Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda
Fonda in 2015
Born
Jane Seymour Fonda

(1937-12-21) December 21, 1937 (age 86)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesJane S. Plemiannikov[1]
Education
Occupations
  • Actress
  • activist
Years active1959–present
WorksFull list
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • (m. 1965; div. 1973)
  • (m. 1973; div. 1990)
  • (m. 1991; div. 2001)
PartnerRichard Perry (2009–2017)
Children3, including Troy Garity and Mary Williams (de facto adopted)
Parents
Relatives
AwardsFull list
Websitejanefonda.com

Jane Seymour Fonda[2] (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress and activist. Recognized as a film icon,[3] Fonda's work spans several genres and over six decades of film and television. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award as well as nominations for a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards. Fonda also received the Honorary Palme d'Or in 2007, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2014, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021, and is set to receive the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2025.

Born to socialite Frances Ford Seymour and actor Henry Fonda, she made her screen debut in the romantic comedy Tall Story (1960). She rose to prominence acting in the comedies Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967), Barbarella (1968), Fun with Dick and Jane (1977), California Suite (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and 9 to 5 (1980). Fonda established herself as a dramatic actress, winning two Academy Awards for Best Actress for her roles as a prostitute in the thriller Klute (1971) and the woman in love with a Vietnam war veteran in the drama Coming Home (1978). She was Oscar-nominated for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Julia (1977), The China Syndrome (1979), On Golden Pond (1981), and The Morning After (1986). After a 15 year hiatus, she returned to acting in Monster-in-Law (2005), Youth (2015), and Our Souls at Night (2017).

On stage, Fonda made her Broadway debut in the play There Was a Little Girl (1960), for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. In 2009, she returned to Broadway for the play 33 Variations (2009), earning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play nomination. For her work on television, she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film The Dollmaker (1984). She also was Emmy-nominated for her roles in The Newsroom (2012–2014) and Grace and Frankie (2015–2022).

Fonda was a political activist in the counterculture era during the Vietnam War. She was photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a 1972 visit to Hanoi, during which she gained the nickname "Hanoi Jane". During this time, she was effectively blacklisted in Hollywood. Fonda protested the Iraq War along with violence against women, and she describes herself as a feminist and environmental activist.[4] Fonda has co-founded the Hollywood Women's Political Committee in 1984 and the Women's Media Center in 2005. Fonda is also known for her exercise tapes, starting with Jane Fonda's Workout (1982), which became the highest-selling videotape of its time.[5]

  1. ^ Congressional Serial Set Archived April 15, 2023, at the Wayback Machine (1973). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 103
  2. ^ Davidson 1990, p. 50. "Jane was christened Jane Seymour Fonda and, as a child, was known as Lady Jane by her mother and everyone else."
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Goldwert2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Interview". WNYC Radio FM. NPR. November 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Work Out with Jane Fonda, No VHS Required". Shape Magazine. December 29, 2014. Archived from the original on November 25, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.

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