Jamie Foxx's mental health as well as serious accusations made against him have been making media headlines. OK magazine's insider reported that “he may not be at 100 percent, but the last thing he wants is to mess with the progress he has made.” It seems the revelations about the alleged assault may put a spanner in those works.

The lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, revealed that Foxx was at 'Catch NYC & Roof in August 2015 at around 11 PM'. This day, over 8 years ago, he allegedly made very inappropriate statements and physically assaulted her, according to the aforementioned media. But this is not the first time we have seen the darker side of Jamie Foxx behind his professional success.

The lives of all these Hollywood stars seem glamorous and far removed from those of us mortals. But in most cases, they have problems that are often just as bad (or even worse) than the public who go to see their films. This has been the case for Jamie Foxx (real name Eric Marlon Bishop), born on 13 December 1967, in Terrell, Texas (USA).

Anyone would think that the actor would consider himself a lucky man to have been part of some of the highest grossing productions in the film industry. He is a man who obviously possesses an incredible talent.

Photo: Still from 'Just Mercy', Warner Bros. Pictures

You just have to look back at his performances in hits such as 'Collateral' (2004), 'Dreamgirls' (2006), 'Django' (2012), 'Annie' (2014) and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (2021) to realise this actor has had one of the most successful careers in Hollywood.

Photo: Still from 'Django Unchained', Sony Pictures

He got some serious recognition for his performance of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film 'Ray', which earned him an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor. Not bad.

Jamie Foxx is undeniably talented in the movie industry, but what many may not know is that he also shines within the music industry, too. In fact, he can proudly say he has won a Grammy as a musician.

And if that all wasn't enough to convince us of his success, he is also a television presenter and entrepreneur - then, in October 2021, he published the book 'Act Like You Got Some Sense' to great critical acclaim.

In the book, Jamie Foxx writes down his memories and recounts the story of one of the most difficult times he has faced in his life.

At the age of 5, the actor found out that the person who he believed to be his sister was actually his biological mother. And who he thought was his mother was actually his grandmother.

His parents, Louise Annette Talley Dixon and Darrell Bishop, split up when Jamie Foxx was just a newborn baby.

Following his parent's split, he was adopted by his grandparents Mark and Estelle Marie Talley - as he himself revealed in 2005 in an interview with 'The Oprah Magazine'.

But the story goes even deeper: Estelle Marie Talley was not actually his biological grandmother. She had, a long time ago, adopted the actor's biological mother, Louise Annette.

His grandmother gave him all the love a child could ever need. But, perhaps it wasn't enough. The actor revealed years later to Oprah Winfrey that he sometimes missed his biological mother (pictured), whom he considered very beautiful and captivating.

“My grandmother was 60 years old when she adopted me. She ran a nursery school and had a library in the house. She saw me reading early, saw I was smart and believed I was born to achieve truly special things.” said the actor in an interview with Time magazine. Grandmother Estelle realised that Jamie was an exceptionally intelligent child and it was her who pushed his creative side.

And so Jamie Foxx learned to play the piano at a very young age and then joined the band of the Baptist Church he attended. Later, all his dedication to the instrument served him very well in his professional career.

As for his biological father, he was quite simply never present in his life. Robert Daniels, one of the artist's coaches in high school, revealed to GQ magazine in 2004 that Jamie had always hoped his father would turn up to see him play. The actor played basketball and American football.

Although they lived geographically close to each other, the relationship between father and son was non-existent. Jamie Foxx has previously said that perhaps the issue was religion - that his father is Muslim and he is not - could be a reason for this estrangement.

Although there had been several attempts at reconciliation, the relationship between father (now called Shahid Abdula) and son has not been strengthened.

To make matters worse, his grandfather and adopted father, Mark Talley, died when Jamie Foxx was 17, leaving him absolutely devastated.

Another difficult moment was when his stepfather, George Dixon, was arrested and sentenced for 7 years in jail for carrying $25 worth of illegal substances. “I couldn’t visit him in jail because I saw him as a king, but I wrote him, ‘Things have gotten good for me, and when you get out I will save your life” - the actor acknowledged in 2020 on 'The Graham Norton Show'.

George Dixon taught Jamie a lot, and his prison sentence made a huge mark on the actor. So much so that after serving 7 years of his sentence, he was taken by Foxx to live in his house, despite being already divorced from his mother.

In 2005, Foxx had almost no relationship with his biological mother, despite the efforts he made in trying to have a connection with his birth mother (he always invited her to his house at Christmas and she didn't come). Until, in 2008, Louise Annette changed her mind, went to spend the Christmas holidays with him and never left.

Jamie Foxx produced his biographical book in the midst of the pandemic, a period that marked him greatly. "In the beginning, I was obsessed with the plan 'Get away from the windows—Covid is right outside," he acknowledged to Men's Health.

But it wasn't just hard because of the fear of contracting the virus. His half-sister, DeOndra Dixon (who was born with Down's Syndrome) died, aged 36, in October 2020. They were both very close and the actor suffered greatly from her loss. “I still can hear my sister’s voice, laugh, and stuff like that.”

And just before Pandemic started, his relationship with Katie Holmes, which had begun in 2013, came to an end. Foxx and the actress had lived out their years of dating almost completely secretively.

In fact, this secrecy was forced. This is because the divorce between Holmes and Tom Cruise included a clause that required the actress not to make any of her romantic relationships public until at least five years had passed.

Despite all the turbulence that has happened throughout Jamie Foxx's life behind the cameras, he has progressed into one of the world's most loveable and respected actors. But after pulling out of projects for his poor mental health; as well as the allegations of assault, we can only think these doors are beginning to show their cracks?