphant year for Jamie Foxx. In addition to doing his first standup since 2003’s Unleashed with Netflix’s Jamie Foxx: What Had Happened Was…, returning to his show Beat Shazam and cutting a healthy and happy figure, he got to walk his oldest daughter, Corinne Foxx, down the aisle in September 2024. Sharing huge moments with his girls, Corinne and Anelise, is one of the Oscar winner’s greatest joys.
“I used to be a guy that was dedicated to the Hollywood [mentality of] ‘Let’s have fun all the time.’ But now everything I do I consistently think of my two daughters,” he’s said.
“[Balancing] party Jamie Foxx and family Jamie Foxx — it’s been a big battle,” he said in a separate chat when promoting his memoir, Act Like You Got Some Sense, in 2021. “I remember taking Corinne to a party when she was 13. I liked to invite them because I was able to introduce them to artists — let them see them in the raw form. [Have them] meet Uncle Leo and have Drake hold her as a kid [because] what it did was it allowed them to see not only the artist but also the person behind it and the hard work. I made mistakes, not being on time, I learned that in order to parent I had to put discipline on myself. But I wanted them to see me at work so they know what I’m doing.”
And not only does he let them see him at work, he makes them a part of it. They are not only his consistent sidekicks at red carpet premieres, awards shows, and other events, but he also has integrated daughter Corinne in his projects, including being an executive producer on his show Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! and his DJ on the Fox hit Beat Shazam. And while Anelise hasn’t starred in his projects or produced them just yet, she inherited his musical talent, playing guitar at her recent birthday party. And she did make a big appearance in his latest standup, playing an original song with her dad after he revealed she was at his bedside when he was in the hospital fighting for his life, willing him back to life with music.
“She’s 14. I didn’t want her to see me like that. But she snuck into my hospital room with her guitar, and she says, ‘I know what my daddy needs,'” he recalled. “They said when she was playing, my vitals went down. The nurses at the nurses’ station were baffled. Like, ‘Wow, what did they give him?’ They rushed into the room, and she said, ‘Ssh. I got him.’”
“Do you know what I found out? That God was in that guitar,” he added. “That’s my spiritual defibrillator.”
Nothing beats family for Jamie Foxx. See photos of the Sagittarius and his girls below.
Jamie Foxx and his daughter Corinne prepare for battle in the Lazer Tag room at the after-party for the world premiere of ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’, Disney’s new animated feature, at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, Ca. 6/3/01. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.
Jamie Foxx and daughter Corinne during “Redemption” Starring Jamie Foxx – Premiere Screening at Darryl F. Zanuck Theatre – Fox Studios in Century City, California, United States. (Photo by Mike Guastella/WireImage)
Jamie Foxx, winner Best Actor in a Leading Role for “Ray,” with daughter Corinne Foxx (Photo by SGranitz/WireImage)
Jamie Foxx, nominee Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals, Best R&B Album, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and daughter Corinne Foxx (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
Actor-singer Jamie Foxx and daughter Corinne attend the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY – NOVEMBER 06: (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS) Annalise Foxx and father Jamie Foxx poses backstage at the musical “Motown The Musical” on Broadway at The Lunt Fontanne Theater on November 6, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 01: Actor Jamie Foxx and daughter, Corinne Bisop attend the 44th NAACP Image Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on February 1, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards)
MIAMI, FL – MARCH 21: Jamie Foxx and daughter Annalise attends Miami Walk of Fame Inauguration at Bayside at Bayside Marketplace on March 21, 2014 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Manny Hernandez/Getty Images)
Jamie Foxx and Annalise Bishop attend ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ New York Premiere ath the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. © LAN (Photo by Lars Niki/Corbis via Getty Images)
Corinne Bishop and Jamie Foxx arriving at the 86th Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA, March 2, 2014. (Photo by Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)
DENVER, CO – OCTOBER 24: Actor Jamie Foxx with his daughter Annalise Bishop on stage at “Be Beautiful Be Yourself” Global Down Syndrome Foundation Fashion Show 2015 held at Colorado Convention Center on October 24, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Allison Farden/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – FEBRUARY 08: Annalise Bishop and actor/recording artist Jamie Foxx (R) attend The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards at STAPLES Center on February 8, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Davis/WireImage)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 26: Actor Jamie Foxx (L) and daughter Annalise Bishop attend the 2016 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater on June 26, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/BET/Getty Images for BET)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 06: (L-R) Corinne Foxx, Annalise Bishop and Jamie Foxx speak onstage during the “Hillary Clinton: She’s With Us” concert at The Greek Theatre on June 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA – JUNE 25: Annalise Bishop (L) and father Jamie Foxx at the 2017 BET Awards at Staples Center on June 25, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for BET)
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 12: Corinne Foxx and Jamie Foxx pose backstage at the Sherri Hill NYFW SS18 fashion show at Gotham Hall on September 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew Toth/Getty Images for Sherri Hill)
NEW YORK, NY – MAY 14: DJ Corinne Foxx and actor Jamie Foxx attend the 2018 Fox Network Upfront at Wollman Rink, Central Park on May 14, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
US actress and model Corinne Foxx (L) and her father US actor Jamie Foxx attend the premiere of “47 Meteres Down: Uncaged” at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California on August 13, 2019. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo credit should read VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 19: Corinne Foxx, Annalise Bishop, and Jamie Foxx attends the 26th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 19, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)
LOS ANGELES, CA – DECEMBER 13: Corinne Foxx, Jamie Foxx and Annalise Foxx attend Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Los Angeles Premiere held at The Regency Village Theatre on December 13, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)
US actor Jamie Foxx (R) and his daughter US producer Corinne Foxx arrive for the Los Angeles premiere of “Below the Belt” at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, October 1, 2022. (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)
BEAT SHAZAM: L-R: Host Jamie Foxx and DJ Corinne Foxx return for Season 7 of BEAT SHAZAM, premiering Tuesday, May 28 on FOX. (Photo by FOX via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 10: (L-R) Jamie Foxx, Anelise Foxx and Dave Brown attend the Jamie Foxx Strong Black Legends Dinner // What Had Happened Was… at Mr. Chow on December 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Netflix)